The San Francisco call., 1910-10-16
BIRD HUNTERS Have
POOR week OF IT
Some Limit Bags Are Secured,
but in General Sport Is
Unsatisfactory
BY FRANK o'DoNNELL

Notwithstanding weather conditions
were decidedly against duck and quail
hunting at the close of last week. there
was a large attendance of sportsmen
on the ma rsh areas last Sunday and
shooters were also in evidence in the
uplands. Results, generally speaking,
were slim, though some fair ito limit
bags were obtained in favored sections.
According to hunters returning from
the uplands the lack of moisture made
1t difficult for dogs to work and the
hot weather added to the troubles of
the men. Limit bags of quail were
rare, as was to be expected under these
trying conditions. and shooters who
succeeded in bagging round dozen of
the toothsome birds counted themselves
among the lucky ones.
Duck hunters, both sportsmen and
shooters for the market were still I'D
against a hot weather handicap last
Sunday, and as was the case during the
first week of the season. many bags
were spoiled by the warm weather
while in transit from the shooting
grounds to the city. AS rule market
hunters Jared badly from the first day
of the season until a few days ago.
While the weather remained warm con-
sigpment after consignment of tainted
ducks and geese reached the wholesale
commission district. Local poultry han
dlers said that the market hunters lin
some sections were working for little.
or nothing until the middle of last
week. A large percentage of the daily.
arrivals it was said,-%Was ultimat tely-
disposed of by way of the garbage bar
rel and the returns to shippers were
at times barely sufficient to cover the
cost of ammunition Wednesdays
l-@- IL,
and gave the shooting pastime some-
what of an impetus.
The home bred birds in the Los
Banos region of the San Joaquin valley
furnished fair TO good sport on Wednes-
day and subsequent days. Pete Ash
croft was in communication with the
keeper of the Gustine club every day
and he was advised that while the
supply of ducks was not nearly as
plentiful as last year there would be
enough birds flying to enable good
shots to get all that the law allows.
Walter Wood. J. Sherwood. J. T.. Bond.
H. Strange and William C. Empey are
at the Ingomar preserve near Los
Banos, and Otto Feudner is shooting
with several friends at Newman
Charles Staples and William NJ. Davy
went to Los Banos Thursday night
They evidently found sport much bet
Ter tleIc lIldn II was before the rain.
for they forwarded an assortment of
mallard, sprig and teal to the number
of 45 to the city on Friday. Thus far
l'this seasons shooting on the Empire
club preserve in Monterey county is
not up to last. years standard but
| there is a bountiful supply of ducks
and quail on the grounds. and the
members are expecting good sport to
come with changed weather conditions.
The Suisun marsh was visited by rep
resentative delegations of city sports
men during the week. There were sew
eral guns out on the Ibis, Seymour.
club grounds. There were IL Volante
club members on the ponds Wednesday
and all of them, got limit bags. in
which sprig and ma1lard predominated.
Senator j. G.. Sims shot with Frank
Maskey on the same day, both account
ing for 25 birds each. Jerome White
and friend made joint kill of 40
on Wheeler island during the week.
There was not much. doing on the
Sonoma or Petaluma marsh areas dur
ing the week, ducks being scarce on
nearly all of the preserves in that
region. Ray Mecchi was at the Hood
lum club lodge near Ignacio Wednes-
day and gathered an assorted bag of
Is ducks. Emil Klevesahl was at the
Lincoln club lodge all week and re-
ported nothing doing. His brother.
| Henry. was with him Wednesday and
returned to the city without feather
$50
| George Thomas, Ed Kerrison. Harry
Lanpke, n. Witt and George F'ranzen
| hunted on widely separated parts of
the Alvarado marsh with satisfa ctory
results last Sunday. They and numer-
Gus other hunters on the. east bay
shore reported duck, rail and snipe
shooting excellent.
| Last Wednesdays storm and the
probability of further precipitation did
much TO revive the spirits of scatt er
gun enthusiasts. as was evidenced by
the large number of hunters that left
the city for the hunting resorts last
night and Friday.