The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-10-06
luAL RAID ON
GAME BIRDS
nnllnr 0un Artists Flock to the 1ield
~ al Quarters and Bombard
the Feathered InnOcents.

fkore was a flock Of hunters here
~ spokane, Wenatchee and else
~. besides the local nimrods, and
! - lombardment on nill and In valley
srnded like hot day at the front
hrlne the world war. Some Of the
- eager hunters did not give the
NJ 1 chance to take their morning
harty sleep for they were up and
doId long, long before daybreak and
~ up the murderous. work until
~ after dark. Then there were 9TH
- Who do not believe In giving the
~ I cnance for their white alleys
\ ~ had trained dogs to nose out the
AVIATION Of the game and by holding
= blrd on point gave the hunter a
E ehnnce to get In easier reach of the
vellms. II is just possible that the
~ received radio tip In advance
d the rang was coming, for strange
3 ~ waere birds were plentiful
~ veks ago they were scarce Sun
/ ~ "a that few Of the horde of hun
\ ~ secured the bag limit, although
= 1pubt some. got more than they
m entitled to. as it will require
u11oubtedly tae bird family. II ca
~ Of thinking, thought the world
~ coming to an end Sunday. The
X 4 October. and the first day OF
- open season for certain game
MI fell on Sunday, holiday, and
~ every individual in the land
(1niAg shot gun was out spraying
~ atmosphere with lead pellets. On
Il eyerage there was about a hunter
- Wery bird, and the feathered BIZ
r. that managed to elude the
ocolnn Of a scatter gun was playing
= NJ luck. Every scheme known to
~ hpnter to insure the getting OF
~ vas practiced. The bird was
ck % show whatever. Nothing saw
= ~ chink. the hungarian or the
- from sudden death except his
1 ppon the wing, and shot travels
E han any bird that flies.
~ nan stringent laws to eliminate
1Ssnms hog.
Waile ON the subject 1t may be
- hat the laws we have must be
~ strictly enforced or in few
nh there will be no more game In
= county. We know that some chafe
! ae enforcement OF the game law,
- while We are enjoying the sport
{ hunting is it not fair to take into
liberation the rights Of the gene
,ftons yet to come? Without prOtec-
~ The game birds Of this state will
- be entirely wiped. out of exist
~ Men are selfish by nature. We
y al built that way. We like to
leuder gun and go out and kill for
y lust of killing. II there was no lin
~ the bag there is not one hunter
4an hundred that would resist the
nDtation of shooting as long as
~ was game to shoot and his
|llb held out. Before the invention
~ breech loader there was hardly
y end to the game In the west. The
1Gsle loader cut down the ability of
y hunter to shoot often and the
- multiplied each year. Then came
lgbreech loader and the rapid fire
y worked havoc. But even then the
lnlsrs had to confine taeir opera
- to limited territory. But the
qlomobile came into common use,
= after that distance was no object
(lhs hunter. Off to hunting grounds
\ Aundred miles away was not half
y job Of driving ten miles or walk
! five prior to the advent OF rapid
I1neportation. That gave multitude
esmsn chances to hunt birds who
~ not afford the expense and time
> make long trips by horse vehicle
'aore the auto came in use. and that
! ~ reason one sees twenty hunters
Z ~ field nowadays where one or
~ were crowd a quarter Of a CEN
AZ ago. No wonder that the multi
70 Of game birds that once populat-
\ hh county are gradually disap-
eering, Notwithstanding strict laws
g heir protection. and il the same
l|ooghter keeps on the game birds OF
eeay win be known to future genera
- only by names found in books
= MYTHOLOGY and mentioned as
lDeciee now extinct.