El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-02
Fin, Fur and F at e
With The
Rifle, Rod and Scatter Gun

at noon they cooked some Of the game
they had shot and enjoyed real out
door dinner They found the hunIl1g
only fair for birds. While there could
be no complaint Of the rabbit hunting
there were very few quail sighted ana
the ones which We're seen were very
wild. Sunday night the men returned
having obtained is rabbits and one
quail on the trip.
Lieutenants q. L. Drollinger and II. e.
Brown. of the 18th infantry have been
granted ten days leave of absence
for the purpose Of hunting and nave
been granted permission to visit the
region in the neighbOrhood of Mesca-
lero, \. NJ. The leave took effect dur
ing the past week and the officers VIII
return next week They lnJend 10
hunt for big game.
Harry McKemy, Roy GAYLORD. Mer-
Vile DarneH and J. D. Elliott left sat
urday to hunt in the vicinity OF Nun
DIV Springs Mr.. McKemy states that
game is plentiful around Mundy
Springs. The party returned SUNDAY
evening, bringing with them 30 quall,
II cottOntails, three jack rabbits ana
one coyote hide. The coyote was shot
by Mr. McKemy. The trip was made
with a horse and wagon
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J. R. Clark, Clifford Anderson and
Scott Walker spent Saturday hunting
a few miles beyond TObin. They re-
port hunting in that district very poor,
I and advise all seeking game to find
some other hunting ground. They say
that despite the fact they spent the
entire day in search of game, they
sighted only few rabbits and these
were so wild that they were able to
obtain only one jacket rabbit. The
! trip was made by horseback
NJ. L. Means and his son, L. r. Means,
/ and ]. B. Robinson mOtored below f'a-
bens Sunday for the purpose, Of shoot
/ ing game. They returned Sunday
1 evening with a bag plentifully filled
/ having obtained so quail, nine cotton
1 tails and 1G doves They report
game as fairly plentiful in that region.
/ The younger Means, who has been at
I tending the University of Texas, says
| that game is much more plentiful IN
/ the vicinity of FL PasO than it is in the
| eastern part of the state.
!
| P. L. King ana a. E. Cowan went out
/ in the Franklin range last week. The
! trip was made on horseback, and tent
| ge and blankets were carried. Messr5
| King and CoWan had intended staying
! several days but remained only over
! one night. They went on the trip with
1 the intention Of getting big game 0u'
/ as none appeared to be in evidence our
/ ing their first days hunt, they decided
| to return Rifles and shOtguns were
/ taken. They managed to get Few
quail and eight jackrabbits No doves
were seen but rabbits, quail and small
birds were plentiful.
Mr.. King made a very peculiar shot
While out with his rifle he sighted q
/ cottontaiI sitting facing him at dis
! lance Mr.. King pulled up ana Tired
He had very little lhOpe of hitting the
rabbit, but upon going to the spot
| where the animal had been sitting, nj
discovered that it had been shot square
| " in the left eye and that the bulle'
! had passed completely through the
. body, going through the heart almost
! at dead center.
!
! Francis Broaddus and Earl Evans spen
a dav during the past week hunting
a few miles north of the West well
| Both rabbits and quail were found e
| be quite plentiful but doves and othel