. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, December 30, 1916 CHANGES IN WASHINGTON LAWS. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL M. Fisher is Elected President of State Game Wardens at Meeting. CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT B - Do Ducks Go to China?—Seward, Alaska.—Game wardens along Cook Inlet again have raised the ques- tion whether the ducks, which summer in Alaska, pass the winter in China and the Philippines. This question was first raised when the ducks with rice in their craws were killed on Seward Peninsula. This winter the ducks summering on Cook Inlet had not migrated south on N
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, December 30, 1916 CHANGES IN WASHINGTON LAWS. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL M. Fisher is Elected President of State Game Wardens at Meeting. CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT B - Do Ducks Go to China?—Seward, Alaska.—Game wardens along Cook Inlet again have raised the ques- tion whether the ducks, which summer in Alaska, pass the winter in China and the Philippines. This question was first raised when the ducks with rice in their craws were killed on Seward Peninsula. This winter the ducks summering on Cook Inlet had not migrated south on November 1, although zero weather already prevailed. Early in October reports were received that ducks were migrating from Canadian lakes, and from California came word that ducks were arriving in the Sacramento valley a month ahead of time. It was then evident that the migration of Alaskan birds had nothing to do with the arrivals on the southern coast. Anchorage hunters, hearing that ducks in large numbers were still to be found on the flats, braved the cold late in October to bag them. Several hunt- ing parties nearly came to grief. One party of seven left Anchorage late in October for a day's hunting at Fire Island and returned nearly dead from cold and hunger 10 days later. Most of this time was spent in an open dory bucking the ice. It was too cold for the duck hunters then, but not for the ducks. On November 9 came a break in the weather and a sharp rise in the temperature. With the warm spell and rain, the ducks decided it was time to move and the fast gasoline boats coming down the inlet noted the first of the migra- tion. These ducks were flying, not southeast toward the coast states, but down Shelikoof Strait to the southwest. This way leads to Asia, by way of the Aleutian Islands and Japanese archipelago. More Wardens Wanted.—Although $33,500 in fines was collected by the State Fish and Game Commis- sion through arrests made by its game wardens dur- ing the pas
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