SOUTHWEST WILDS AND WATERS 
 
 
tion Commission- 
er, lauding him 
for his foresight. 
The progress of 
the club    was 
watched with in- 
terest in   c o n- 
servation  circles 
throughout   t h e 
country. 
 
SITUATED in a 
   section of the 
state noted for the 
variety and abun- 
dance of its ducks, 
the club grounds 
are   among   the 
m o s t extensive 
given over to this 
sport. The land 
and   water area 
comprise s o m e 
60,000 acres of 
which approxi- 
mately   23,000 
a r e marshlands. 
Dotted here and 
there are shallow 
lagoons   where 
delta duck pota- 
toes can be found 
!-- -L 1.-J ---  'TL- 
 
 
in aoun ance.     e             Blue gi 
delta potato is a 
root like    sub- 
stance, which in texture resembles the 
irish potato, but in shape and size is 
more like the onion. The ducks gob- 
ble up these potatoes with much gusto. 
  The club grounds are situated near 
one of the many passes which dis- 
charge the waters of the Mississippi 
into the Gulf of Mexico - on Pass a 
l'Outre. That is why, when the club 
was named it was christened "Pass a 
l'Outre," French for "Pass of the Ot- 
ter," originally named because of the 
many fur animals of that species found 
there by the early French settlers. 
  Only a few miles away, and to the 
north, are the famous hunting grounds 
of the exclusive Delta Duck Club. 
Chateau Canard, the private hunting 
grounds of Joseph Leiter, Chicago mil- 
lionaire, are just beyond the 
Delta Duck Club holdings. 
 
 
ease resting and "gravelling" on a Louisiana shell bank, 
 
 
er lucky enough to get first choice may 
pick his favorite guide and point of 
vantage, and so on down the line. 
  The club is now in charge of Charley 
Johnson, formerly a guide. Charley is 
thoroughly familiar with every phase of 
the club's management, and sees to it 
that everything is in order for the re- 
ception of the department's guests. 
The trails leading to the different ponds 
are kept open to allow easy ingress 
and egress of the hunter and guide. A 
number of food planting experiments, 
closely resembling those in vogue in 
California, were inaugurated this year, 
attracting a number of diving duck 
species, such as the canvasback and 
redheads. 
  Reservation for accommodations at 
 
 
Louisiana's nu.. li shoatin- eluh_ 
 
 
H_.TUNTING at the club is free 
L land open to anyone who de- 
sires to go there and partake 
of the sport. For the comfort 
of guests, the Conservation De- 
p~artment operates a clubhouse 
at actual cost. A hunter can 
pay $12.50 a day and journey 
forth to shoot mallard, pintails, 
teals, and shovellers to his 
heart's content, and free from 
worry. For this fee covers ev- 
erything, including a guide, 
duckboats, decoys, meals and 
lodgings. 
  When the guests assemble 
for the day's hunt, lots are 
drawn for the choice of guides 
and shooting ponds. The hunt- 
 
 
the club must be 
made ahead of 
time. A deposit 
of $5 is required 
from each person 
who registers, and 
a receipt is given, 
which is later ac- 
cepted  as part 
payment on the 
guest's account at 
the club. 
 
THE club is lo- 
   cated within 90 
miles of New Or- 
leans, only a few 
hours run from 
the   city.  The 
hunting   grounds 
may be reached 
by train, boat, or 
automobile. 
  Louisiana leads 
the nation in duck 
hunting. A prom- 
inent  sportsman 
o n c e remarked 
that when there 
were   no   ducks 
left in the rest of 
the world, Louis- 
iana would still 
 
 
                    have them. 
isiana has the best duck club 
country, a club that welcomes 
from any corner of the world. 
 
 
  Lou- 
in the 
guests 
 
 
  So get your gun out Mr. Sportsman. 
Grease it up well, and start practicing 
your duck calls. Drag the old hunting 
togs out of the moth balls. Forget the 
office, and take the next train south. 
  For it's duck hunting time in Lou- 
isiana, and Charley Johnson is waiting 
to welcome youI 
 
  SHOREBIRDS PROTECTED 
  Sportsmen probably do not need to 
be reminded that the only shorebirds 
which can legally be taken under the 
Migratory Bird Treaty Act regulations 
are the woodcock and Wilson's snipe 
or jacksnipe. All other shorebirds, in- 
       cluding plovers, all snipe and 
       sandpipers, and the yellowlegs 
 
 
are protected. The reed birds, 
rice bird or bobolink is protect- 
ed; also the wood duck and 
wild swan. 
 
    TURKEYS DEFEAT 
           HAWK 
   While patrolling in some 
 woods, during August, A. R. 
 Britton saw a drove of fourteen 
 young turkeys and a hen. They 
 were making a great commotion 
 and it soon appeared that a 
 hawk was after them. 
   The   fourteen  half - grown 
 birds, with the help of the hen, 
 proved too much for the hawk, 
,however, which: was a large 
one, and it finally flew away. 
 
 
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