Arizona republican., 1911-09-15
TIMELY NEWS FOR
 SPORTsMEN GENERALLY
DEER AND TURKEY SEASON
 OPENS TO-DAY.
Phoenix Gun Club Will Hold Practice
 Shoot ThIs Afternoon.

The nineteenth annual tournament of the Arizona Sportsmens Associa ton shooting at clay targets will be held at Tucson September 22. 23 and A. The best shooters of Arizona. New Mexico. Western Texas. South ern California, and several profes- sional shooters will he there. and keep things lively for the three days. Five hundred dollars added money is one of the attractions. Phoenix will send strong team to compete.
 The Phoenix Gun Club will hold practice shoot this afternoon at three o'clock. at their traps at the country club grounds. All shooters are invited Take the Washington street car to the capitol and walk three blocks north.
 Deer and turkey season opens to- day. and quit a number of residents of the valley have taken to the hills. to be on hand bright and early this morning. with hopes of bagging a big buck Deer are reported very plentiful this year. and with more feed in the hills than usual, they should be in fine condition. The season closes as usual December first. Non-residents are charged a license fee of ten dollars. but no fee is re- quircd of residents of Arizona
 Fen Hildrcth left for Prescott a couple of days ago. and will go out with friends from there. Fen all ways gets the game.
 Dr. BraXton and Dr. Mcclure re-
 trf,. of several weeks in the fishing coun- try around Fort Apache. They re port having had the time of their lives. and want to go back next sum mer. R A Watkins accompanied them, with the camp wagon.
 Quail season will open October 18th and lasts until February l. The shooting will be good this year, as there are lots of young birds, and there has been plenty of feed and water for them. Game Commissioner Pinncy is offering a reward of five dollars for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of any one killing quail before the season opens. In addition to the reward, the informer gets one-h half the fine col lcCted
 The summer ducks-teal, grcys and pintaiIs. are here and good bags have been made for three weeks past. They are found on the river and irrigated fields. Geo. Lutgcrding and party made one of the first good kills about fifty birds.
 Catfish. crappic and carp are bit ing well. Capt. Geo. Christy, pr Wm. Lentz. and party, fished at Granite Reef the first of the week and made a large catch. w. l.. Pin ney had a party west of town the same day and returned with half a cunny sack full of good sized cat fish. Fishing is a sport that appeals to everyone. IL does not require an expensive outfit. and good fish can be caught in the river in any water that is deep enough for them t" swim.
 Doves are very numerous. and some vhitewings are still here. White wing shooting has been first-class this summer. but they have changed their feeding grounds so often that II has often kept the hunters guessing where to find the best shooting. The wbit.vings winter in Mexico and Cen traI America. and return here in April and May. A. F Jones had a party of friends south of the river last Saturday. and returned with fine lot of doves and whitewings, in addi- ton to having a Dir dinner ta the shooting grounds.