The San Francisco call., 1910-12-04


hunters that invades the marsh areas
and bay shore shooting regions weekly
in quest OF wild ducks and other feath-
cred game We're greatly strengthened
when rain commenced falling on Fri
day on which day the weekend exodus
of sportsmen to the shooting grounds
commenced. AS result of the storms
on Friday and Saturday there is a much
larger attendance Of city dwelling
sportsmen al the shooting resorts today
than there has been for several weeks.
Whether the storm viii improve shoot
ing conditions so that the pastime of
picking web footed wild fowls out of
The sky viii be more profitable than II
has been recently in some sections, viii
be determined TODAY Huters who went
out Yesterday headed for preserves
where well baited ponds do much
toward making sport good and re
suits satisfactory, We're pleased with
the outlook. but the independent unat-
tached hunters We're not at all sure
that everything was all right for them
and they We're speculating on the prob
ability Of enough rain falling TO form
new ponds in the area that has not yet
been closed TO them by the encroach-
ments Of the gun clubs.
Good shooting was had at resorts
here ducks have been plentiful since
r0e season opened. The SUisun region
was weIl supplied, considering the bonn
hardment that has been directed at the
deniZens of the marsh for the last
eight weeks. and there was an abun-
de nee Of game, both ducks and geese,
i1 the Sacramento and San Joaquin
valleys bat on the upper reaches Of
SAN Pablo bay and on the east shore Of
Tie lower bay results were slim, as
they have been right along. All week
there was boUntiful supply of all
kinds Of ducks in the markets. and
this was generally considered to be an
indication that general conditions had
taken a turn for the better and that
hunters would have little trouble in
securing large strings. However. il
developed that a large portion of the
daily arrivals i'm the commi issiOn market
were coming from places that were
rea IIT inaccessible TO spOrtsmen be-
cause Of the uureasOnably long time
-hev would consume on the trip.
The situation. then, as far as city
sportsmen without gun club affiliations
were concerned. resolved itself into its
original status. which meant that week
end hunters would have TO wait for
conditions around the bay shores 70
Improve before they could expect much
in all. the lot Of the hunter who has
not the advantage Of membership in a
sun club seems 10 be worse this year
than ever before Owing TO the un-
usually long dry season ponds are
scarce in the areas left open 10 him.
and the haited ponds on the preserves
are ella ming large share OF the ducks.
The market hunter would be Just as
badly of. If. like the city spOrtsmen.
or nvn
whenever he wanted to shoot.
AIailard. teal widEeon and northern
sprig ducks furnished plenty OF sport
90 shooters In the San Joaquin valley
last week. Otto Feudner, as usual,
carried of high gun hOnors at Newman
last Sunday and added another to his
already long list Of rapid fire limits
Feudner paid particular attention TO
northern sprig. which are much in evi-
leDce in that region There were big
Y ings ar Los RanOs. the attendance at
an popular resort being increased by
The arrival Of a big delegation from
fnis city that went down for the
Thanksgiving day bluerock shoot. The
delegation included ". W Terriil
Clarence J. Ashlin. Ed Schultz. Pete
McRae. Dick Reed and Fred Whit. all
of whom STAYED over for 2 Sunday
duck shoot after performing creditably
m the traps As result OF their
sSfliful Workmanship Bill Prices social
Hal was handsomely decorated with
strings of mallard. widgeon and teal.
John Connolly, Ed Hammond Louis
Rink Fred Whit, Bert Patrick and
Harvey McMurchy. the eastern expert
are at Gustine today.
ON the Sonoma marsh area sport was
good in spots. The Ibis. NoIante Teal
and cordelia clJb members had good
sA'ots on sunday and there We're some
fai~ bags brought in from the region
on rs ednesday- The Cook ponds We're
also found good for nice bags and
t1ere were some busy days on the Sew
lno-r and ROos places. Dave Sachs is
shooting on Achilles Roos' place today.
thomas Bishop and +. B. Murphy were
"itH the regulars on the Suisun marsh
yesterday, remaining over today.
% Boz the vicinity OF Rio Vista hunt
crs ave been doing good work with
l-ks and geese all week. The lodges.
arks and shacks are shelterfng large
numbers ot shotgun experts who are
having rare sport right along James
Jones, Dr. J. Auburn Wibon. W. E
Chute and q. ". Ellery were recent
visitors 10 the Rio Vista country From
rio Vista clear up through the Sacra =
Uento valley TO West Butte or there
aoHuts ducks and geese are in abund-
anre and they keep the sportsmen Of
Sacramento. Nacayille and other towns
\ tnat region busy enough Seven
-mit bags OF mallard brakes were
~ Ken last week by members OF the
Mallard club near Rio Vista
on the east bay shore around Al
Narado, Mount Eden and Newark good
bags were obtained now and then. but
there was much room for Improvement
according 10 returning hunters. What
we want over there IS some rough
weather is the way Ed Kerrison of
the Pastime club puts it. Kerrison
with several others has shot on the
Alrarado marsh for years and he knows
as well as any one just what is needed
20 make hunting conditions right over
there. George Thomas. one Of Ker-
rison's fellow club members. has had
some fair sport at Alvarado recently