Georgia game and fish [Vol. 3, no. 3 (Mar. 1968)]

GEORGIA

VOL. 3, NO. 3 I MARCH, 1968

~GEORGIA
~ GAME&FISH

March 1968

Volume Ill

Number 3

The Mountain Lion Trophy Conservation Communications Award -1967 The Georgia Sportsmen 's Federation.
Contents

Coosa Crappie: Lock and Dam .

.. Jim Morrison 1

Arrow Affair.. ... . . . . .. .. . .

.. .. .Jim Tyler 6

Shooting Questions, Hunting

Answers . . .

. Dean Wohlgemuth 8

Shootout-On the Range! .

. .. .. .Jim Morrison 9

A Record Buster! . ....... .

. .Jim Morrison 10

Outdoor World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... Staff 15

Sportsmen Speak .. . ... . . .. . . ...... . ...... Readers 16

Sportsmen's Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Tide Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Lester G. Maddox
Governor

George T. Bagby
Director, State Game & Fish Comm ission

COMMISSIONERS

Rankin M. Sm ith ,

James Darby

Chairman

Vice Chairman

Atlanta- 5th District

Vidalia - 1st District

William Z. Camp, Sec.

J. B. Langford

Newnan - 6th District

Calhoun - 7th District

Richard Tift

Judge Harley Langdale.

Albany-2nd District

Valdosta-8th District

Will iam E. Sm ith

Clyde Dixon

Americus - 3rd District

Cleveland-9th District

Charles L. Davidson , Jr.

Leonard Bassford

Avondale Estates-4th District Augusta - l oth District

Jimm ie Williamson

Darien - Coastal District

TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION Jack A. Crockford, Assista nt Director
Leon Kirkland , Fisheries Chief Hubert Handy, Game Management Chief Charles M . Frisbe, Supervisor, Marine Fisheries Robert S. Ba ker, Special Services Coordinator

LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION Bi ll Cline
Deputy State Chief. Atlanta David Gould
Deputy State Chief. Brunswick

GEORGIA GAME & FISH STAFF

Jim Morrison. Editor

Dean Woh lgemuth.

J. Hall, Staff Writer

Staff Writer

Ted Borg. Photographer

Marvin Tye , Staff Writer

Georgia Game and Fish is theofficial monthly magazine of the Georgia Game and Fish Commission, published at the Comm ission 's offices, 401 State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia 30334. N o advertising ar;cepted. Suqscriptions are $1 for one year or $2.50 for three years. Pnnted by Stem Pnntmg Company,Atlanta, Ga. Notification ofaddresschange must include both old and new address and ZIP code, with 30 days not1ce. No subscription requests will be accepted.without ZIP code. Articlef> and photographs may be reprinted. Proper credit should be g1ven. Contnbut1ons are welcome, but the editors assume no responsibilityor liability for loss ordamage ofarticles, photographs, or illustrations. Second-class postage pa id at Atlanta, Ga.

Reaction:"Dogged to Death"

Sometimes we wonder how much good Game and Fish Magazine is doing to conserve wildlife in the State of Georgia, in spite of many compliments about how pretty it looks, how good the photographs are, and how much sportsmen enjoy the articles about how and where to hunt and fish in this wildlife wonderland of ours that so few of us appreciate.
But when a magazine article like "Dogged to Death" in the January issue this year can set off a chain reaction of concerned comment all over Georgia, reaching even past the border of the United States, then we feel that some little progress is being made at solving one of the most sensitive problems in the field of wildlife conservation.
No article that has ever appeared in Game and Fish Magazine has generated so many personal comments, telepho ne calls, and concerned letters than the "Dogged to Death" article and photographs. Here is a sample:

I have read with interest your article " Dogged to Death"

in the January 1968 issue of Game and Fish .

I have been aware for some time of the problems caused

by wild dogs and have on occasion experienced losses by

these dogs. I live in South DeKa lb County where acreage is

still yet undeveloped and my neighbors, too, are plagued by

wild dogs. I was unaware that the problem was so extensive

and costly not only to hunters but to farmers, cattlemen and

the general population as well.

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ON THE COVER : The crappie is a Georgia favorite, and March is his month. Soon, thousands of Georgia anglers will be lining the banks of their favorite crappie fishing holes, like the lock and dam on the Coosa River below Roine. This photograph was taken in the public aquarium of the National Fish Hatchery at Millen, Ga., by Ted Borg.

ON THE BACK COVER: The stately redtailed hawk symbolizes the theme of National Wildlife Week, March 17-23, "Learn to Live with Nature." Even though the hawk pl ays a vital role in destroying sick and diseased animals and in reducing the population of serious pests like rats and mice, the hawk and the owl are still among the most despised and misunderstood of nature's creatures. Photo by Dr. W. D. Sudia.

PHOTO CREDITS: Ted Borg i,f.c., 6,7,10; D an Keever 9-t.l.,
11; Jim Morrison 1,2,3,4, t.T. 15; Bill Murphy t. 1,15; Jim Tyler t.r.-11.

COOSACRAPPIE By Jim Morrison

The old lock and dam on the Coosa River near Rome is the best fishing hole in Northwest Georgia. Undoubtedly, it's also the most popular, both for bank fishermen and boatmen, using an excellent concrete launching ramp there.

"I hear the crappie are biting pretty good up at the Jock and dam . You ought to go up there and give them a try."
Lock and dam? "Where is it," I asked.
"Why, up at Rome," came the surprised answer. "On the Coosa. You mean you haven't heard of it?"
On second thought, I had heard of the Rome lock and dam, several times, but I still didn't know many of the details. That location bad cropped up several times in conversations with wildlife ra ngers and fish biologists. I had even used it on the daily radio fishing report that I was doing at the time, based on reports from the Calhoun district ranger office.
After a few more interested questions, I learned that the "lock and dam" was an old abandoned structure on the Coosa River near Rome that once was used to allow barge travel from the Gulf of Mexico to Rome. Now, the old dam was a popular fishing spot, because fish running upstream in the Coosa congregate below it, where they are caught in fabulous numbers, accordi ng to my informant.
It sounded worth looking into. What nex t?
"Contact Barton. Farill Barton, the ranger up there in Floyd Comity. He'll help you out any way he can."
A few days later, early on a February Saturday morning, I parked on the si de of the four lane highway, U.S. 411,

that enters Rome from Atlanta. In a few moments a green pickup truck with a tall antenna rolled up behind me and stopped.
"Howdy, Jim!" A friendly, six-foot-two, 200-pound giant named Farill Barton climbed out, smiled and walked toward me. "It's about time you paid some attention to us folks up here," be grinned. "We've got some fishing up here that we're real proud of. You just won't believe it." "Seeing's believing," I replied, and in a few minutes I was following Barton into downtown Rome on U. S. 411 , where we turned left onto Broad Street (U . S. 27) , the main Street in Rome. Following Broad Street and U. S. 27 through town, we turned right leaving U. S. 27 at a filling station onto South Broad Street, which soon turned into Black Bluff Road . After about seven miles, we turned right onto a road marked by a "Lock & Dam" sign. We had left the pavement behind now, and I hadn't seen a sign of a single fisherman yet. About the time I had begun to wonder if I bad been put on a wild goose chase, we came in sight of the graveled parking Jot. There were cars by the hundreds! Getting a parking place wasn't easy. We had to wait for someone to leave before we could pull our vehicles out of the way, get out, and see what all the excitement was about.

It didn't take long. Just a few steps away, a spectacular sight met my eyes as the big, rushing green waters of the Coosa thundered over what looked like a large rock shoal running across the river. Nearer to the east bank, dozens of fishermen lined the monolithic concrete wall of the ancient, unused lock. Below the lock, several dozen more fishermen stood elbow-to-elbow at the water's edge, alternating casting small minnows and plastic bobbers into the river and occasionally pulling back a lacey-finned black crappie. Further down the river, 30 to 40 boat loads of fis hermen were tied up against both banks, leisurely fishing and taking in the early February sun. "Where's the dam?" I asked, looking curiously at a concrete wall on the far bank opposite the lock and the rock shoal. "You're looking at it," Barton smiled , lighting up a King Edward cigar, one of his trademarks. "The Corps of Engineers made the dam by loading big chunks of rock onto barges upstream, then floating them down the river and dumping them off on the dam. That held the water back enough to let barges go on up to Rome from the Gulf, and to make the Jock work. There never was any concrete dam here." Live and learn! Later, I found out that the dam and lock were built in I 915 , and were in regular use until

Crappie fishing is good at the lock and dam! Lonnie Hays of Douglasville strains under the load of 50 one pound or better crappie, caught by Hays and Bill Fields on white do/Iffy jigs. Guess who's stringer is the largest! Nine year old David Mathis of Lindale can catch
them just as good as his Uncle Charies.
Many youngsters and women fish at the lock and dam .
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1945, when barge traffic petered out on the Coosa, as it did in many other places years earlier when railroads, truck lines, and airplanes assumed dominant roles in inland transportation. Coupled with soil erosion and siltation that filled in many formerl y navigable streams, like the Chattahoochee to Atlanta, barges faded out of the picture.
"Corne on, let's see how fishing is," Farill said, heading for the lock. "Don't forget your camera."
Barton didn't waste any time walking over the narrow, railless lock gate at the upper end, twenty feet or more above the water. Never having been much of a tightrope artist, I couldn't help letting F arill notice my hesitation about following him across.
"Don't worry, you can make it. Let me hold your camera."
Taking my life into my hands and my heart into my throat, I teetered across the rusty iron walkway to the safety of the wide concrete lock wall. Resisting the impulse to fall down and kiss the firm footing, I cast a nervous glance toward the calm river water, just above the raging torrent a few feet away at the dam. Gratefully, I noted that the lock doors at the lowe r end of the lock sported an iron railing.
"We'll go back that way," Farill laughed. "I want you to talk to some of these fishermen. This isn't a playhouse like Allatoona and Lanier. They're just serious fi shermen."
It didn 't take long to see that they were catching fish. Not hand over fist, but with more regularity than I've been accustomed to. Most of the fish were crappie, hand size and larger, interspersed with catfish and bream, although most of the fishermen were using small crappie minnows.
After admiring several well-stocked ice chests of goggle-eye, I was a little surprised at the answer to Barton's question, "How's fishing?"
" Not too good," replied one. "Water's a little stained today. Etowah's mudd y agai n. You should've been here last weekend . We reaiJ y caught 'em."
Even though the famous words had been spoken, I didn't really believe them, especially in light of the number of fish the angler had already strung.
"He's right," Farill said. "They just aren't catching them like they did a while back. When this water clears up some mo re, the crappie'll start running agai n."
Actually, one of the main reasons I had been attracted to the lock and dam was an article written by fish biologist Mike Bowling in the February, '67 Game and Fish Magazine, "Catch Mr. T asty." The article said that the lock and dam was one of the best walleye fi shing spots in Georgia, especially on

the spring spawning run in January, February, and early March.
But I had yet to see a single walleye. "He's got a good'n," somebody yelled. Looking back to the side of the lock wall that I had just photographed, a slim elderly man was having the fight of his life with a monster fish in the swirling water below. Judging from the bend in the light spinning rod, the fish had to be a good one, but he wouldn't show himself. "Probably a catfish ," Farill said. Slowly, foot by foot, the fisherman walked the fish alongside the lock wall toward a ladder at the far end as the other excited fishermen drew in their lines to let him pass. The thin monofiliment line didn't look too strong, especiall y beside the sharp pieces of iron rod that jutted from the lock wall in a few places. "An ybody got a net?" somebody shouted. "Take mine," someone else volunteered . An agile young man grabbed the net and began backing down the narrow ladder in the inside end of the lock wall toward the water. "It's a pike," Farill exclaimed , as the top of the olive-brown fish broke the top of the mudd y water for the first time. From the top of the lock, the walleye looked a yard long, lying almost exhausted on top of the water. H anging fro m the ladder with one hand, the boy cautiously netted the big fish and toted him back up the ladder while the excited onlookers cheered. "Look at the size of 'em! Anybod y got a scale?" Everybody knows bow accurate most tackle box scales are, but the big walleye pulled the indicator past the five-pound mark-a far bigger walleye than I had ever seen, or any of the fi shermen around. "That'll be some fine eatin'," everybody agreed, except for a few purists who insisted that the captor should have it mounted for posterity. Taking out my notebook, I learned th at the lucky fisherman , Quinton W ard of Calhoun , had never caught a walleye before. He landed the whopper on a small number six crap pie book, using a small minnow fished with a pl astic float right beside the lock wall , just below the dam. Strangely enough, although Quinton 's bobber had jerked li ke a crappie was striking it, he hooked the big needletoothed fish in the back of the dorsal fin , accounting for his wild battle with the "pike," as it's known in some parts of Georgia. Incidentally, the walleye is a native of the Coosa River and of the handful of Georgia streams that flow northward into the Tennessee River, although it has been stocked by the G ame and Fish Commi ssion in many other lakes, being most successful in Lake Hartwell and Blue Ridge.

"Let's go eat," Barton said. "T.hen we'll take the boat downstream a piece and see how the boat fishermen are
doing." Earlier, I had noticed a set of steps
and a powerline that disappeared down the teep bank of the parking lot, but I hadn't investigated. They led to a couple of houseboats tied together and to the bank, festooned with Coca-Cola signs advertising the services of Bill Crumbly's Boat House.
Bill turned out to be a stocky, hardworking type of fellow who doesn't let the grass grow under his feet. Our c~n versation with him was frequently Interrupted while Bill rushed out to rent a fishe rman one of his fleet of small fishing boats or motors, or to fill up a minnow bucket. Business was booming, at
least at the moment. "Bill ran out of fishing licenses last
year when I came down the first weekend in April. A lot of people hadn't renewed their licenses by April first. When they saw me checking, they remembered in a hurry!" F arill laughed agai n.
"He really helped business out that day," Bill grinned, rushing outside to help a fisherman load his small trolling motor in a boat tied to the rail.
After wolfing down several hot roast beef and gravy sandwiches, I wasn't sorry I hadn't touched the sardines and beans I had brought along for an emergency lunch. After talking a little more with Bill and his wife about fishing at the lock, F arill and I headed downstream by boat.
Running across the river from Crumley's boat house, we pulled up beside a row of boats parked on the opposite bank. "How're they bitin' boys?" called out Barton. "Let's see your fish."
I'm su re my eyes must have ougged out when a young man in the neare.st runabout began pulling up a string of fat crappie th at didn't end until it reached from his head to the water. His wrists trembled with the weight of the stringer in his hands. Everyone of the fish on the stringer would have gone a pound or better in size.
"There's 50 on here now," said Lonnie Hays of Douglasville, fishing with his fr iend Bill Fields. "We caught them on doll flies, just fishing slowl y, jigging the bottom".
"Don't worry, the limit's 40 crappie each ," Farill reassured me. "It's not unusual for them to catch the limit here later in February and March, when the crappie are really running. It's still a little earl y in February. November and December are two of the best months too, but the white bass don't run usually until late March or April, depending on the weather. Then the catfishing starts, until June. Bream and bass drift in all year long, at times, but few peo-

Quinton Ward of Calhoun is really proud of this five pound walleye, the first he had ever caught. Ward caught the whopper on a number six hook and a small minnow while fishing for crappie. On its spawning run, the excellent eating fish was full of eggs. Victory at last! Ward reaches for the big walleye hooked from the Jock wall, landed by Billy Stephens of Lindale. Ranger Fari/1 Barton and fellow fishermen share in the excitement of the battle.
Photos by the author
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The rushing waters of the big Coosa River pour over submerged rocks that form the old dam, creating a fishing hotspot . .. and a boating hazard. Several careless fishermen have capsized below the dam, and a few boats have even gone over it.
If you've got vertigo, the lock wall isn't the place for you. It doesn't seem to bother many anglers, and the crappie fishing is good, although the best strings are caught from boats on the downstream banks.

pie fish for them." Floating on downstream , we talked
with other fishermen, most using either white or yellow doll flies or minnows. I didn't see a stringer with less than a dozen crappie on it, yet most of the fishermen said things were slow! But I was impressed.
Finally we drifted past the tied up boats and moved on down the Coosa, closer to Alabama. Tying up to a floating dock below a cabin owned by a frie nd of Barton's, we talked about the lock and dam and its fishing with two members of the Floyd County Wildlife Association.
Basicall y, the Coosa River is formed by the conjunction of the Oostanaula and the Etowah Rivers inside the city limits of Rome, then flowing past the lock and dam out of Floyd County into Weiss Reservoir in Alabama. In fact, the relatively still backwaters of Lake Weiss end at the foot of the Rome dam. Except at high water, spawning fish traveling upstream from the lake can 't swim over the steep drop-off at the dam, causing them to congregate at the foo t of the lock and dam , providing unusuall y good fishing. A sim ilar situation occurs at a few other Georgia dams where the waterflow is consistently great enough to attract and support spawning fish with navigation and oxygen requirements.
"There are some real good walleye holes downstream here," Barton ex-

plained, "but only a few local people know where they are. There are some gosh-awful bass caught in the spring up in some of these sloughs where the lake backs up the river, but only a handful of. fishermen can catch them ."
Another good fishing area further downstream is Big Cedar Creek, where the State Game and Fish Commission co nst ructed a boat launching ramp and pl ayg round wi th Floyd County and the Cave Springs Wildlife Association at Brushy Branch. "But the crappie and white bass run lasts longer at the lock and dam," Farill adds.
There is an excellent hard surface boat launching ramp at the lock and dam , just below the lock, that was. built by Floyd County. If funds are still available, the Game and Fish Commission has plans to build another ramp with the county about a mile downstream from the dam on the northwest side of the river, so that residents of the area won't have to make the lengthy detour through Rome to reach the lock and dam on the southeast side, as is presently the case. "I hope we can get the paperwork cleared away and get the ramp built by July 1," Farill said .
The Coosa and Lookout Creek are the only streams in Georgia with a substantial population of freshwater drum and smallmouth buffalo, two fish more common to. Tennessee. Fishing for the drum with small white crawfish used to be popular at the lock and dam, but

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white bass and crappie have succeeded

them in popularity with the construc-

tion of Lake Weiss, Barton says.

The Coosa is also the home of many

strange fish seldom seen by most sport-

fishermen, like sturgeon and paddle fish.

Wildlife rangers and fish biologists

of the Game and Fish Commission are

unanimous in declaring the lock and

dam on the Coosa as the best crappie

and white bass fishing bole in North-

west Georgia.

But every apples has its worm, the

saying goes. The worm in the Coosa

apple is pollution. Rightfully or wrong-

fully, the Coosa below Rome has been

described in the past as one of the most

\ polluted streams in Georgia. Water qual-

ity experts point out that the Coosa has '

seldom been as polluted as the Savannah River below the city of Savannah, but they do point out that all of the

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fish and most of the aquatic life in a portion of the Oostanaula above the

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Coosa were killed by acid pollution ::a

from a Rome textile industry in both 1962 and 1963. But now, the industry

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involved has changed its operations, ';;),

shut down some activities, and installed expensive treatment facilities, reusing

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LOCATION IN GEORGIA
ROME
LOCK~ DAM

much of the wastes that were once

dumped into the river. Sewage from the plant now goes into the Rome city sewage system.
For years, the city of Rome dumped all of its raw sewage directly into the Coosa from numerous sewer outlets, completely untreated. Now, the city has installed a multi-million dollar sewage treatment plant, and more than 50 per cent of its sewage outlets have been fed into the plant. As federal aid funds and local tax money are made available, more of the smaller outfall sewer lines will be connected with the secondary treatment plant.
From the fishing standpoint, probably the most serious pollution of the Coosa came from the strip mining operations of an ochure company on the Etowah River below Allatoona Dam. The company used water to wash mud and sand out of its ore, then flushed the waste wate r and its burden of smothering silt loose into the river. Fluctuating discharges from the Allatoona Dam complicated the pollution. For years, the muddy waters of the Etowah could readily be distinguished as they met the clearer waters of the Oostanaula at

that has been made upstream from the lock and dam, rangers and biologists of the Game and Fish Commission and engineers of the State Water Quality Control Board all feel that fishing will be greatly improved in the Coosa, ami especially the Etowah, resulting in better walleye, crappie, and white bass runs.
And biologists are quick to point out that fish caught now in the Coosa at the lock and dam are perfectly safe to eat, especially since they are cooked before eating, unlike shellfish such as oysters and clams.
It was getting later now. After trying a few fruitless casts into a walleye hole Barton had heard of, we motored back upstream to the ever-roaring water cascading over the dam. Nearing the middle of the river, Farill suddenly raised his binoculars and studied a man dangling his line off the lock wall.
"That fellow looks like he's trying to snag a fish," Farill said. "That's the worst problem I have here. Some people just can't seem to resist trying it when they can see the fish pile up against the wall. Generally I don't have too much trouble with violations here. Most folks buy

But, Barton could recall several boats that capsized in the swift water trying to fish too close to the dam, causing several drownings over the years. "We even had some boats to go over the dam from upstream," Farill noted.
I was still determined to have one more try at catching a walleye like the one caught earlier that morning, so we made a few more futile casts in a bend of the river on a gravel bed just below the dam. Before giving up completely, I decided to cast some for crappie.
"Go try that sandbar over there," Farill pointed. "The bottom's smooth there, so you won't have to worry about snagging up, and they catch a lot of crappie over there."
Tying on the lightest white doll fl y jig that I could find in my tackle box, I stepped out of the boat onto the sandbar and made a cast off the bank. Bingo! My light rod bent to the almost forgotten feel of a fish, something I hadn't experienced since the beginning of the hunting season, now almost over. After a short struggle, I reeled in one of the fattest crappie I've caught in years!

Rome. But now, thanks to a series of their licenses and obey the law. They

"You should have spent the day right

settling ponds where the mud is trapped just want to fish and not bother any- here," FarilJ smiled. It was getting dark

and clear water drained off, the Etowah body. I check a lot of boats here, and and cold fast now, so we climbed back

looks clearer than the Oostanaula. The almost ail of them have all of their life into the boat and headed for the boat-

river still muddies up occasionally when preserve rs and registration in order. house on the far shore. "But don't

high discharges are made from Alla- This is a dangerous place to use a boat, worry, now that you know where the

toona and when rain muddies the side especially in that swift water below the lock and dam is, you won't wait so long

creeks, but the situation is much better. dam, but everybody's usually pretty to come back the next time."

In fact, with the treatment progress careful."

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Georgia Bowhunters fire away at realistic "running deer" target towed behind truck at the GBA heavy tackle shoot at Valdosta, using regular hunting weight bows. The driver is protected by a wooden panel over the window. World-famous archer Howard Hill removes arrows from the "running deer" target. Hill, a native of Alabama, has bowhunted big game around the world, produced dozens of outdoor movies, written two books on archery, and demonstrated his skill at several world fairs.
For many, the primary purpose of field archery is practice for hunting. Bill Moody of Douglasville shoots from a tree stand, a location favored by more bowhunters each year. The Valdosta tournament was designed to resemble hunting conditions by requiring the bowmen to shoot from trees, etc. Mrs. J. W. Cannon, Garden City, is typical of the many attractive young ladies who now participate in field archery competition. She is using a 40 pound pull hunting bow required for the heavy tackle shoot. Most regular tournaments allow lighter pull bows, encouraging women to compete.
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ARROW

This deer target set out in thick brush

AFFAIR

at the Valdosta GBA heavy tackle shoot

is typical of the shots offered to many

bowhunters each fall. Note the arrow passing through a narrow opening to find its

By Jim Tyler

mark.

Some archers put a little bounce in one is in there, score 8 points for a kill,

the oftentimes dreary hunter's necessity 4 points for a wound.

-target practice. In fact, they spice it Ted Borg, our photographer, and I

up considerably. They gather in festive asked the first group to start their sa-

spirits and compete against each other fari if we could follow along through

by twanging arrows at cardboard animal part of the course. No, they didn't mind.

targets.

First we came upon a mountain lion

Probably the biggest Georgia get-to- glaring at us some 40 yards off. Thunk,

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gether archery contest last year was thunk . . . thunk. One dead mountain

the State Heavy Tackle Tournament lion. Next a hyena scampering through

held at Valdosta. Over one hundred high grass, and then a zebra partly

archers throughout the state gathered, screened by tree branches. The morn-

resplende nt in outfits proudly proclaim- ing was punctuated with the sound of

ing their affiliations to various archery arrows whacking cardboard. It's a clean

clubs. The Merrymen, Black Arrow sound, like the sound of an axe biting

Archers, Annawakee Bowmen, Tome- wood on a quiet day.

Chi-Chi Bowmen, and the Black Knight We followed the course on to the next

Archers were some of the clubs repre- target. A whitetail deer. The archers

sented at the meet.

smiled, knowingly. The first shooter

And not all the archers were of the stepped up. Thunk. "Oh, that's a beauty,

Robin Hood or the Black Knight kind. it's in there!" After each archer had a

Four ladies held steady bows of 40- try they talked :.bout the distance to

pound-plus draw and shot right along the target. Billy Riner of Vidalia said ,

with the men.

"I said to myself it was 45 yards, then

Before the contest started, contestants I saw Ben was shooting low, so I judged

were separated into groups of four. 47 yards." Billy paced it. It was 44

Each group then proceeded through the yards.

course of 28 cardboard animal targets

On to a monkey, a fox, a raccoon.

set up along a zigzag trek through the Then a lion, another deer, and then a

high grass, bush, and tree countryside bear.

some 12 miles from Valdosta. Targets About halfway through the course

were painstakingly situated in spots Ted and I stayed at one station and

where archers would have t.o shoot talked to other groups coming through.

through tips of tall grass or through an Some archers got tired, their shots got

opening between tree branches.

wild. Someone lost all his arrows and

A stake was located close to each tar- had to drop out. Many arrows were

get, marking the spot from which the lost in the thick underbrush. And the

archer must shoot. The targets were var- cardboard animals took their toll of

ious di~tances from the stakes, but 50 arrows. When pulling arrows out of the

yards or so was probably the maximum. targets, many tips came loose, and ar-

It was tricky shooting.

rows can be broken in the pulling.

"How do you score each target?" I

When all the contestants completed

asked.

the course, scores were tallied. Bill y

"It's simple," said Frank Johnson, Riner of Vidalia won with a score of

President of the host club, the Alapaha 48 8 points out of a possible 560. The

Long Bowmen. His and the other clubs lady archer champ was Joyce Mann of

belong to the Georgia Bowhunters As- Conyers. She scored 244 out of the

sociation. The GBA binds the clubs to- possible 560 points.

gether and sponsored the contest.

What is it that draws archers to

"Each target has an outlined kill area. gatherings like this? Practice for hunt-

A contestant can fire three arrows, how- ing season, competitiQn, to be with

ever, the first arrow to hit the animal other archers to "talk shop," an excuse

counts." He went on to say if the first to go somewhere, to show off one's

arrow strikes home in the kill area, equipment and ability with a bow, tell

that's 20 points ; if it hits the animal an y- past hunting stories, talk about the com-

where, like the leg, it is in a wound area ing season , or just a chance to belong

and worth 16 points. The second arrow to something?

hitting counts somewhat lower with a Any wa y you put it, the tournament

kill racking up 14 points, a wound 10 was a success. Just ask the men joined

points. If two arrows miss and the third together by a slender shaft of wood. -.-

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SHOOTING

QUESTIONS
HUNTING
ANSWERS
By Dean Wohlgemuth
How many man days were spent hunting quail in Georgia last year? How many doves were shot in the second half of the season? What was the percentage of success for deer hunters? What is the most popular game in the State?
When the Georgia Game and Fish Commission needs to know answers to these questions while setting next year's hunting regulations, the man with the information will be Charlie Marshall.
Charlie is the man who does data anal ysis work for the Commission. A game biologist the rest of the year, Charlie is spending quite a bit of time this winter getting the answers.
It takes a while to gather it all in. To start with, names of about five per cent of Georgia's hunters were selected at random. Using a system of selection based on the last two numbers of the

hunting licenses and combination fishing-and-hunting licenses issued by the Commission this year, one hunter in 20 was put on a mail ing list to receive a questionnaire.
Immediately after the season closes, about the first of March , every selected hunter will receive his questionnaire. He'll be asked such questions as: Did you hunt quail (during 1967-68 season)? On how many days? What was your total kill?
These same questions will be repeated in regards to rabbits, ducks, deer and doves, and other species.
Actually, the questionnaire is very simple. And it takes only a few minutes to fi ll in the answers. But these answers are invaluable to the State Game and Fish Commission and ultimately to the hunter and all persons who provide his equipment, food, lodging, etc.
Using this five per cent sample, a good cross section is obtained of what all hunters did during the season. The answers are projected-that is basically multiplied by 20-to tell the Commission how many hunted each species, how many days and what the total ki ll was for the state.
Then this information is used to help determine the season length and dates, bag limits and other important regula tions .
Of course, there are a few problems in all this, even though it sounds rather simple. "One of my biggest problems," sa id Charlie, " is that we get the name and address of the hunter from the carbon copy made when the license is purchased. Frequently, the carbon is not clear. This year we again had many licenses on which we couldn't read the name and address. Consequently, we couldn't send questionnaires to these hunters, and therefore didn't get a full

SUMMARY OF HUNTING

(1 962 . 66)

Species

(1962~3) (1963-64) (196H5) (1965-66) (Thousands)

SQUIRRELS : % Licensed Hunters ..
Hunters Ma n-days ..
Kill

52% 131
875 . 1,593

51% 136
924 1,733

50%

48%

144

143

937

991

1,664

1,726

QU AI L:

% Licensed Hunters .
Hunters Man-days . Kill

53% 135 . 1,234 . 4,058

DEER :

% Licensed Hunters

34%

Hunters

86

Man-days

442

Kill

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RABBIT:

% Licensed Hunters Hunters

46% 116

Man-days ...

896

Kil l MOURNING

covE:

iarly.s eason

1,457

% Licensed Hunters .

Hunters ..

Man-days

Kil l MouRNING

covE:

l3t

e. s eason

% Licensed Hunters .

Hunters

Man-days

Ki ll

47%

47%

42%

127

135

124

1,158

1,174

901

3,365

3,387

2,821

39% 104 620 21

39 % 113 637 21

40% 119 748 25

45%

40%

40%

120

115

118

852

785

790

1,364

1,169

1,176

31%
82 360 1,500

33%

31 %

95

93

464

394

2,294

2,048

23%

23%

23%

62

67

69

275

321

305

1,229

1,527

1,392

Total Resident Hunters

252,427 267,489 286,654 296,375

five per cent sample. We hope that since this problem has been brought to light, the license agents will make every effort to provide names and addresses which can be read from the carbon copy. After all, in the long run, the license agent probably wi ll ultimately benefit more from this information than anyone else."
At any rate, there will be some 10,000 questionnaires in the mails to Georgia hunters. Many won't be answered. Perhaps the questionnaire will be mislaid , or the hunter simply forgets. Or maybe he doesn't realize the value his answers have for the Comm ission.
But even if he forgets, Charlie Marshall doesn't. He'll send another questionnaire to the man after two weeks. And two more weeks later, he'll send another. Of course, it would save the Commission time, money and effort if the hunter would answer the first questionnaire promptly.
After the questionnaires are returned, a secretary codes the information and then punches this onto cards which are put into a sorting machine. T he sort ing machine can then find the answers to any questions Charlie may want, in a matter o.f minutes.
" If we wanted to, for example," said Charlie, " we cou ld find out how many hunters in Georgia with blue eyes weigh 160 pounds or more. In other words, we can quickly withdraw any inform ation that has been pu nched onto these cards. We can tell you the number of days spent hunti ng squirrels by the average hunter. We ca n tell you how man y he bags per da y, on the average. Then we know just how good squirrel hunting was, how many were harvested , and whether we need to suggest either tighter or more lax regulations on squirrel hunting next yea r. "
By comparing this year's harvest of game with that of previous years, Marshall can also notice trends in game populations. He will have figures to back up theories. The Commission recognizes for example, that quail hunting is diminishing because there are more and more acres of Georgia land growing pine trees, thus providing less quail habitat. These figures will show just how much decrease in quail production there has been over a period of years.
"We keep our finger on the pulse of Georgia's game resources th rough thi s program," Charlie summed it up. "And by knowing what is going on , we can determine what we must do to maintain the best hu nting possible in the state."
Each hu nter who receives a questionnaire can do an important part , then , in ass uring better hunting for years to come, simply by sparing the Commission a few moments with a pencil to fill out his questionnaire as accurately as
poss i ble . ~

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Photos by Dan Keever
SHOOTOUTONTHERANGE

Below: Competitiove target shooting has a bigger toehold in Georgia than most people know about, like the Peachtree Winter Smallbore League match sponsored by the Smyrna Gun Club at Lockheed's Marietta range.
Bottom: Punching out pinwheels at 50 feet, J. E. Burgess of Decatur hits the bullseye seen through the spotting telescope on the left. Smallbore rifle shooting is one of the most inexpensive types of competitive shooting, but there are few ranges in Georgia.

by Jim Morrison
Unknown to most Georgians, competitive target shooting is a flourishing Peach State sport, especially on college campuses, where almost half a dozen Georgia schools field regular rifle teams that compete all over the Southeast with rival college teams.
Throughout Georgia, there are a number of high school rifle teams, some sponsored through ROTC programs, the others by civic or fraternal organizations.
Not to be forgotten are the matches sponsored by Georgia's gun clubs, like the annual .22 rifle Winter Peachtree Smallbore League, sponsored by the Smyrna Gun Club on the Lockheed indoor range every winter.
These men enjoy competition with each other and themselves. They know and respect their guns, and treat them with extra caution on the firing range.
Unfortunately, few Georgia youngsters or ad ults, especially in the metropolitan areas, will ever have a chance to learn shooting on a well-supervised rifle or pistol range.
Except for a few private clubs and schools, how many such ranges do you know of where you could take your wife, son, or daughter to learn to shoot, either for their own enjoyment or protection?
Tn America, more people shoot than play golf or bowl, yet many municipalities and counties spend thousands of doll ars on expensive golf courses, while private industry bui lds hundreds of bowling alleys. DeKalb County is one of the few metropolitan areas with its own rifle, pistol , and skeet range. Other city and county governments could build such facilities now, at much less than what their future costs will be in the face of rising land values.
Why not?

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Grady Watkins of Ellijay caught this 15 pound largemouth bass out of Lake Lanier to win the Georgia bass fishing contest for 1967.
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Any way you look at it, ~t was a record-bustin ' year for Georg1a fisher-
men. As a matter of fact, Georgia's state
records were broken ten different times in 1967 for ten different freshwater
pecies . An out tanding crop of monster fish?
Well, they' re not bad in an ybody's book. Several of them will undoubtedly tand for years to come. Others may fall
tomorrow. But there are two less spectacular
reasons for the onslaught of record-

breakers. For one thing, there were no previousl y listed records at all for seven of the ten species : black crappie, bluegill bream , flathead catfish, Flint River smallmouth bass, northern smallmouth bass, freshwater-run striped bass, redeye bass, carp, and brook trout.
For another thing, there were only 39 entries in this year's fishing contest and certificate program, which included 25 species. There were no entries at all in ten categories: spotted bass, bowfin, channel catfish, white crappie, Iongnose gar, muskellunge, channel catfish, chain

A RECORD BUSTER!
(PARDON OUR ENGLISH)
by Jim Morrison

I.

The largest known black crappie ever caught in Georgia was landed last year by eight year old Ken Kirkland of Jonesboro . Ken lives on Lake Jodeco, where he caught the tour pound, three ounce fish using a minnow over a brush pile. No white crappie were entered in the contest.

T-he largest fish in the six prize categories of the fishing contest was the monstrous 18 pound, three ounce German brown trout caught by William Mercer Lowery of Marietta in Rock Creek on the Blue Ridge Management Area. Lowery's controversial fish broke the old state record of 12 pounds, eight ounces.

C. E. Morris of Appling caught the new state record shellcracker, a two and threequarter pound whopper, from a private pond. Asked if he " stuffed" the fish , Morris replies, "Yep, below my belt." Three of the six contest winning fish were eaten.

The only ca tfish entered in the contest was. caught by Mrs. Joan Philyaw of Manetta. The 15 pound four ounce flat-
head catfish landed on ~ minnow in Lake
Allatoona was declared a new state reco rd .

A new Georgia record for smallmouth bass was set in 1967 by Jack Wadkins of Atlanta with this five pound, 14 ounce fish, caught in Lake Chatuge on a handtied popper.

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The new state record Flint River smallmouth bass weighing six pounds and 15 ounces (right) was landed below the Blackshear Dam by James Lewis of Cordele, along with an eight pound, 13 ounce largemouth, on the left.

pickerel, sauger, redbreast sunfish, and yellow perch. The only existing state records listed in these ten categories are for spotted bass, muskellunge, and chain pickerel. Any fish entered in the other seven categories, regardless of size, would have been a state record! (At
least, until some more aggressive angrer got busy and started sending in his catches!)
There really isn't any good reason that a good official list of big fish for Georgia hasn't been kept by someone in the past, but there's little need in crying over spilled milk. Now, with the coming of Game and Fish Magazine and the annual fishing contest it is sponsoring with the Georgia Sportsmen's Federation , a dedicated effort is being made to keep records, give certificates for qualifying fish in all categories, and award prizes to the largest fish each in the bass, white bass, crappie, bream, trout, and catfish categories.
The most interest in the first year of the contest was shown in the largemouth bass category, with eleven entries, all over the 10 pounds minimum established for a master angler's certificate. In second place were six bluegill bream entries for 1967, followed by four white bass, three Flint River smallmouth, two river-run striped bass, two black crap-

H. T. Davis of Toccoa didn't make a picture of his prize-winning four pound, five ounce white bass caught out of Lake Hartwell on a shyster. He gave the fish away to be eaten, to the astonishment of his friends . Davis did make a picture of this five pound brown trout that he caught out of the Tugalo River!

Jay Tipton of Dial hit the jackpot on the opening day of trout season last year, catching the state record brook trout, left, a two pound, one ouncer, and a four pound brown trout, fishing in the Toccoa River with a Mepps spinner.

Albert Hicks of Atlanta caught the state record carp in 1967, a 35 pound, six ounce lunker, fishing in Sweetwater Creek with a doughball. Hicks also caught the second largest Flint River smallmouth bass in 1967, a five and a half pounder, landed near Concord.

The new state record Coosa (Redeye) bass was caught in the Jacks River near Dalton by John R. Cockburn Jr. on worms. The fish weighed two pounds and 10 ounces.

p:e, two shellcrackers (redear sunfish), and two rainbow trout. There was one entry each in the northern smallmouth, redeye bass, carp, flathead catfish, brook trout, brown trout, and walleye cate-
gories. Although it wasn't a state record, the
largest largemouth bass entered in the contest and apparently the largest known bass caught in Georgia last year was an even 15 pounder landed in Lake Lanier on the 25th of March by Grady Watkins of Ellijay.
Grady landed his big bass from a boat in Balus Creek, using a black and white coachdog pattern Hellbender, a deep diving plug, with an Ambassador 5000 reel and a medium action True Temper rod .
Did he fight? "Good gosh, yes!", Grady exclaimed. "There's sure enough some big ones in Lanier. Somebody'll catch a world's record there someday," Grady predicts.
Strictly an artificial lure fisherman , Grady landed a ten pounder in Lanier two weeks earlier. He was quoted as telling his fishing companions at the time, "If I catch a fifteen pounder, I'll have him mounted. " It didn't take long. The big Junker is now on display at Watkins Auto Parts store on the main street of Ellijay.
Twenty-two pounds and four ounces is the Georgia and the wo rld's record for largemouth bass.
The biggest white bass taken during 1967 fell below the previous state record of four pounds and 14 ounces, but still weighed a whopping four pounds and five ounces. The scrapper was caught by H . T. Davis of Toccoa, who won a rod and reel from the fishing contest at the Westinghouse Plant where he works in Toccoa.
Fortunately, the fish was weighed and measured before meeting the fate of Georgia's two world's record fish , both of which were immediately eaten.
"I gave it to a colored fellow here in town and he ate it," Davis said. "The boys down at the plant really jumped me about that, and I didn't even take a photograph of it, let alone have it mounted."
Davis says he expects Hartwell to produce a world 's record white bass. He says he has caught several white bass over three pounds, wading from the bank in the area between the old covered bridge and the U.S. 123 bridge.
Davis' fish was landed on a Shyster, but he also uses small home-made jigs and small Rapala's. He used a Mitchell 300 reel and a True Temper rod . He caught even white bass the same day, all over two and a half pounds in size.
"And I've got a son in Korea who takes Georgia Game and Fish Magazine. He'll be thrilled to see his pop's name in it! "

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A year round fisherman, Davis ad-

1967 FISHING CONTEST ENTRIES

mits that he prefers trout fishing. He's proud of a five pound brown he caught (and photographed) last year out of the
Tugalo River. The largest crappie caught in Geor-
gia last year set a new state record, both

WEIGHT 6 lbs. 15 ozs.
5 lbs. 8 ozs. 5 lbs. 5 ozs.

STATE RECORDS IN BOLD FACE

BASS, FLINT RIVER SMALLMOUTH

WHERE
Flint River below Crisp Co. Power Dam Flint River Flint River

WHEN
2/ 20/67 4/ 15/ 67 10/ 22 / 67

FISHERMAN
Lewis, James Hicks, Albert B., Sr. Morgan, W. D.

for size and for the age of the fisher-

BASS, LARG EMOUTH

man. Eight-year-old Ken Kirkland of Jonesboro landed the four pound, three ounce black crappie in Lake Jodeco, an 80-acre private lake where his home is located in metropolitan Atlanta. Ken was fishing in a brush pile, using a small
minnow for bait. He was fishing in the boat with his

WEIGHT
15 lbs. 0 ozs. 14 lbs. 0 ozs. 13 lbs. 10 ozs . 13 lbs. 4 ozs. 12 lbs. 4 ozs. 12 lbs. 4 ozs . 12 lbs. 2 ozs. 12 lbs. 1 ozs. 11 lbs. 14 ozs. 10 lbs. 8 ozs. 10 lbs. 6 ozs.

WHERE
Lake Lanier Whittaker's Pond Borings' Pond, Valdosta, Ga. Lake Lanier Callaway Gardens Private Lake Lacy's Dixie Land Lake Willis White's Lake Sutton Lake Lake Seminole Farm Pond, Newton County

WHEN
3/ 25 / 67 4/ 28 / 67 3/27 / 67 4/ 1/ 67 10/ 14/ 67 3/ 19/ 67 9/ 1/ 67 3/ 25/ 67 5/ 5/ 67 6/ 16/67 3/ 5/ 67

FISHERMAN
Watkins, Grady Wynn, James R. Holtzclaw, Garnett Lentz, William Dudley Frailey, James M ., Jr. Walthall, Frank, Ill Pelham , Margaret L. Anderson , C. W. Lewis, Robert A. Barber, David C. Greer, Fred W.

father, Sam, who landed the fish by putting a finger in its gill.
C. E. Morris of Appling caught the new state record sbellcracker bream, a two pound, 12-ounce whopper, fishing in a private po~d near his home, using a swamp wiggler on a No. 6 hook. The fish was originally entered in the contest as a bluegill, but fish biologists ruled that it actually was a shellcracker.
Probably the most controversial fish in the contest was the 18 pound, three ounce German brown trout caught in Rock Creek by Bill Lowery of Marietta. The fish was already pretty good size when it was stocked in the stream from the nearby federal fish hatchery the preceding fall , before being caught the second day the managed stream on the Blue Ridge Game Management Area was open last year.
Lowery stili bad a tremendous tussle with the bruiser trout, taking more than 45 minutes to subdue the 28 \12 inch fish , using a night crawler worm on six pound test spinning line.
The previous Georgia record was 12

BASS, SMALLMOUTH

WEIGHT 5 lbs. 14 ozs.

WHERE Lake Chatuge

WHEN 9/29/67

BASS, STRIPED

WEIGHT
63 lbs. 34 lbs.

WHERE
Oconee River Oconee River

WHEN
5/30/67 4/ 30/67

BASS, REDEYE (COOSA)

WEIGHT 2 lbs. 10 ozs.

WHERE Jacks River

WHEN 7/4/67

BASS, WHITE

WEIGHT
4 lbs. 5 ozs. 3 lbs. 12 ozs. 3 lbs. 12 ozs. 3 lbs. 10 ozs.

WHERE
Lake Hartwell Lake Lanier Lake Lanier Lake Lanier

WHEN
2/6/67 4/1 / 67 3/3/67 3/ 25/67

BLUEGILL

WEIGHT

WHERE

2 lbs. 2 ozs. 2 lbs. 0 ozs. 2 lbs. 0 ozs. 1 lbs. 13 ozs. 1 lbs. 10 ozs.

Crowder Lake Martin's Pond Private Pond Private Lake Crowder Lake

Certificates Issued for Previous Years:

2 lbs. 8 ozs.

Altamaha River

WHEN 5/ 12/67 5/3/67 5/30/67 5/10/67 5/ 11/67
!/29/64

CARP

WEIGHT 35 lbs. 6 ozs.

WHERE Sweetwater Creek

WHEN 4/17/67

CATFISH, FLATHEAD

FISHERMAN Wadkins, Jack W.
FISHERMAN Ward, Kelly A. Blackmon, Charles L.
FISHERMAN Cockburn, John R., Jr.
FISHERMAN Davis, H. T. Cochran, Mrs. Julian King, Ernest Lee Freeman, Garnett
FISHERMAN Hudgins, Romeo Breland, T. H. Seda, Mrs. Billie Ruth Gardner, W. S. Hudgins, Romeo
Berry, Lee
FISHERMAN Hicks, Albert B., Sr.

pounds, eight ounces.
The ladies made clean sweep of the catfish competition. The only entry was

WEIGHT 15 lbs. 4 ozs.

WHERE Lake Allatoona

WHEN 6/27/67
CRAPPIE, BLACK

FISHERMAN Philyaw, Joan

a tremendous 15 pound, 4 ounce flat- WEIGHT

WHERE

WHEN

head catfish caught by Mrs . Joan Philyaw of Marietta in Lake Allatoona. There were no channel catfish entered.

4 lbs. 3 ozs. 3 lbs. 0 ozs.

Lake Jodeco Lake Allatoona

4/30/67 3/27/67

SUNFISH, REDEAR (SHELLCRACKERl

The rules for this year's contest remain virtually the same as last year. One application was rejected because

WEIGHT

WHERE

2 lbs. 12 ozs. 2 lbs. 4 ozs. 2 lbs. 0 ozs.

Private Pond Private Lake, Fulton Co. Carlton's Lake

Certificates Issued for Previous Years:

WHEN
5/2/67 7/9/67 5/10/67

the fisherman caught the fish in Florida. 2 lbs. 5 ozs.

Lacy Pond, Tennille, Ga .

1/12/. 65

Several others were turned down when

,.. "smallmoutb" or "spotted" bass turned

out to really be "small" largemouths!

WEIGHT 2 lbs. 1 oz.

WHERE Toccoa River

TROUT, BROOK
WHEN 4/1/67

There was even one saltwater fish

TROUT, BROWN

FISHERMAN Kirkland, Kenneth M. Winn, E. T .
FISHERMAN Morris, C. E. Wages, Morgan A. Rollins, Hardie
Pelham, William E.
FISHERMAN Tipton, Jay

entered in the listings, a three pound, WEIGHT four ounce pompano caught by David 18 lbs. 3 ozs.

WHERE Rock Creek

WHEN 5/6/67

FISHERMAN . Lowery, William M.

Foreman in McQueen's Inlet off Saint Certificates Issued for Previous Years:

Catherine's Island. At present, no salt- 4 lbs. 8 ozs.

Coopers Creek

Summer-1966 Cameron, Bill

water categories have been set up, but pl~ns to that effect are underway, if a SUitable co-sponsor can be found for the saltwater contest.

WEIGHT 6 lbs. 4 ozs. 5 lbs. 1 oz.

TROUT, RAINBOW

WHERE
Chattahoochee River Anderson Creek

WHEN
10/ 8/67 4/ 18/ 67

FISHERMAN
Wadkins, Jack W. Frisbee, John R.

In the meantime, the main problem seems to be getting fishermen to hold off eating their fish for supper, until they enter them in the contest! ~

WALLEYE

WEIGHT 5 1bs. 12 ozs.

WHERE Lake Lanier

WHEN 7/18/67

FISHERMAN McDonald, Rucker

NO ENTRIES: Spotted Bass, Bowfin , Channel Catfish, White Crappie, Longnose Gar, Muskellunge, Pickerel (Jackfish), Sauger, Redbreast Sunfish, Yellow Perch.

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Minimum Weight for
Certificate State Records

World's Record

5 lbs. BASS, FLINT RIVER SMALLMOUTH

6 lbs. 5 ozs.-James Lewis,

Cordele, Flint River,

Feb. 20, 1967

No Record

10 lbs. BASS, LARGEMOUTH 22 lbs. 4 ozs.-George Perry,
Brunswick, Montgomery Lake,
June 2, 1932. World's Record.

Same

Second-17 lbs. 14 ozs., Nickle Rich, Marietta, Chastain's lake, April 27, 1965
Third-17 lbs. 9 ozs., Emory Dunahoo, Gainesville, Lake Lanier, Dec. 19, 1965

5 lbs. BASS, SMALLMOUTH 5 lbs. 14 ozs.
Jack W. Wadkins, Atlanta, lake Chatuge, Sept. 29, 1967 11 lbs. 15 ozs.

5 lbs. 20 lbs.

BASS, SPOnED 6 lbs.-Eiton Elrod, Cartersville, Lake Allatoona, Feb. 11, 1967
BASS, STRIPED 63 lbs. 0 oz.-Kelly A. Ward, Dublin, Oconee River, May 30, 1967

Bibs. Same

2 lbs. BASS, RED EYE (COOSA) 2 lbs. 10 ozs.,
John R. Cockburn, Jr., Dalton,
Jacks River, July 4, 1967

No Record

3 lbs. BASS, WHITE
4 lbs. 14 on.-Aibert Pittman, Gainesville, Lake Lanier,
Jan. 11,1966

51bs.2ozs.

11h lbs. BLUEGILL 2 lbs. 8 ozs.-Lee Berry,
Milledgeville, Altamaha
River, Sept. 29, 1965

4 lbs. 12 ozs.

8 lbs. BOWFIN No Official State Record

No Record

20 lbs.

CARP
35 lbs. 6 ozs.
Albert B. Hicks, Sr., Atlanta, Sweetwater Creek, April 17, 1967

55 lbs. 5 ozs.

15 lbs. 15 lbs.
3 lbs.

CATFISH, CHANNEL No Official State Record
CATFISH, FLATHEAD 15 lbs. 4 on.-Joan Philyaw, Marietta, Lake Allatoona, June 27, 1967
CRAPPIE, BLACK 4 lbs. 3 ozs., Kenneth Matthew Kirkland, Jonesboro, lake Jodeco, April 30, 1967

57 lbs. 5 lbs.

3 lbs. CRAPPIE, WHITE No Official State Record

5 lbs. 3 ozs.

151bs. GAR, LONGNOSE No Official State Record

50 lbs. 5 on.

Any

MUSKELLUNGE

Weight 38 lbs.-Rube Golden, Atlanta,

Blue Ridge Lake, June, 1957 69 lbs. 15 ozs.

Sibs. PICKEREL, CHAIN (JACKFISH) 9 lbs. 6 on.-Baxley McQuaig, Jr., Hoberville, Feb., 1961, World's Record

Same

4 lbs. SAUGER No Official State Record

8 lbs. 5 ozs.

11h lbs. SUNFISH, REDBREAST No Official State Record

No Record

2 lbs. SUNFISH, REDEAR (SHELLCRACKER)

2 lbs. 12 ozs.-C. E. Morris,

Appling, Pr1vate Pond,

May 2, 1967

4 lbs. 12 ozs.

15'' or TROUT, BROOK 2 lbs. 2 lbs. 1 oz.-Jay Tipton,
Smyrna, Toccoa River,
April1, 1967

141bs. 8 on.

18" or TROUT, BROWN 5 lbs. 18 lbs., 3 on.
William M. lowery, Marietta,
Rock Creek, May 6, 1967

39 lbs 8 on.

24'' or TROUT, RAINBOW
6 lbs. 12 lbs. 4 ozs.-John Whitaker, Ellijay, Coosawattee River,
May 31, 1966

37 lbs.

2 lbs. PERCH, YELLOW No Official State Record

4 lbs . 3112 ozs .

5 lbs. WALLEYE 11 lbs.-Steven Kenny,
Atlanta. Lake Burton,
April 13, 1963

251bs.

GEORGIA BIG FISH CONTEST

The Georgia Sportsmen's Federation agency, wildlife ranger, etc.

and Georgia Game & Fish Magazine spon- 3. There is no entry fee for the contest.

sor a big fish contest for the State of 4. Any Georgia licensed angler, resident

Georgia during each calendar year.

or non-res ident, may enter the contest by

Shortly after the first of each year, completing the official affidavit.

prizes furnished by the Georgia Sports- 5. Fish must be caught on sporting tackle

men's Federation will be given to the ang- and be hooked and landed by the entrant.

ler catching the largest fish in any one of 6. Fish must be caught in the State of

six categories: black bass, white bass, Georgia during the legal angling season

crappie, bream, mountain trout, and cat- for the species taken.

fish .

7. Angler can submit as many entries as

Entries made after December 31 will be he wishes. Certificates will be awarded

entered in next year's contest. A list of for all fish surpassing the minimum stan-

prizes will be announced at a later date, dards in th.e chart regardless of the year

but entries should be made as soon as caught, but contest prizes will be awarded

poss ible after the fish is caught.

only in the general black bass, white

How To Enter

bass, crappie, bream, mountain trout, and catfish categories for fish caught this

1. Have fish weighed, measured, and en- year. Awards will not be given for specific

tered at any official Georgia Sportsmen's species within these categories such as

Federation Weighing Station or any office the largest white crappie, black crappie,

of the State Game and Fish Commission. etc. due to the difficulty of exact identi-

lf no such station is available, have the f ication of the species in these cate-

fish weighed and measured in the pres- gories.

ence of two witnesses who sign the of- 8. Clear sideview black and white or color

ficial entry blank or a facsimile.

photographs of the fish, preferably with

2. Before the affidavit can be accepted, the angler, should be submitted with

the truth of the statements must be at- each entry which become the property

tested before a qualified officer such as of Georgia Game & Fish Magazine.

,,

a notary public, justice of the peace, 9. Affidavits should be mailed to Big Fish

sheriff, municipal clerk, postmaster, mem- Contest, Georgia Game & Fish Magazine,

ber of state or local law enforcement 401 State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia 30334.

.:~

HOW TO MEASURE A FISH Girth: should be measured around the largest part of the body as shown in diagram . Length: Measure along a flat surface from the



LENGTH



extremity of the mouth to the extremity of the tail.

PRINT OR TYPE ALL INFORMATION

Kind of Fish_ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ Wei g h t _lbs._ _ _ozs. Length_ _ _ins. Gi rth:_ ___ins. Bait used:_ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ Type Tackle:_ __ __ _ _ _ __ __ Rod Brana__ _ _ _ _ _ Reel Brand_ _ _ __ _ _ Line Brand_ _ __ _ __ T e s t _ Where caught (Name of Lake or Stream)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Location of Lake or Stream (County or Nearest Town)_ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ __
Date Caugh L - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - -- -- Anglerr_____ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ __

Home Address- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --

City and State- - - - - -- -- - -- -- -- - - - - -- - - -- - - -- --

Telephone Numbers: Business:_ __ _ _ __ _ _

Home:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Fishing License N u m b e r : - - - - - - - - - - - -- -
"1 hereby swear that the above statements are true ; that in taking this fish I complied with the contest rules, fishing regulations, and that the witnesses hereto saw this fish wei ghed and measured. I consent to the use of my name in connection with the Georgia State Fish ing Contest."

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A Busy Day
It was a busy day around the State
Ca pito l. arly in the morning, Governor Les-
ter Maddox swore in veteran Game and Fi h Commissioners Judge Harley Langdale of Valdosta (I.) and Beverly Langford of Calhoun (c.) to new seven-year terms on the Commission, represent-

ing the eighth and seventh congressional districts. Both men's previous seven year terms expired at the first of the year.
Judge Langdale has served as chairman of the Commission for the past two years, and Mr. Langford is a former chairman of the Commission.
Later in the day, Judge Langdale announced that he was stepping down as chairman of the Commission, even

though he will remain as the commissioner from the eighth congressional district.
Then, the Commission unanimously elected commissioner Rankin Smith of Atlanta (r.) as the new chairman for the next year. Smith is best known as the owner of tfie Atlanta Falcons, and is a vice-president of the Life of Georgia Insurance Company.
Langdale and Smith held a joint press conference after the regular Commission meeting.

D n't Ove rlook the Georgia Coast!
If Game and Fish Commission Director George T. Bagby ever had any doubts about how good fishing is on the the Georgia coast, they were wiped out on an exped ition early in December off Little Saint Simons Island.
Using yellow Mann's stingray plastic worms with a leadheaded hook, Bagby, ( econd fro m left) and his wife Ruth, ( econd from right) took 201 saltwater trout in less than four and a half hours of fishing. . Ot~er members of the party, includIng J1m Whittle of Brunswick, left, and Mr S. 0. Sutton of Atlanta, right, and Buster Sutton, Bob Lowell, and Doc Jones, center, landed 69 channel ba ~ and 20 young drum, using dead
hn mp for bait.
Ju t a few days earlier, Bagby had ~e.nt three f reezing days of the Thanks, gvmg holidays fishing at his cabin on the Steinhatchee River in Florida, where he and his fa mily failed to catch more than three trout on the entire trip.
A ked if he's sold on the Georgia coast now, Bagby says, "I'm convinced."

Wildlife Week Urges Conservation Education
The Georgia Sportsmen's Federation, as state' sponsor, will stress the urgent need for conservation education during National Wildlife Week 1968, March 19-23. Conservation organizations across the state will join with citizen and youth groups to launch the theme, "Learn to Live with Nature," which will continue to be promoted throughout the remainder of the year.
"Conservation education should be a part of each school program, as well as a community project for adults. People Y<?_ung and old should learn that they can help fight water and air pollution, litter, and waste," said Henry Lee, State Chairman for N ational Wildlife Week.
The Wildlife Week observance was first proclaimed by President Roosevelt in 1938. It is sponsored statewide by Georgia Sportsmen's Federation in cooperation with the National Wildlife F e d e rat ion.
Persons and organizations interested in cooperating with the Georgia Sportsmen's Federation in the National Wildlife Week effort are invited to contact Henry Lee, I 066 North Jamestown Road, Decatur, Georgia.
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Reaction: Dogged To Death (continued)
The time has long passed to cease all talking on th is subject and to propose some positive legislative action . In my opinion, it shou ld be the duty, through its Director, of the State Game and Fish Department to initiate the necessary steps outl ining possible legislation in this area. I am confident many members of the Game and Fish Committee would be more than willing to sponsor such legislation.
I urge you at your earliest convenience to propose legislation incorporating those ideas you have espoused in th is article to eradicate now and forever the problem of wild dogs.
Again I reiterate the time has come for action ; the State Game and Fish Commission should provide this needed thrust with a sound law and facts and figures to establish its need.
If I may be of service to you please let me know. Trusting you will respond to this plea, I am ,
Walt Davis, State Representative Lithonia, Georgia
We are impressed by your most significant article DOGGED TO DEATH. We would like to reprint in our Outdoor WEST VIRGINIA with proper cred it. In this request we would like to have the black-andwh ite photos you used.
Many, many thanks. Ed Johnson, Editor Outdoor WEST VIRGINIA State Department of Natural Resources Charleston, West Virginia
The January issue of Georgia Game and Fish should not have had the cover picture it had. My 52 year old son does not need to be informed of the deer-dog problem in th is way, yet.
Relative to the proposed gun legislation, I feel very strongly about more effective punishment of those who accidentally or purposely threaten or commit acts of violence with guns. I feel that any curbing of gun availability will deprive the law-abid ing of protection agai nst the criminal or unethical. I would like to see frequent good articles in Georgia Game and Fish on this subect.
Julian R. Beckwith, Ill Athens, Georgia
If your son watches TV, he's probably seen more people killed than deer.
As you may know, we are having a similar fight with free-running dogs and fox hunters. Your article, "Dogged to Death," is a tremendous piece of writing.
With your permission I would like to use a portion of your story in conjunction

with our education program, and of course we will give your department credit.
Our Director would like twelve additional copies of the January 1968 edition of Game and Fish .
Jay Kaffka Information Officer Arkansas Game &
Fish Commission Little Rock, Arkansas
The Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission, like most of the other fish and game agencies of the Southeast, has become extremely concerned over the problem of free ranging dogs and their effect on the deer herds of the state.
Your commission is one of a few in the Southeast United States that has apparently made considerable progress in dealing with this matter. Your staff should be commended for a series of fine articles written on the subject during the past two or three years.
In a recent questionnaire survey your comm ission ind icated that studies to determine the long range effect of dog activity on deer reproductive success, dispersal etc. might soon be initiated. In your most recent article, "Dogged to Death", in the January Georgia Game and Fish, reference was made to a recent six month study conducted by Buford Withrow on Russell Lake Game Management Area , which was most interesting.
We would sincerely appreciate a copy of job completion reports, work plans, individual study results or similar material from which we could tell " how it was or is being done and what was or is expected to be found."
Your kind interest and consideration on this matter will be deeply appreciated .
Jerry W. Farrar Deer Study Leader Louisiana Wild Life
and Fisheries Commission New Orleans, La.
have been del ighted with your magazine and think you are performing a real service for the State. I do feel that a serious error was made in your cover picture, January, 1968, and the picture on page 1 in not mentioning the fact that these were pictures of stuffed animals. I recogn ize how difficult it would be to get a good picture of a dog killing a deer. The impact of the pictures would have been the same but I am afraid the credibil ity of other pictures will be reduced by not making the simple statement that these ;vere mounted animals. Incidentally, congratulations should be extended to the taxidermist.
Hampton Rowland, Jr. Camp Springs, Maryland
The mounted animals on the cover of the January, '68 issue have been seen by thousands of Georgians as a part of the State Game and Fish Commission's exhibit at the Southeastern Fair, Georgia Mountains Fair, and many other exhibits. They are the talented work of Joe Hurt, formerly the curator of the State Museum

who is now director of exhibits at DeKalb County's new Fernbank Science Center.
A grouse mounted by Mr. Hurt appeared on the February, '67 cover of Game and Fish, .and pictures of other mounted animals are occasionally used inside the magazine. In no such case has a claim been made that the photographs are of actual live animals.
I extend to you my enthusiastic support for your views stated in the January issue of " Georgia Game and Fish" pertaining to dogs and deer. I am totally opposed to running deer with any dog, wild or "collared". I have been hunting deer from a tree stand for eight years , and this method of hunting has served to cement my suspicions about how dogs affect deer. I have observed hundreds of deer these past years and have killed over 100 bucks-all legal, of course. From my point of concealment, I have observed just what a pursued, weary deer looks like. I believe I could "convert" 50% of the shotgun-dog deer hunters by letting them get a close look at the enlargedeyed , frothy-mouthed, side-heaving behavior of a group of beautiful does and frightened fawns that are being chased by something as base as most deer hounds and by getting them to take a good look at kill records of the tree stand method of hunting. Any person with a thread of sensitivity would reject deer dogging if they could have their nose held to some of the sights to wh ich we are subjected .
Incidentally, I have conducted a little informal study of hunter success in Allendale County, S. C., and I have found from my five years of keeping records of the tree stand method and from many conversations with t he numerous local "deer daggers" the following ratios of kill to hours afield : (1) The tree stand method yi elds 1 buck for each 4 to 5 hours of hu nt ing, (2) and the dog boys have reported an expend iture of at least 30 to 35 hours per deer. I underscore deer because they readfly admit to not being choosy about sex.
However, there is a ray of light showing. In the past eight years we have gone from one active deer killing rifle to two dozen or more. In 1960 there was a half of a box of "caukered" '06 cartridges for sale locally, and these had been on the shelf since 1735! Now a sportsman can choose from among 13 different centerfire calibers in one local hardware. I think this is positive progress.
Another aspect of this business that has impressed me since I have been "associating" with these deer in the Savannah River Swamp border areas is their vulnerability too , and almost stupid con fus ion when approached with, a vehicle mounted spotlight. I frequently "show off" segments of our deer herd to visitors to our plantation, and it never ceases to amaze me how close one can get to these an imals. I understand much better now how callous night hunters can seriously damage a herd.
Thank you for your common sense stand , and the Game and Fish Magazine.
J. Owens Smith Allendale, South Carolina

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Sportsman's Calendar
SEASONS OPENING THIS MONTH
Wild Turkey - March 18 through April 8 in Camden, Charlton, Chattahoochee, Columbia, Lincoln, Marion, McDuffie, Muscogee, Pierce, Stewart, Talbot, Warren, Wilkes and those portions of Clinch and Echols counties lying east of U.S. 441 and south of Ga. 94 highways. Bag limit, one turkey gobbler per season.
Management area wild turkey huntsMarch 25 through March 30 in the Clark Hill and Bullard Creek Management Areas. Bag limit one turkey gobbler. Permits, $2 per day, must be obtained at the checking station before hunting. No dogs allowed. Camping will be allowed.
SEASONS OPENING NEXT MONTH
,. Trout-"Open" trout streams, April 1 through Oct. 15. Creel limit eight per

day. Possession limit eight. (Management streams will open May 2 and 3. A complete listing of trout management stream dates and regulations will be published in a later edition.)
Wild Turkey-April 15 through April 27 in Banks, Chattooga, Dawson, Fanning, Franklin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Habersham, Lumpkin, Murray, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, White and Whitfield counties. Bag limit one turkey gobbler per season.
Management area wild turkey huntsApril 15 through April 20 in Blue Ridge, Warwoman and Johns Mountain management areas. Bag limit one turkey gobbler. Permits, $2 per day, must be obtained at the checking station before hunting. No dogs allowed. Camping will be allowed.

Sprlng

Turkey Season

EVENTS THIS MONTH
Georgia Bowhunters Association State Indoor Championship - Stegman Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. March I 7, 9: 00 a.m. Registration beginning at 7 :00a.m.
COMING EVENTS
GBA State Field ChampionshipTroup County Archery Range, LaGrange. Georgia. August 3-4, 1968.

MARCH 1968

APRIL 1968

TIDE TABLE HIGH WATER

LOW WATER

HIGH WATER LOW WATER

Oay

A.M. Hl . P.M. HT. A.M. P.M .

MAR.-APR. 1968

Day

A.M . HT. P.M. HT. A.M. P.M .

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1. Fri.

9:30 6.8 9:42 6.9 3:24 3:48

2. Sat. 10:06 6.5 10:18 6.8 4:06 4:24

3. Sun . 10:42 6.2 10:54 6.6 4:42 5:00

4. Mon. 11:12 5.8 11 :36 6.4 5:18 5:36

5. Tues. 11:54 5.5 ....

6:00 6:18

GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS HOW TO USE THESE TABLES The calculations are for the outer bar. Find the reading for the desired tide . In

1. Mon. 10:00 6.1 10:18 7.0 4:12 4:18
2. Tues. 10:30 5.8 10.54 6.8 4:48 4:54
3. Wed . 11 :12 5.5 11 :36 6.6 5:30 5:36
4. Thurs. .... . . 12:00 5.3 6:12 6:24
5. Fri . 12:30 6.4 12:54 5.2 7:12 7:24

6. Wed . 12:18 6.3 12:36 5.3 6:54 7:06

7. Thurs . 1:12 6.1 1:30 5.1 7:48 8:06

8. Fri.

2:06 6.1 2:30 5.0 8:54 9:06

the table below find the number of minutes to add to correct for the place you are going to fish or swim . The outer bar

6. Sat. 7. Sun. 8. Mon.

1:24 6.3 2:30 6.3 3:30 6.4

1:54 5.3 8:12 8:30 3:00 5.5 9:12 9:36 4:12 6.0 10:12 10:36

9. Sat. 3:06 6.1 3:36 5.1 9:54 10:06

10. Sun. 4:12 6.3 4:42 5.5 10:48 11 :00

11. Mon. 5:12 6.7 5:42 6.0 11 :36 11 :54

12. Tues. 6:00 7.0 6:30 6.6 . ... 12:24

13. Wed . 6:48 7.4 7:12 7.2 12:42 1:06

14. Thurs. 7:30 7.6 7:54 7.6 1:30 1:54

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15. Fri. 16. Sat.

8:18 7.7 8:3D 7.9 2:18 2:36 9:00 7.6 9:24 8.0 3:06 3:18

17 . Sun. 9:42 7.3 10:12 7.9 3:54 4:00

18. Mon. 10:30 6.9 11 :06 7.6 4:42 4:48

19. Tues . 11:24 6.5

5:36 5:42

20 . Wed . 12:06 7.2 12:24 6.0 6:36 6:42

21. Thurs. 1:12 6.9 1:30 5.7 7:42 7:54

22 . Fri .

2:24 6.6 2:48 5.6 8:54 9:12

23 . Sat.

3:42 6.6 4:06 5.8 10:00 10:18

24. Sun . 25 . Mon. 26 . Tues. 27 . Wed . 28. Thurs. 29 . Fri. 30. Sat. 31. Sun .

4:54 6.7 5:54 6.9 6:36 7.1 7:18 7.1 7:54 7.1 8:24 6.9 8:54 6.7 9:30 6.4

5:12 6.1 11 :00 11 :18 6:06 6.6 11 :54 6:54 7.0 12:12 12:36 7:30 7.2 1:00 1:18 8:06 7.4 1:42 2:00
8:36 7.4 2:24 2:36 9:06 7.3 3:00 3:12 9:42 7.2 3:36 3:42

calculation , plus this correction , gives the correct reading for the point desired .

Adjust For Day light Saving Time By Adding One Hour

CORRECTION TABLE The times given are for Savannah River entrance (Tybee) .

Hrs.Min.

Savannah (High). .. . .... .. . 0 44

Savannah (low) .... .. . . .. . 57

Hilton Head , S . C.. . . . . . . . . . 0 10

Thunderbolt... . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 20

Isle of Hope. . : . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 40

Warsaw Sound. . . . . . . . . . . 0 00

Ossabaw Sound.. . . . . . . . . . . 0 05

Vernon View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 35

Coffee Bluff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 55

Ogeechee River Bridge. . . . . 3 50

St. Catherine Sound. . . .... . 0 25

Sapelo Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 00

Brunswick Ba r. . . . .. .

0 00

MARCH

First Full Quarter Moon

7

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Last Quarter
21

New Moon
28

9. Tues. 10. Wed . 11. Thurs. 12. Fri. 13. Sat. 14. Sun . 15. Mon. 16. Tues. 17. Wed . 18. Thurs. 19. Fri. 20 . Sat. 21 . Sun . 22. Mon. 23. Tues. 24. Wed . 25 . Thurs. 26. Fri. 27 . Sat. 28 . Sun . 29. Mon. 30. Tues.

4:36 6.7 5:30 7.1 6:18 7.4 7:06 7.6 7:54 7.7 8:36 7.6 9:24 7.3 10:18 6.8 11 :12 6.4
1:00 7.0 2:12 6.7 3:24 6.5 4:30 6.6 5:24 6.6 6:12 6.7 6:48 6.7 7:24 6.7 7:54 6.5 8:24 6.4 8:54 6.1 9:24 5.9

5:06 6.6 11 :00 6:00 7.3 11:48 6:48 7.9 12:18 7:30 8.4 1:06 8:1 8 8.6 2:00 9:06 8.6 2:48 9:54 8.3 3:36 10:54 7.9 4:30 11:54 7.4 5:24 12:18 6.0 6:24 1:24 5.8 7:30 2:42 5.9 8:36 3:54 6.1 9:42 4:54 6.5 10:36 5:42 6.9 11:18 6:20 7.2 ... . 7:00 7.5 12:30 7:36 7.6 1:12 8:06 7.6 1:54 8:36 7.5 2:30 9:1 2 7.4 3:06 9:42 7.2 3:42

11 :24 .... 12:36 1:18 2:06 2:54 3:42 4:30 5:30 6:30 7:42 9:00 10 :00 11:00 11:48 12:06 12 :42
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. one 265-1552, Savannah 233-2383, R1chmond Hill 756-3679.

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