Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-06
HUNTERS PRAY
FOR COLD RAIN
NEEDED IN NORTH TO SEND
DUCKS SOUTH
RECENT COMMANDMENT SENDS
THEM INTO COVER
Efforts Of Gun cIubmen to Apprehend
"sooners" Expected to Prevent
Further Violations of Early
and Late Hour Laws

The duck hunters who returned Sum
day night and yesterday morning did
so quietly and without any show OF
having had a good time. Hunting was
poor and the hunter who came back
with even two ducks was considered To
have been lucky. The poor shooting.
however, was not unusual. All old-time
hunters are aware of the fact that n
couple of days bombardment by in
numerab BILE guns, such as was the case
at the opening, frightens the young
ducks to such an extent that they keep
under cover for a few days. The ducks
require from a week to ten days In
which to get their wits together and
become accustomed to the crack of the
guns The shooting will be good by
the latter part of the week and will
continue until the end of the month.
BY that time the local clubs will have
to be strengthened by fresh INSTALL
ments of ducks from the north This
will necessitate a cold storm In the
north, which Will drive south a large
band of male and female sprigs which
travel together. Also innumerable
widgeon are expected along then.
The deputy game wardens of South
ern California have made many arrests
during the past few months of hunters
who have been shooting without a
license. In each case the fine of $25
has been imposed. The game wardens
have been instructed TO keep after the
law breakers. Last year the hunters
were let off easy, some with warnings
because the law was new and many of
the hunters were ignorant regarding its
provisions.
Many of the Southern California gus
clubs are arranging to take officers
with them to arrest the hunters who
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late shooting: The gunners are unun-
imous in asserting that night shooting
scares the ducks and does more than
anything else to spoil the sport. 1t Is
believed also that the arrest OF four or
five of these "sooners" will do more
than warnings In suppressing the
nuisance.
Members of the Pacific Gun club.
Newport Gun club and the Surf Gun
club, who went to their clubs to shoot
had about a half hours sport
in shooting geese that they did not ex-
pect. About 1880 o'clock three geese
were spied by ed Tufts of the Tufts
Lyon Arms company, who was con-
cealed in one OF the blinds on the re-
serve of the Pacific Gun club. Ed fired
and brought 81 white goose down. The
other two birds were gray and they
flew toward the Surf Gun club. When
directly over the latter grounds Charlie
Loud fired and lowered one of the
birds. The remaining goose veered and
went toward the Newport club, which is
next to the Pacific club, and was killed
by b. Holmes of the latter club. AS
far as can be ascertained these are the
first geese that have beein shot this
season.
, The best shooting for gunners who do
not belong to any of the local gun
clubs seems to be In the vicinity OF
Anaheim landing. Stanley Hudson and
Thomas Katzenberger shot two ducks
at the landing yesterday and John Stat
son shot eleven.
Many gun club members will go to
their various clubs tonight and shoot
tomorrow.
The sun will rise tomorrow morning
at $50 o'clock and set at 5:24 o'clock.
The legal hour to begin shooting will
be 5:22 o'clock, and gunners may con-
tinue to shoot until 6:54 in the after
noon.