. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. September 2, 1899 TOjs greifte* cmx* gftH>vt#mmu 153 OARTRIDG-E AND SHBLL. Dove shooting id the vicinity of PaBO Robles is reported to be first class. A fellow with a nice string of game or fish very rarely comes into town by a back alley. Black bears are reported to be very nuroeious in the mountains of Lake county this year. The open season for grouse and mountain quail commenced yeBterday and will continue until February 15th. Ore of the largest bucks seen in the vicinity of Cazidero for yearB was recently bagged by County Recorder Fred L. Wright of Santa


. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. September 2, 1899 TOjs greifte* cmx* gftH>vt#mmu 153 OARTRIDG-E AND SHBLL. Dove shooting id the vicinity of PaBO Robles is reported to be first class. A fellow with a nice string of game or fish very rarely comes into town by a back alley. Black bears are reported to be very nuroeious in the mountains of Lake county this year. The open season for grouse and mountain quail commenced yeBterday and will continue until February 15th. Ore of the largest bucks seen in the vicinity of Cazidero for yearB was recently bagged by County Recorder Fred L. Wright of Santa Rosa. J. B. Hauer bagged three fine bucks in the vicinity of Skaggs Springs recently. Deer have not been very numer- ous in that section for some time paBl. The indications for duck shooting this fall are excellent. Plenty of teal and mallard, mostly nativebred birds, have been seen in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valley districts. Wild geeae have already made their appearance in the northern counties. Springs and mountain streams op north are reported1 to be rising. These two signs presage an early winter. _ Fred Johnson is the possessor of one of the prettiest mounted deer heads we have seen for a long time. The buck, a four point, was recently killed near San Rafael by Lucas Cadogan, an Oakland boy. The head was presented to Mr. Johnson by John Lucbb. Thoughtlessness has much to do with the destruction of bird and animal life in our woods, many camping parlies being answerable for much in this line. It is a very usual thing for one or other of the members of a camping party to "take along a gun or rifle for the fun of the ; Once the gun or rifle ia in camp, and the members of that camp lolling around in the shade after a comfortable fish dinner, the weapon is brought out, and trials of skill entered into. This would be all right, were it not that some thoughtless fellow says: "Watch me knock over that 'gray squirrel,' " or it may be "that sw


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