The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-06
TRAP, ROD AND GUN
~ TOM MARSHALL.

Bob white, Bob white Bob white!
Paging with this assembly command
his flock mates and regatherng his
feathered clans. You have heard the
dulcet. seductive and silvery voice Of
the wild, when urging his family to
the home coming. To the sportsman $
attuned ear. Galli-Curci with her sweet
modulated notes, thrills and pleasing
voice, has nothing on Americas tiny
game birds throat intonations. When
boy, do you remember hearing bob
whites command to his flock COM
paions, how they Immediately, eau
tiously and industriousy hunted IA
finger stone that you might take n
chance on rocking or haEgiug the
whistling captain OF insect industry de-
struction. You did not need the meat,
II was the outcropping of universal Kid
instinct What a thrill of delight Bob
bic lnjects into a sportsman's system
by his far-reaching call or the whirr
OF wings, The honk of a goose or quack
OF duck are cabaret efforts as COM
pared with quails' grand opera, from
the angle of comparison. The call OF
both ducks and geese are reproduced
by that barnyard kilt The pleasing,
penetrating and musical assembly COM
mand OF the quail is heard only afield.
No line of sport Is more seductive o.
enjoyable than matching wits with
those little table dencacles,
The sting OF the shooting microhe
frequently loosens purse strings. Many
Northern sportsmen have made extern
sive real estate loans on plantations
in Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma and
the Carolinas. The land mortgages en-
body an exclusive shooting and fish
ing clause covering period OF years
as consideration for very low rate
OF interest. In this manner many shoot
ing preserves are acquired In South
land.
No outdoor recreation affords the
varied entertainment found atield hunt
ing on horseback. afoOt or by the buck
board route, through cotton, corn or
buckwheat fields one finds ever chang
ing panoramic conditions with extend
ed opportunities for close affiliRtion,
in her virgin resorts, with the interest
ing old girl Dame Nature. Shooting
over brace Of well-traned dogs,
watching their work out on birds, as
they point back or retrieve, handling
themselves with almost human intelli-
genca, they certainly explode folk lore
kallacy that quail withhold their scent
Yrom dogs at viii" Conceding bob
white is clever. wise and resourcetul,
vet he Is unable TO suppress that odor
or scent which a well-trained dog per-
sistently follows, especially true II they
have been reading II quail alight with
out running, there Is less chance OF
being located Weather conditions are
to be considered, with the successful
working Of dogs, when the season is
especially dry they are continuously
shifting for scent 4 dust Is then in
hailed which irritates the Schneidefian
membrane, covering and Clogging the
olfactory organs, rendering the sense OF
a. Fsaga4 ara-
since | was travelling an oklahoma
shooting circuit with Pat Adams,
Charley Plank, Marshall Sharp and
Pop Heikes, a quartet Of profess
sionai shots as running mates ON
our way to Blackwell we stopped In
the village Of Deer Creek, then the
home OF Tom Hartman, one Of okla
homas best trapshots. There was no
especial excitement In Deer Creek, as
a matter OF fact II became necessary
TO stop the ringing Of curfew bell ht
o'clock in the evening as II disturbed
the rest and awakened the pOpuiIce.
Quail galore were reported on the TO-
OO0-acre ranch OF Charley Moore, who
had extended hunting privileges to
Hartman and friends We declared
ourselves In with the invite. This pas
ture was cattle range. virtually
small game preserve and sanctuary. as
no shooting had been permitted. Big
blue stem was the prevailing grass,
Small streams and draws were skirted
with a low growth OF blackjack oak
and mesquite brush, an idea resort
for quail and they were there Ad-
tacent was an S0-arTe tract II buck
wheat, which was certainly "A bird moe
ca and gave Hartmans rcd Irish set
tiers most excellent uhanC" for
workout The brace was trained to
the minute In Oklahoma birds. 10 was
AaIlRhf q, watch flIt.lT "a y