The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24
BIG BUCKS FALLING
THROUGHOUT STATE
Joyous Hunters Report Greatest Sport
Experienced in Many Years
By FRANK o'DoNNELL

If between now and the end of Octo-
ber deer hunters continue to get re-
suits such as were obtained during the
first nine days of the open shooting
period the current season will be voted
one of the best sportsmen have known
| in recent years. Bucks are numerous
| in all of the counties where the sea-
son opened on the 18th, and if these
! conditions are reflected throughout the
state good sport should be the rule and
| limit kills more numerous than last
year.
The abundance of deer in the districts
visited by hunters thus far shows the
wisdom of the laws governing shooting
seasons and game conservation gener-
ally, for trophy heads were not only
numerous in the city last week, but
they came from widely separated parts
of the state, and in instances from
places where deer were thought to nave
been pretty well thinned out.
Marin, of course, was more hDerally
patronized by city hunters than other
counties. Senoma and Mendoeino were
not overlooked, however. and some Ven-
ison reached the city from san Mateo'
Merced and Shasta counties
Several bucks were bagged near In
verness in Marin county last Sunday,
l. Freeman, Jim Irwin, Tom Irwin ana
FRANK DOlllN6F edCn DIlHSlAAS oO"A OAA~-
Delivers was a beautiful four pointer,
weighing little less than 14O pounds
M Moore and James w. Bonney We're
among the hunters near Novato VINO
succeeded in landing a good sized piece
of yenison. Ray Mecchi and Charles
Abale drew a so pound spiked prize on
the Hoodlum club preserve above NO
vato.
]. Nerviana bagged a spike on the
| fa,. OFnnnnS La
itas Sunday and Sheriff Taylor brought
in a four pointer from the same Vicin-
ity on opening day. G.. w. Ellery, Doc
tor Wibon and Charles f. Breidenstein
hunted over the Lagunitas club pre-
serve during the week, but they got
nothing. They saw number OF does,
but they did not get as much as a shot
at buck
Con Roman was at Crowley's resort
near Laytonville in Mendoeino county
and killed four pointed buck that
weighed 116 pounds dressed. A F.
Broad accounted for nice one at VIII
Its and z. d. Burrows reported an
TERED game plentiful around Sherwood.
Burrows rifle went back on him and
he was Obliged to send it to town TO be
fixed. which accident cost him two days
of his vacation.
Bill Straight of Hayes valley, with
William Straight Jr. and Charles
Woods, left shortly before the season
opened for three weeks hunt in Men
docino county. F. G. Shaw intends put
ting in three weeks in Mendocino and
Trinity counties looking for trophy
heads.
Ben Baum and Henry Kahn are two
hunters who have retired for the sea-
son, both having bagged the limit of
two bucks in Sonoma county on open
ing day. Otto Helms was another So
noma county hunter to report success.
He brought in a good sized one from
the hills above Cazadero. George A.
Fox and AL Refs sent word from Shasta
county during the week that they had
accounted for two.
The Half Moon Bay club reported
two deer killed on Sunday and $50
FOUNDER was forwarded to the city from
the hills of Fresno county by P. j. Hay
serven.
The number of dove shooters out
since the season opened. compared with
deer hun ters, was Insignificant, for the
reason that a limit bag of 20 small
birds was hardly worth a long journey
and the expense entailed in the minds
of sportsmen. The birds are plentiful
throughout the San Joaquin valley,