El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-02

UNITING will be resumed next
week by the Ell Paso knights of
L 4 the scatter gun. The fact that
New Mexico licenses expired with the
caIedar year caused many local hunt
ers who had licenses in New Mexico
to allow them to expire, while 9th
~ he NOT vet taken out their Ii
censes, having waited until the new
ones for the entire new year were is
sued. The holiday rush also prevented
many hunters from goin6 out
turkey snoot was arranged for
Christmas day to give the shooters
chance to keep their eyes and trigger
fingers in condition. These turkey
shoots attract a big crowd, although
there has been some criticism of these
shoots because live turkeys are used
as targets instead Of firing at dummy
targets and giving turkeys as prizes.
This plan is used in other states where
live turkey shoots are prohibited and
has not diminished the popularity Oh
the shoots.
Wild turkey shooting in the noun
tains of New Mexico has always been
a popular sport for those in FL PasO
who could spare the time to take 4
week off and go into the Sacramento
mountains for some wild turkeys. In
the OLD days many private Cdr pa NLto
used to he run out of FL Paso to Cloud-
croft and the upper part of the logging
road The turkeys were plentiful IN
those days and the restrictions were
not as great as they arc under the
present New Mexico game laws
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Edward Fam spent a few days, dur
ing the week hunting in the organ
mountains with Howard Summers. Al
though both of these men are well along
| in years, their eyesight does not appear
to have been at all dimmed, for they
secured three fine bucks and a number
of rabbits and birds And everything
| was shot with a rifle Mr.. summers
shot two of the deer, but Mr. Fam, al
| though the older of the two by several
years, was not by any means outcome
! He brought down splendid specimen
I of mountain sheep, which is recognized
by all hunters as by far the hardest
animal of all big game to shoot These
I two old timers spent the entire day loI
| four days tramping across the noun
! tains. They covered many more miles
| in a day than most younger men could
make. Both men returned with a good
| bag and declared they had had the time
] of their lives.
| "The hunting in the organ mountains
/ for both large and small game is very
good" said Mr.. Fam. But ii does
| not compare with what it was, through
; out the entire southwest, in the early
! days. Why I can well remember that
| twenty years ago in the Preside. dis
/ trict man who could not get out and
J get a deer or bear before breakfast wa;
/ considered a very poor hunter"
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State game warden Trinidad de Baca
/ is having the quail of New Mexico cap
| tured and redistributed throughout thu
! state He has ordered 100 dozen quail
/ rounded ND and will ship them to tht
/ communities where quail are scarce
o. A. Bowen went hunting recently
! in the vicinity of Vinton, TeX-,and re
I ported the shooting good.
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John Bedford and r. Jarvis ran up e
{ Newman, New Mexico for the PURPOSE
of hunting small game. They stopped
| ct Newman Saturday night and Sunday
morning struck out with their shotguns
They carried a small package witt
| bread, salt, coffee and sugar. StOppins