The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-12
'GUNSARE CLEANED
Local Sp0rtsmen Preparing for
Real Big Quail Season.
Mrs. Quail Will Be at Home
Nov. Is to Dec. 15.
GUNNERS ON THE WAY
Postponed Summer Vacations
Coming Due.
Game Was Never So Plentiful
in Kansas.
GUNNERS ON THE WAY

Commencing Sunday the pastors Of
the churches over the city are going to
find a host of husbandless wives to
greet at the doorway when the morn
ing services are over and the hand
shaking begins.
st have missed your husband today"
will be the comment Of the minister as
he grabs the hand of a brave little
wife.
| Yes. he was called out of town." she
will answer and then with rush she
will dodge his searching eye and ut
ter a prayer for forgiveness.
1t was the call of the wild that
has appealed to the husbands of these
out of town and the voices of Mrs
Quail. Mr.. and Mrs. Cottontail, Mr.. Drake
| and Mrs. Duck have haunted them DUR
| ing their business hours. their sleeping
hours and all the time between.
Every man in Topeka with the buck
fever and a rusty old shotgun Is plan
ming to desert his happy home and take
to the wilds. Monday, November 10, is
the first day that the law allows for
the pursuit of Mrs. Quail and for four
long weeks the said lady will hear the
whistling shots fly past her wing-aiso
the oaths and growls OF disappointed
hunters.
Give a man a gun, few shells.
beside an automobile and machine
and he will forget every commandment
he ever learned. But this Is quail sea-
son and a month when man Is alloWen
the free use of his animal instincts.
Demand for Ammunition.
The Topeka dealers in hunting sup
plies are the busiest men in Topeka
The requests for guns, shells and otheT
accessories were never so heavy. IhlS
year is one of the best years in the
state for shooting and the man with
the fever in his system is going to ell
joy himself.
Right around Topeka there are very
few quail Mrs. Quail does not have
much use for the city-likewise the lay
of the land in this part of the county.
Out in the western part of the state l.
the tall grass and in the low protecte'
hollows she is spending her last days
Quail are ruralists.
Rabbits are plentiful in the vicinit
of this Gil The cOttOntailS are Jumr
ing in ana out of almost every hidin
place along the country roads, acroS
the fields and up and down the give
The hunters say that they were neve
so thick they are this year-and the
were never SO active. Not only a.
these two features contributing to tn
sport in hunting them but they have
good fresh mellow taste. The condi-
tions this year have been especially
favora BILE to their digestive organs and
they have added to their regular meals
some of the better and more classy
herbs.
Ducks are on the average. They have
to be caught on the go this year. There
are a few ponds around the city where
hunters have been lying in wait-and it
is we'll to pluralize the word hunters"
just as far it will go, because every
pond has many more hunters than
ducks. A few of the old head sports
men say that there have been a large
number of ducks on the river if a man
cares to get up in the morning about
the time the policemen are taking their
last snOre lap-but for every man who
crawls out of bed at this time are ten
who would rather let the ducks fly by
in peace.
Must Obtain Permission.
To hunt this year a man must OBJ
whose land he wishes to seek game.
A number Of the farmers are willing
to have the sDortsmen around for
their company-it helps to liven up
the cold dreary days of the fall.
Others have guns of their own and
game preserves. But on the whole
the Topeka hunters have found very
little trouble in wasting their
ammunition around this part of the
country. The farmers are all good
natured and good hearted and some
fashioned meals in connection with
their hauntsHall of which are thrown
in as good measure, from the ruralists
with the southern instinct.
The heaviest season between now
and Thanksgiving has commenced.
Hundreds of summer vacations have
been postponed to the present time
and the hunt is on.
Many a rare old story will find