The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-06
D0MESTICATED DUCK
BUILD NESTS ON LAKE
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CONTINUED FROM PACE ov,
sired a peek at them ana The 49,.
underneath and the c0ubtr,,h9H
proved an attraction tina. ,aon
many persons to the lake. and ,h.nN
are now all mourning because sor,s
one left the gate to the Lake w.,
preme grounds open one nIgb, "a
Gently and a weasel killed pl "a
OF the young ducks.
The heaviest flights OF watar,,yN
so far as Oklahoma is concerned
are In the more western portion y
the state, and It IL this faet i,o.
makes the great salt plains ir a.
falfa county such hunters nsra
disc. However. the mauard ln p,r.
ticular visits farther to the oos,.
ward In the state. seeming 10 fayo,
those portions whore the pra'r.o s,a
wooded sections meet, and this fac,
naturally places Kay county In
very favorable mallard d str :.
The using of live decoys nas hoe,
followed by hunters for many Years
These are obtained as n rule by ba.
ing caught after being crippled ana
when a flock Is once established rs'
cruits are added occasionally by
winglng another bird. Many hunt.
ing grounds are supplied with rear
but domestic kinsmen of the NAL.
lards, but the hunter generally pre-.
fers the real thing. II possible
These live decoys, no matter
whether geese or ducks, betrav
their kind in the most heartles,
manner, according to hunters
These say that even long before IA
hunters may suspect the approach
OF ducks there Is a quacklng among
the decoys whose keen eyes have
detected the voyagers afar Off. The
travellers OF course veer in their
course and settle among their SUD.
posed friends.
The duck season in Oklahoma
opens on october Is and continues
to January /, annually. Among
sportsmen in this section OF the
state, in fact clear across northern
Oklahoma, there is belief that
the open season should be the same
as IN Kansas where the season start,
on September 16. The Oklahomans
claim the KansanB play havoc with
the waterfowl a month before the
former can start out with guns. The
wide sand beeches of the Arkansas
and Salt Fork rivers in this vicinity
provide great hunting grounds dur
The true sportsman Is ever on tina
alert for geese or ducks that may
have been released by the United
States or Canadian governments in
experimental tests. This came to
light last autumn when announce
ment was made throughout all the
country covered by the flight OF the
ducks southwark, that 1000 Sas-
katchewan ducks had been tagged
and released for the purpose Of as
certalning their migration routes 10
their winter homes In the south.
They were released by the Mani
toba Trading company OF st, Paul
and all hunters were requested ~
watch for them and report whers
any fight be found. Both wing
and leg bands were attached 70 the
birds.
In order TO ascertain whether
wild ducks, found to have some Pc
culiar disease, would remain perma-
nently cured, the United States gov
ernment released a number at Salt
Lake several years ago and also
requested hunters to watch out for
them. One OF these was winged,
but not killed, year later on the
salt plains OF western Oklahoma,
and the find reported Tho duck
was in fine health, his wounds were
healed and he was kept as de-
coy. His previous Incarceration
had made him tanner than the usual
wild ducks.
In addition TO being an attraction
TO wild fowl and therefore a good
spot, Lake Supreme Is
stocked with many fish. or with
millions OF them" as Wentz de-
scribes It. A lot OF these came from
an old lake on Bar l. pastures o.
the l01 ranch, being transferred
something over year ago, and to-
day Lake Supreme Is one OF the
best stocked bodies of water in tho
southwest.
The Newkirk country club has
fine lake, about 20 acres In size,
which was built here by the Santa
Fe railroad company about IL years
ago and has become one OF the
beauty spots of this part OF the
country and on the big Vor Nanse-
lous ranch, 10 miles southwest OF
Ponca City, Is another fine body OF
water, really cutoff from the salt
Fork river.
The Lake Supreme grounds in
clude also a deer park. being one OF
four in Kay county and great
added attraction to tho McCaskey-
Wentz place. The other deer parlN,
in this county are those of j. w
Stone at Tonkawa. where there 70
now a herd OF 20; OF w. E. Tree.
way. Just north OF Blackwell, and
IN the 101 ranch. nine miles south
of this city.