The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-22

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Bob White! Bob White! Bob
White! Paging with this assembly
command his flock mates and re-
gather his feathered clans. You
have heard the dulcet, seductive
and silvery voice of the wild, when
urging his family to the homecom-
ing. To the sportsman's attuned
ear, CALI Curci with her sweet
modulated notes, thrills and pleas
ing voice, has nothing on Ameri-
cas- tiny game birds throat in
donations. When a boy, do you re-
member hearing Bob Whites
command to his companions
how they Immediately, cautiously
and industriously hunted a finger
stone that you might take chance
on rocking" or bagging the whist
ling captain of insect industry de-
struction? You did not need the
meat it was the outcropping Of uni
versal kid instinct. What a thrill
Of delight Bobbie injects into a
sportsman's system by his far
reaching call or the whirr of wings.
The honk of a goose or quack of a
duck are cabaret efforts, compared
with quails' grand opera, from the
angle of comparison. The call Of
both ducks and geese are reproduc-
ed by that barnyard kilt. The
pleasing, penetrating and musical
assembly command of the quail is
heard only afield. No line of sport
is more seductive or enjoyable
than matching wits with those lit
tie table delicacies.
The sing of the shooting mi
crobes frequently loosen purse
strings. Many northern sports
men have made extensive real es-
tate loans on plantations in Geor-
gia, Alabama, Oklahoma and the
Carolinas. The land mortgages
embody an exclusive shooting and
fishing clause covering period OF
wears as consideration for a very
low rate of i-terest. In this man
ner many shooting preserves are
acquired in southland.
To outdoor recreation affords
the varied entertainment found
afield. Hunting on horseback, afoot
or by the blackboard route, through
cotton, corn or buckwheat fields,
one finds ever-changing panoramic
conditions with extended opportun-
tiles for close utilization, in her
virgin resorts, with the interesting
old girl, Dame Nature. Shooting
over a brace of we'll trained dogs,
watching their work on birds, as
they point, back or retrieve, hand
ling themselves with almost
human intelligence, they GER
tainly explode f, Tx lore fall
lacy that quail withhold
their scent from dogs at will" Con-
ceding Bob White is clever, wise
and resourceful, yet he is unable to
suppress that odor or scent which
a well-trained dog persistently fol-
lows, especially true if 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 sue
cessful working of dogs, when the
season is especially dry they are
!. continuously shifting for scent. A
dust is then inhaled which irritates
the Schneiderian membrane. cover
ing and clogging the olfactory or
gans. rendering the sense of smell
much less acute. A few years since
l was travelling aHOklahoma shoot
ing circuit with Pat Adams, Charley
Plank, Marshall Sharp and Pop
Heikes. q quartet of professional
shots. as running mates On ouI
way to Blackwell. we stopped in
the village OF Deer Greek. then the
home of Tom Hartman, one OF Ok
lahoma's best trapshots. There was
lno especial excitement I'm Deer