Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
Ducks, Hot Biscuits and
Gravy With Tom Marshall

"a friend in need is friend In
deed" DIR. S. b. Friend OF Los An,
geles, Cal, is all that tho word
friend implies, so accepted by the
host of good sportsmen who sins
climatic conditions and specialize or
the Pacific coast as an ideal resi-
dence section. There is an atmos-
pheric condition in Sunset Land
which engenders sociability and good
fellowship. Doctor Friend and wife
are the devotees of the art OF trap
shooting. On a recent visit to Ma
nilla, at a shooting tournament given
by the Gun Club, the medal repre-
sentinG the Philippine Island cham
pionship, was annexed by Mrs
Friend in an open contest. As re-
cent contestant in the Grand Amer
lean Handicap, in Chicago, she turn
ed in most credible scores.
October 16 was the opening day in
the duck shooting arena in Califor-
MIA. As the guest of DIR. Friend
and wife, the writer visited the CAS-
tic Lake Duck Club, a run of about
one hundred miles over the ridge
route road from Los Angeles. The
lake is located in the TETON Range
of mountains, in Kern county, about
fifty miles inlapd from the railroad,
approximately two miles long ana
one wide, deep in the center ana
shoal near tho shores. Wild rice
and celery furnished the piece de re-
sistance, while tule, flag and reeds,
form an ideal trystnS place, where
duck condolences are exchanged.
Shore blinds are scattered around
the lake, so located that the hunter
always has the advantage of wind
conditions. The hunting lodge is
spacious and convenient, eNellent
beds which seem to fit ones form
after n day afield. y competent chet
who spcCializes on the cooking OF
ducks, with u real duck gravy and
hot biscuits, which have made the
southland famous.
Whcn we arrived. the surface or
the lake was covered with mallardS,
teal, spoon-bill, sprigs, while an oc-
casional flock of CanNasback were
conspicuous by their flashing silver
gray color, covering the lake IKE
white blanket, in limited sectlons'
Resting in the center of the pond,
they felt immune from danger, as
there had been no shooting on the
grounds prior to our arrival Live
oak trees were around the shores. up
the mountainSide is seen the state
ly. towering pine and fir.
Ensconced in our blind, the first
shot was fired, which put all wild
life in motion, creating general con-
stcrnation. They jumped from the
surface of the water and commenc-
ed milling" We were occupying 4
point blind, which gave us numerous
shots as the birds circlcd about. We
soon had sufficient number of ducks
to make a respectable decoy display.
We staked them out by running a
sharpened stick into the mud, impal-
ing the lower portion of the ducks
bill on the stick, which gave them
n life-like appearance as they rest
ed on the water. The decoy layout
was especially seductive, assisted by
the dulcet notes of 4 duck call, birds
dropped in, affording most excel
la,t shooting. We We're soon con-
vinced that our bag limit would be
reached before the evening hight
Started. Then came the shot
about" order, scoring mallard ducks
of the male persuasion only.
Old Green Heads
There can, be no more attractive
bird or enhancing mark to direct