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SEVENTH YEAR- NUMBER 11

Where friends and the Outdoors Meet
ATLANTA, GA., DECEMBER 15, 1946

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WINGS LAND MAN

IN GOOSE HEAVEN

By BILL SHARPE

OCRACOKE ISLAND, N. C.-Now, the veriest duckling

or gosling knew it to be a fact: that while men had lethal

boom-sticks, and were tolerably clever at constructing de-

ceptive blinds and in laying decoys, which from a distance

would fool you, they did not have wings.

Some of them also broke the

birds' code and learned to call to things below had no wings.

them, cunningly saying there was So the multi-hundredth genera-

eel grass or wild rice or an un- tion of birds which for eons have

mated bird below; and years ago wintered along the Outer Banks

they even captured geese and of North Carolina got a disturb-

staked them near the blinds so ing shock this season when their

that wild birds would stool in to old adversary flew right to their

these Judas birds and so to their isolated retreat.

probable destruction.

FL~ SHOOT, RETURN

But from the time when great- With a shortened waterfowl

great-great-etc., Grandpa Gander season this year, and consequent

first braked downwind to take a congestion in conventional water-

look at the new creatures on Roa- fowl shooting areas, airplanes

noke Island, and thereby lost his have been called into service by

tailfeathers from a harquebus- sportsmen to reach relatively

shot, it was discovered there was fresh territory.

assured safety in sudden and fast Take for instance Ocracoke

flight to the Outer Banks, for the

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201 Beagles Smash

Peach State Mark

MONROE, Ga.-The beaglers have come and gone, but
not without writing history in the pages of the Peach State Beagle Club.

All the records in the book went by the boards here last week

when 201 dogs ran in the club's

first AKC licensed trial for rabbit running hounds. Entries from

18 states competed and some of

the nation's leading professionals brought full strings to the classic.
Hono1s were divided among

Georgia, Carolina and Alabama dogs, but several entries from the Midwest and East figured in the

collectbn of cash and ribbons. The heavy list of entries and runoffs in closely contested classes

forced the trial into an extra day.
In all, the tests required five days, Field Trial Chairman C. M. Bowden, beginning December 9 and run- left, and Guy Stancil, grinning in the ning through part of December rain at the Atlanta t:ial. 13.
Ala Vickey, owned and handled
GUY STANCIL by Charles Candler, of Madison,
Ga., grabbed the 13-inch class in
a field of 53 entries. She out-

ELECl~D BY~-=- classed such stars as Breezy
Ridge Flossie, Anchorage Frost and Amawalk Penny Ann i;o capture first money.

ATLANTA CLUB PATSY SCORES In the smaller edition for males a Salisbury, N. C., entry, Harkendee Johnny, nosed ahe of a

field of 59. Johnny is owned by Guy Stancil, prominent Georgia

E. B. Gill, of Salisbury, and sportsman from Gainesville, will

handled by the noted pro, Beryl head the Atlanta Field Trial Club

Bishop, of Snow Hill, N. C.

during 1947. Stancil was elected

Don Williamson, president of last week to succeed Bill Satter-

the Peach State club, handled thwait, who retired after three

Blue Ash Patsy in her impressive years as president.

triumph over 58 bitches in the 15- C. M. (Slim) Bowden, of At-

inch class. Patsy is owned by S. lanta, was named vice-president,

H . Vredenburgh, of the town in and John Huey and W. 0. Lindsey

Alabama having the same family were returned as secretary and

name.

treasurer, respectively.

Wrape's Bil, a black, tan and The spring trials, which twice

white watchfob weighing less than have set world's records for en-

15 pounds after a full meal, came tries in one-course events under

back three times to prove his su- Satterthwait's regime, will be run

periority over a strong entry of March 8-12 on the Chattahoochee

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DISTURBED HONKERS-This great flock of Canada geese boiled up from their feeding grounds in Pamlico Sound when a plane droned overhead before landing a cargo of gunners in the wildfowl paradise on the North Carolina Outer Banks.

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Summary
13-INCH BITCHES (53 ENTRIES) Won by-Ala Vickey, owned and handled by Charles Candler. Second-Breezy Rid8'e Flossie, handled by Doe Blinsin.-er, Marlton, N. J Third-Anchoral'e Frost, handled by E C. Voss, Huntington, L. I.. Fourth--Amawalk Penny Ann, handled by Beryl Biohop, Snow Hill, N. C. Reserve-Leirhty Miss Si, handled B. N. Thurber, lnl'&mor, Ohio.

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15-inch males. Bill was on top all

the way, and worked five cotton-

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tails into a lather before the judges ordered him taken up.
Bill is handled by Beryl Bishop.

13-INCH DOGS (59 ENTRIES)

Won by-Harkendee Johnny, owned

E. B. Gill, Salisbury, N. C., handled

Bishop.

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Second-Parkray Trademark, owned by

Parker E. WaJlate, Coatesville, Pa.,

handled by Harry Herb, Wernersville, Pa.

Third-Jackson's Prince, owned by Leroy

J ackaon, Graycourt, S. C., handled by

Biohop.

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His owner is J. H. Wrapes, of Asheboro, N. C.
Pushing him in second place
~ Jackson's Buck, owned by LeJackson, of Graycourt, S. C., handled by Bishop. Williamson nudged Williams' Reader into. third place, ahead of Rollins' Atomic Jake and Warfield

Fourth-Georare's Bushmaster, owned by George Bushmaster, Meadeville, Pa., han.. died by Thurber.
Reserve-Locust Lane Skipper, by Ed Havens, Asbury Park, N. handled by Curt Blinsinger, Marlton, N.
15-INCH BITCHES (53 ENTRIES) Won by-Blue Ash Patsy, owned S. H. Vredenburgh, Vredenburl'h, Ala., handled by Don Williamson, Monroe, Ga. Second-Isaac's Penny, owned and handled by Thurber.

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Sammy S. These dogs were "the tops in a field of 10 called back

Fourth - Paul's Ginl'er, owned and handled by Paul Claton, Monroe, Ga.
Reserve-Williams Black Beauty, owned

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second

series

and

which

by Carl Williams, Huntin.rton, W. Va., handled by Thurber.

finally was extended into a fifth series before the bitter issue was

15-INCH DOGS (53 ENTRIES) Won by Wrape's Bill, owned by J. H.

settled.
MONROE ON MAP This renewal of a colorful trial
that was interrupted by the war

was a financial, social and sar-

t ona1 success, not t o ment"IOn the

daily adventures with roast tur-

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W'rapes, Asheboro, N. C., handled by Beryl Bishop, Snow Hill, N. C. SecondJackson's Buck, owned by Leroy Jackson,
Graycourt, S. C., handled by Bishop. 'Jihird
s. -Williams' Reader, owned by Dr. G.
Baker, Rochester, Minn., handled by Don
Williamson. Fourth-Rollins' Atomic Jake, owned by
Ken Rollins, Oak Ridge, Tenn:, handled
bY R. B. Blyther, B'shopville, s. c. Reserve-Warfield Sammy s., owned by
Claude Silkwood, Indianapolis, Ind., handied by Thurber.

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ton county one of the year's out- DEER INVADING

standing e:vents .for beaglers a~d GREENSBORO AREA
was a lastmg tribute to Don Wil-

liamson, Kelso Hearn, "Ush" Al- GREENSBORO, Ga.-lt's an un-

mand, Vernn Weldon and the citi- usual thing for deer to be roaming

zens and business firms of Monroe the country around here and a re-

who gave moral and financial sup- port from Ranger E. H. Armor

port.

that two had been seen caused a

The head judges were David L. lot of excitement among hunters.

Kidd, of Rayle, Ga., and Cliff It is against the law to kill deer

Knabe, of Montgomery, Ohio, and in middle Georgia, and hunters

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But nature does not always stay balance.
Through all the ages, man in his migrations westward has left ..a blight on many of the earth's most fertile areas . . . Lands and streams once teeming with nature's gifts have been made barren by man.
When nature ceases to be in no longer have nature-nor fish,
nor game, nor trees . . . not even water to drink or use for 'power. Often we cannot survive .except
Only recently have we become aware of the need for restoration and replenishment . . . soil conservation . . . forest and flood control ... vigilance against the pollution of our rivers ... breeding and feeding grounds for fish, fle&h and fowl. On these billions. of dollars have been spent. Much more remains t() be done.
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BEAGLE TRIAL-Scenes from the Peach State Beagle Club trials last wee~

at Monroe, Ga., top to bottom : Owners and handlers follow a brace and wait

for their time in the second series of the 15-inch males class; Mrs. Kelso

Hearn, Pop Aycoc~ and Mrs. Aycock, preparing and serving Aycock's special

chicken mull; Don Williamson with Blue Ash Patsy; Beryl Bishop, with Wrape's Bill and Jac~son ' s Bud, first and second place winners in the 15-inch dog class;

Bishop, Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. Williamson, R. B. Blyther and B. R. Thurber, with the

first five 15-inch dogs.

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Game Commissioners met last week in Arkansas. This was the second of two meetings held each year by the Association, which is made up of the game and fish ad-

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ministrators of 11 Southeastern

No 0r:n Peace in Carolinas

states. I wish it were possible for every

Don't

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South

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person who hunts or fishe,s to be present at one of these meetings,

likely to take it seriously, even if it is the time of the year to see for themselves how zeal-

when there should be "peace on earth and good will toward ously the men who try to provide

men."

hunting and fishing in their re-

The Palmetto State sportsmen are attempting to turn their spective states work at their jobs.

outdoors inside out and vice versa. Right in the middle of I wish that you, as a pole-toter

the argument are our good friends and associates Eddie or a trigger-puller could sit in the

Finlay, of Columbia, and Charlie (Woods Rider) West, of back room of just one session and

hear the head of your game de-

Tryon and Spartanburg.

partment, regardless of the South-

West is not confining his efforts to South Carolina. He is ern state you come from, put up

Claarl i e working hard to 'reform both N-orth and South Carolina. His your problems before the Associ-

stuff is sound and we would not be surprised to see many of ation and work out ways and

the things he advocates adopted in both states.

means for you to have better

W e s t Finlay, the crusading outdoor-sports editor of the Columbia shooting ~nd better fishing. S?me

Record, has been riding a solid horse through the middle of, of you might change your mmds

the road. He has steadfastly clung to the belief that there about ~hether. your game dep~rt-

should be a new system m. South Caroh.na,s moth-eaten game

ment IS workmg your interests.

for

or

agamst

and fish set-up.

One of the big sessions at the

However, he has his own good ideas about how the good meeting is the joint conference be- Foxhounds, foxes and foxfobia

may be accomplished. Finlay's full page of game and fish in the December 12 issue of the Record is perhaps the most complete that ever dealt in a game and fish argument. It tells
the story that the veteran Alf Richardson perhaps has been
~anting to tell for ~13:ny years. ~ut Mr. Richardson has been
m t~e unhappy position of havmg to please more than one

tween the state and federal game
officials. The federal authorities, as yo~ know, m~ke all regulations
on migratory birds, as ducks and
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SPARTANBURG, S. C.-Well! If from no other angle, the first "Try-On" recently-launched annual fall combination bench show and field trials for foxhounds sponsored by the Tryon Hounds and the Tryon Fox Hunters Association, was an outstanding success in the great amount of accura te scoring achieved by the judges.
We heard owner af ter owner express his appreciation and amaze-

factiOn. He has done well in this capacity. South Carolina has asked
for a poor department, simply because its rules and regulations are so that no other program would be possible.
Now that it has reached the brass knucks stage, it appears that something will happen in the 1947 General Assembly.
The sportsmen have organized under the name of South Car-
oIm. a WI'ldl1'fe Counc~'I. They have ~et up an ?ff'I.ce wi.th Robert
C. Bl~ckmon, an ac.bve secretary m the whippmg seat.

their winters in another. While the federal men know
just about all there is to know
about the habits and populations of ~he migrat~ry species, they
reahze that their rules cannot be
bthased on tthe~eth fatchtorsst atloneg.amSoe
coenysermvaeteionWhI eads eand athee complete picture is presented. Both

ment of this. Two of them remarked, after seeing the score sheet of

the first day's cast of 63 hounds that there was more scoring that

morning than there had been at the Nationals with 320 hounds cast

and several times as many judges in the field.



One of the unfortunate and unfair things about all field trials is

that many, many times, the best working dogs are not seen and

therefore don't get judicial' credit for their work. This is no fault of

the judges; they can't be everywhere every minute. And a lot of

times they aren't!

That pair of big hounds, "Ona Boy Cord" and "Ona Girl Cord,"

Thmgs are poppmg. And regardless of the outcome, game sides must give and take a little entered by I. T. (Shag) Wilkinson of Concord, are the prettiest pair

and fish and hunters and fishermen are bound to benefit. Anything is better than nothing. And that's about all South
Carolina has had for more years than most Sandlappers care to admit.
North CaroIm. a has rnade progress, perhaps more thanar.y other Southern .state. This, despite the fact that game and

to get the kind of regulations which will provide the best hunt-
t?e ing for .the spo~tsm~n and at
same time mamtan~ and bmld back the supply of birds.
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of Walkers we've ever laid eyes on. They arrived in Tryon with 42 wins to their credit; including a first in S. C. and N. C. and one of the top 10 in the Nationals-and they repeated, individually and in pairs, both on the bench and in the field.
The one unpleasant note that struck our ears during the "Try-On" was a remark by Elbert Nanney to the effect that the reason why he and other Polk County fox hunters didn't attend the County Wildlife

fish have rem.ained a part of the Conservation and Develop- Considering that the Association club meetings is that someone always gets up and hollers: "Kill the

ment Department. Hunters and fishermen in the Old North is comprised of 11 distinct units, foxes!"



State are not satisfied, however.

it works together remarkably well

Well, that's true. But we again ~emind Elbert that the anti-fox

Ixt-January they inean to have the most important divorce in the history of the state. They want a sayso in their own affairs. And they apparently are not asking too much. If the
North Carolina Wildlife Federation is after the scalp of Director John Findley it has not shown its hand. It seems

as an organization. The problems of game administration in most states are essentially the same. Wh.ere a better solution is found to one of those problems by some state, it is passed on to the

fellows haven't got a monopoly on mtolerance-nor on sportsmanship! We've been hearing that some 'of the Polk County fox hunters have been raising Cain over the State re-introducing deer into the county. And we know several fox hunters who repeatedly shoot coveys down to the last 2 or 3 birds every tim1 e \tihey go quail shooting. And we know one man who th'ought he displays t.he acme of

that the Federation is after the system, and not the personnel others and adapted to apply to sportsmanship in the foxhunting field, ~eliberately shoot an unmis-

of a department that certainly has set tll.e pace in the South- local conditions. But the states takably fawn-heavy doe ahead of deer hounds . . . But then, you'll

east.

do cooperate among themselves. find mavericks hanging 'round the edges of any herd of thorough-

Anyway, our battered old fishing hat is off to Eddie Finlay
and Charlie- West. We believe they'll be in there when the decisions are~handed down. It-takes courage and persistence to carr.y the tor~lt ip. wildlife. And more than that, it takes
the active support of true sportsmen to obtain the rights to which they have a God-given title.

Georgia, for instance, has agree- breds ...
ments with all the other states Then there's the uninformed fellow who really believes that the
whereby the rangers from the fox has no place in the wildlife picture. And the guy who is so afflicted
other states who operate along with foxphobia that he is incurable. You'll only argue yourself blue the state lines are given Georgia in the face-and probably into a free-for-all fight-in trying to con:
Commission cards and in turn the vince these characters 1that the fox is (among many other things t o
Georgia rangers are commissioned his credit):- I 1

by the other states. The men from One of the most e icient natural cont'rols for the prolific fruittree-

the two states frequently work to- girdling, vegetable-eating, tularemic rabbit; for the cotton rat which,

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gether along the state lines. There are times, too, when we
call upon the various st.ates for help or when we can give .help to the game commissions. Last year

next to the hungry, unkennelled bird dog, is an arch despoiler of bobwhite nests; and for the field rats, mice and other rodents which annually co t the 1American farmer ten thousand-fold the price of the few chickens ttaken by nursing vixens . ..
Of these foxphobiates we can only ask do they advocate the

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c.ne of our neighboring states went into its supply of fish and loaned us 50,000 bream. We worked with another neigh~ring

elimination of ALL hunters just because a comparatively few individuals are, or become, deliberate violators or confirmed gamehogs 1 Such would be about as illogical as their constant crusade to kill AL,L the foxes!-Spartanburg Herald-Journal.

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Bobbitt Sweeps A snake's teeth are pointed backward to prevent escape of animals captured for food.

By HENRY P. DAVIS
WlaatMakes Jl Gun 'Kick1 1

Tenneva Trial BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn.- Entries i
from the kennels of Louis M. Bob-

"That which goes up is bound

bitt of Winston-Salem, N. C., made

to come down" is an old state-

a clean sweep of all three places

ment of a recognized fact. But

in the Mary Montrose Memorial

this doesn't mean that "all that

all-age stake annual trial of the

goes out has to

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come back."

Delivery _John, white and liver

However, when

pointer dog, took top honors with

a firearm is fired

an excellent ground heat and a

a certain amount

beautiful point on a large bevy of

of "come back"

quail. His kennel mate, Fast De-

is bound to hap-

livery, another white and liver

pen. This, in

pointer, pushed him closely to take

shooting p a r lance, is known as recoil, more commonly called "kick." To understand it, all that is necessary is a little knowledge of elementary physics.

"NO-HEN" CLUB-These Atlanta, Ga., hunter< joined the "No-Hen" Club at the Ringneck Lodge, Redfield, South Dakota, last month by taking onl~ cock pheasants. Left to right: Dr. J. R. Childs, Dr. Jesse H. York, Perry Golbert,
Harry Thweatt and Dr. W. C . Goodpasture.

second honors, while Peerless Judge, white and black setter, took
third place. By winning the memorial stake,
Bobbitt got permanent possession of the Mary Montrose trophy. He

THE Sportsmen's Record Book shows tht nothing quite hits the spot after day's hunting or fishing like a bottle of cold , delicious beer. Always a friendly companion on the stream or in the field.

To every action there is an without getting bruised shoulders Richmond 4-H Clubbers previously had won twice with

equal and opposite reaction. This is one of the so-called laws of mo-

but the inexperienced gunner who does not make his gun become a

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Bobbitt's Blackout and Delivery Boy. Delivery John was sired by

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tion and is the basic cause of re- part of himself gets punched AUGUSTA, Ga.-A camp now the second winner.

on your next trip

coil.

around some every time he pulls under construction by the 4-H He announced that he would

The gases generated by the the trigger.

Club boys and girls of Richmond place another trophy in competi-

burning of the powder in a shot- Good advice to the beginner is county will soon boast a club tion next year, the Peerless memo-

shell exert a force which pushes to stop trying to make yourself house. Almost completed by the rial, in memory of Sports Peerless,

the shot charge and wads out of become a part of the gun. Rather youngsters, the club will include his famous setter sire.

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the barrel. In so doing an equal try to make the gun become a double-decker b e d s, additional force is exerted in the opposite part of you. Then the recoil will equipment, and a dining hall. struction of a swimming pool on

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direction against the breechblock. become much less objectionable. Plans are now under way for con- the grounds.

If the gun is free to move then

the above law of motion tells us

that the weight of '"charge" (shot,

wads, and 1/2 the powder) times

its velocity equals the weight of

the gun times its velocity.

Thus the speed with which the

gun recoils is inversely propor-

tional to the ratio of the gun and

charge weights, i.e., the heavier

the gun, the slower it recoils, the

heavier the charge, the faster the

gun recoils.

ROCKET EFFECT
There is a slight further increase in the gun recoil due to the "rocket effect" of the gases during their escape from the bar-rel after the shot and wads have been driven out. It is this effect which is utilized in the recoil reducing devices such as the "compensator." Neglecting the mass of the powder and wads in comparison with the ounce and a quarter of shot in a 12-gauge load with a muzzle velocity of about 1400 feet per second, we see that a gun with a weight of 7% pounds will have a recoil velocity on the -oiSis of the above of about 14% feet per second, plus a small increment (2 to 3 feet per second)
due to the "rocket effect." Since the gun is held in the two
hands against the shoulder, the recoil momentum is absorbed by the hands and shoulder. ThiP amounts to approximately 35 foot pounds of energy.
The three factors most affecting recoil are the weight of the_gun, weight of the shot, and the velocity of the shot. Thus a heavy gun has a lower recoil velocity and, hence, less recoil than a light gun if used with the same load. Similarly, the recoil is less with a light load than with a heavy load.

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PROP.ER HOLDING
Relatively little can be done to reduce the recoil velocity of the shotgun for a given load except by the use of a device such as the compensator. The action of this device is to "reflect" the powder gases backward and, hence, to deliver a forward push to the gun, thus reducing the rearward velocity. The physical effects, that is to say the effect on the shooter, of recoil may be controlled to some extent in the construction of the gun. Stock length, drop, and pitch should be .correct so that recoil is absorbed at the proper points. The distinction between reduction in recoil and reduction in punishment due to recoil must not be forgotten, however.
Proper gun holding will do much to minimize the effect of reeoil on the individual shooter. Many experienced trapshooters shoot through large tournament.

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ATLANTA, GA.

MALLARD HUNT-Top left, Flash, English springer spaniel, fetches a mallard from a flooded soy bean field near DeValls Bluff, Ark.; Virgil Ward, of North Little Roc:k, at work with his magic: call in the pin . oaks near Stuttgart; Henry Williams, of Stuttgart, Loy Lankford and Jack Troy, of Atlanta, Ga., and Virgil
Ward, with the limit of mallards after a fast session near Stuttgart; Flash watches a flight of ducks over White River. (See "Inside Outdoors.")

DEER HUNTERS LUCK ON QUAIL

MIDVILLE, Ga.-Albert John-

CONNECT ON

son and Franklin Tool, both of Garfield, bagged 13 and 9 quail, respectively, near Herndon on the

south side of the Ogeechee River.

OCALA STALK

HUNTING AND
FISHING
is a monthly moga-

zine crammed full of

CEDAR LANDING, Fla. - A cloudy, sticky day which changed into a drizzling rain at mid-after-

hunting, fishing , camping, dog and boating v-..,.-_.__,r stories and pictures ,
invalueble informatior1 about guns, fishing

noon opened the 31-day season for

tackle, game law changes, best places

deer in the Ocala National For-

to fish and huntcountless idees that

est, but this did not dampen the enthusiasm for some 111 hunters who checked through the North entrance of the forest with Ran-

will add more fun to your days aheod.
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L....--.,;.,.---' Send 25c in stamps or
coin and we will send you Hunting & FishinQ for six months.

ger Albert Hogen. Judge Julian C. C.J.houn, of Pa-

HUNTING & PISHING MAGAZINE 297 Sportsmen' llclg. loaton, Me11.

latka, started the season off with

a fine "spike" for the first morn-

ing and two eight-points and one seven-point were reported before sundown from the other hunts.

The

Arctic Hamper The Ocala National Forest (the
Big Scrub) is open to hunters

with the special permit secured

from the rangers' office at Ocala,

Fla., from December 1-31 every

day except Monday, Wednesday

and Friday.-Ed Bush.

DOE LAW FAILS
TO STOP TRAIN
MILAN, Ga.-Evidently Georgia game laws do not apply to trains. Just above the over-pass at Milan, a Central of Georgia train recently ran over a doe, breaking the Georgia law which prohibits such animals to be killed in this state.

Bring Home Perfect

Field Trials For Beagles
Jan. 2124-Dixieland, New Albany, Miaa.: H. A. Covinwton, Ripley, Miss.
Jan. 24-27-Texu, San Antonio; A. F. Von Blon, San .Antonio, Texas.
Jan. 27-30-Yazoo, Mc:C<>mb, Mi11.; Dr. Robin Barril, Ja~kson, . Mi11.
Feb. 1-S-Peliean State, Baton Roue; Paul Louque, Baton Roae, La.
Feb. 8-9--Soathern, Dallas, Tex. ; B. L. Merehant, Dallu.
Feb. 22-24-South Texas, Houston; F. Dot.aon Thom.u, Houston, Tex.
(S.) denotes aanetioned; all others are AKC lieensed.

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Q Commission, in cooperation with

ing, here's a sure way of cleaning

St. Louis 3, Mo.

00 several public spirited citizens, is
g~ preparing a "Filmed in Georgia" movie of Georgia hunting and

your frying pan. Turn your grease-caked or dirty skillet upside down over the coals of your

Q fishing. The movie will be in two

campfire until the grease burns

E-1 reels, and will 1be in color and ;:J . sound. One reel will show various

out. This shquld take about a minute or so. When it stops smok-

0 Georgia hunting a n d fishing
Z scenes, ranging from deer hunt-

ing, quickly dip the pan into cold water. Finish the job with plain

~ ing and trout fishing in the North, ~ to marsh hen hunting and coastal
S::Z:: fishing in the South. Th~ other will show Georgia wildlife_ reO sources in native habitat.

ANNUAL PARTY-D~er hunters from Toccoa pitch an annual party in
North Georgia. And visitors are welcome. Here some of the hunters wait to be served ham and eggs by two faithful colored chefs. Al the right is George Busha, one of the South's best on barbecue and Brunswick stew, supervising the cooking.

salt or wood ashes-plus a little elbow grease.-Doc Jenkins.
Fishing

00 Announcement of the release

dates on the films will be made Missing Dog Mystery .

later. The films will be made Solved in Greensboro?

available to sportsmen's clubs,
WINGS LAND service organizations, and youth
groups throughout the state without charge, according to Charlie
MAN IN HAVEN Elliott, director of the Commis-
sion.

GREENSBORO, Ga.-The mystery of the missing bird dog was unraveled recently by a local man.
The bones of the dog were discovered near a point where the animal was lost last year. From

FOR HONKERS all appearances, the dog held to

La~s
The law requires that every person ftahing in the waters of the State of GeorJria shall buy an annual license if artificial lure or live bait is used, with the following exceptions: A person can fish in the county of hia legal residence with worms. No person under the age of 16 ' year I requlrei to buy a fishing license.
State Resident Flohinc Lleenoe--ll.Z6. License is valid from April 1, through

Guaran.teed to Toughen Soft, Tender or Sore l=eet
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the point before falling to his

death.

Continued from Page 1

March 31 of the following year. Licenn may be bought from your loeal dealer.
State Non-Reoldent FU1hinc Llcen-

His owner is a neighbor of Ran- Island, one of the pearls in the $5.25 annual license.

stores or direct. 2 oz . ~ Bottle Sl; 8 oz. size 3 . ~ 11111
80NAS EPTl C C0. :~;.~~:.~~~~:.!

and small equipment.

ger E. H. Armor.

Outer Banks chain lying 30 miles

10-Day Fiohfnc Llcenoe--1.60. 30-Day Fiohing Licenoe--.2.60.

t3.50 eaclt, f.o Atlanta
Send check or money order to:
Hayman Mfc. & Sale Co. P. 0. Sta. E, Box 5& Atlanta, Ga.

EXTRA CLAW Very few people know that the lion has an extra claw. It is concealed in the hair near the tip of his tail.

off the coast of North Carolina. Once it was such a torturous trip by train or car, then by boat, that only the more adventurous and leisurely sportsmen shot there.
But with inauguration of a

The annual license is valid from April 1 through March 31 of the following yeer. Trip Jicen~es are valid for the da;,a ltipalated on the face of same. The rHtrletiono and limitations upon the taldnl' ol ftoh
in this state shall be as follow: Game fih with dally and minimum olu
limits are as follows:

PERFECTION

plane service to the island, it is

RockfiBh or striped bass, 10 dally, 1Z inches; largemouth black baas, 10-10;

now possible for a Pennsylvanian mallmcuth black bas, 10-10; rock baao,

to fly

down

one afternoon, shoot

10-5; Kentucky or red-eye hass, 108 ; bream. 25-5; perch, 25-5; crappie. 16-7 :

the next morning, and be home eastern pickerel or jack, 16-12; wall-eyed

before

dark

of

the

second

day.

pike, 3-12 ; muskelunge. 2-16 ; brook . trout, 10-7 ; rainbow trout, 10-7 ; brown trout,

And scores of huntsmen "did that 10-7 ; red breast perch, 256 ; mixed st'rina

-coming

from

Maryland,

New

30 in one day. It is illegal to take game fish in any

York, Ohio-as far away as Illi- manner except by hook and Jine and rod .

nois.

and reel or t.o fish on the lands of an- 1 oth~r without permission of landowner.

Many of them put on their It is illegal to place or cauae to be placed

shooting clothes at home, grabbed a gun, a box of ammunition, stepped into a plane, and in a

in any of the waters of this state eny ' trap basket. or similar device for the pur- ' pose of catching fi sh.-GEORGIA GAME AND FISH COMMISSION.

WHOLE BISCUIT
A hard food for chewing, as helpful as a bone to keep the

I 189 PEACHTREE STREET

ATLANTA, GEORGIA

few hours stepped out onto one of the most remote beaches of America.

ISLANDERS SWAMPED Ocracokers, accustomed to hav-
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season, were flabbergasted by the air traffic, and fishing guides and

44 Bucks Killed
HIGHTOWER GAP, Ga.-Fortyfour deer were killed on the annual managed hunt in the Chattahoochee National Forest here last week. Two hundred drawn hunters participated.

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5 LBS. 63C "10 LBS. 1.20
25 LBS. 2.85 50 LBS. 5.63
100 LBS.-11.25

others stopped work to help take consequence, dozens of Ocracoke

Prices f.o.b. Atlanta

care of the visitors. The local homes this Christmas will have HASTINGS' KENNEL SHOP

hotel and gun club have been crowded most of the season.

fine roast geese--left-over of the flying huntsmen.

bounty

Mitchell at Broad

WA. 9464

In ad~ition to the commercial

planes, private fliers are coming

in-five in one day last week.

They land on the great tidal flats

of the island, which comprise an

excellent airfield unless flooded by

high tides.

Ordinanly, sportsmen take the

special planes at Norfolk (ol)e

hour) or Manteo or Beaufort (30

minutes), but they may charter planes to fetch and carry them to any point in the country, and

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Hounds run well on

some localities make up special planeloads.
There was some grumbling this

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need the proteins, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and fat KIN provides so liberally, and in well-balanced proportions. And, KIN is economically priced for volume sales. Try it.

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South Carolina is, the Councl believes, the one answer to the present inadequacies, Secretary Blackmon con-

Tennessee Launches !5-Year Deer Program
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.----:Howell Buntin, director of Game and Fish, has announced a five-year deer program for

cluded.

Wildlife Group

Expert ncl Timely Repaln
CONSERVE

Tennessee. Charles B. Pl.erle, technician who spent three years with the Georgia department and about five with West
Virginia, has been employed effective December 1, to take charge of the new program.

Seeks Changes

Material and Labor

TIP-TOP ROOFERS

iwhen you hear 'drfp.cfrop'

Call Tip-Top"

'

JA. 3039 ATLANTA 221 MarleHa St.

The first deer to be released un-
der the program was made re- SPORTSMEN AT PEAK

FLORENCE, S. C.-The South Carolina Wildlife Council, with

cently in the Prentice Cooper For- OVER NORTH CAROLINA
est on Walden's Ridge near Chat- RALEIGH, N. C.-North Caro-

sportsman an d conservationist members throughout the state,

We can fumiah proof you'ye been fiahinq I

tanooga when 45 whitetails were . !ina sportsmen in unprecedented turned loose in the state-owned numbers are taking to the fields

Neptune Seafood Co. agree with Chief Game Warden
A. A. Richardson's recommenda-

area. One hundred fifty-five more, and streams, and license sales are to complete this year's purchase skyrocketing. The sale of all types of 200 head at $85 each, should be of hunting and fishing licenses freed in the other state preserves have already far exceeded the before January 1. Most of them number sold for the same period

tion that the county game war-

1 2 North Broad Street

dens be selected by the chief game

Elliott Gatehouse, Dexter Gatehouse

warden instead of by eiection by

Owners

citizens or county legislative dele-1~===;;;:;;,;=;;;;:;;:;;;;,;:;;::::;::;;::=~

gations, Bob Blackmon, Council

will likely be released in the Ca- last year. The return from license

executive secretary, announced

toosa area in Cumberland and sales in 1945-46 reached $455,-

last week.

Morgan counties, which is the 535.45; and the total revenue from

The Wildlife Council, Blackmon

state's largest area and which is sale of hunting licenses alone so

said, since its inception has advo-

the most suited to the propagation far this season has amounted to

cated this change, together with

of deer.

$87,394.50.

According to Buntin, this year's Licenses may be obtained from

purchase will be duplicated each any game and fish protector and

paying wardens and assistants sufficient salaries to permit them '~;:::=====;:;:;:=====:::; to give full time to their jobs of ,j

year for the next five, which from the Division of Game and

protecting South Carolina wildlife.

means that a total of 1,000 of the Inland Fisheries, Education Build-

The Council also has advocated

fleet-footed animals will have ing, Raleigh, N. C." They are also

WILD GOAT-Howard Sampson's

been t h e

reIeased naturaI

mTchrl.eSa, steo,getPh1uers

"th Wtlh e

on sale at stores and

many sport1"ng other pr1"vate

goods bus1"-

number of deer already at large nesses.

youngster, Howard Jr., with the wild

ggooaat
t

GbkyilleRd"oc

lhaasrtdweCeukr1ieny,NoorfthMGaeboier--

in the state insures hunters that _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ___o_n_,_ a _ . - - - - - - - - - --

Georgian Gets G o a t it won't be long before deer hunt-
ing in the Volunteer State will be

placing the wardens and assistants in. readily recognized uniforms and backing them to the limit in bringing wildlife violators to justice.
The Council advocates establishment of a Fish and Game Com-

good. BIG GAME HUNTS

On Hunt for Beer

mission composed of sportsmen from every section of the state. ' which would be exclusively vested

According to Walter Martin, law enforcement supervisor for the Chattanooga district, the Tellico and Ocoee big game hunts were highly successful this year. The total kill for all .the hunts were 10 black bears, 43 wild hogs and 14 deer in the Tellico region

DAHLONEGA, Ga.-Richard Curley, of Mableton, Ga., killed a wild black goat on a deer hunt on Springer Mountain near here last week. The goat was a member of a herd estimated at 25.
He had an 18-inc.h spread of horns and was covered with 6-incn black hair. Curley carried his trophy to the office of Game and Fish Commission, and Taxidermist Howard Sampson will mount the animal.
to resume his duties shortly after

with the authority and responsibility to see that every part of South Carolina received adequate wildlife restoration, protection and conservation, Blackmon said.
"The present system is inadequate for a state which could and should be known as a 'Sportsman's

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NORTH CAROL-INA and 27 hogs, 12 deer, 3 turkeys, the first of the year.
35 squirrels and 83 coons. All the The commissioner is eager to hunts were managed hunts jointly get back on the job and be there

Par.adise'," the Council secretary asserted. This is evidenced by the fact that the chief game warden

FEATHERCRAFT, INC.
ATLANTA, GA.

WILL RESTORE administered by the U. S. Forest when the General Assembly meets.

Service and the State Conserva- Some legislation which will affect

tion Department.

his department is being talked of

is now prompted to ask for the changes, and it is further evidenced by the fact that our fields

WILD TURKEY MATHES IMPROVED Commissioner Paul S. Mathes, who was recently given a leave of absence by Governor McCord because of illness, has just returned

and he wants to aid in the passage of helpful legislation and work f or the defeat of any which might be considered detrimental to the state's wildlife resources.

RALEIGH, N. C. - Robert J. Wheeler, Jr., of Montgomery, Ala.,

and streams are steadily being depleted of their wildlife populations.
A carefully selected staff of well-paid, uniformed wardens,

to Chattanooga after a sojourn in Florida. He is much improved and

Pick up a skunk by the tail and it can't do its stuff. Go ahead and

recently joined the Division Game and Inland Fisheries

of as

backed by an efficient game department or agency, which is in 1

is quite enthusiastic over the pros- try it and you'll find out-it isn't senior biologist in Federal Aid turn directed by a non-political.

pects of his returning to Nashville so.

work to help in the initiation and non-salaried sportsman-commission

development of a state-wide wild turkey restor.ation program.
Wheeler has had several years

FLY ROD YOUNGSTERS Joe Kimsey and Richard Boling,

of experience in investigation and 14-year-old youngsters of Atlanta,

management of deer and turkey reported a catch of 22 bream in

in the southeast. He was formerly a project leader of a Federal Aid project dealing with turkey man-

Nancy's Creek. They used fly rods and live grasshoppers.

agement in Alabama.

He has a master's degree in wildlife management received from Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
A turkey demonstration management area of 25,000 acres or more is yet to be selected. It may be set up On present holdings or,

BOBWHITE QUAIL
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T HIS standard policy covers your personal liability for injuries 01" damage while you and your family are hunting, fishing, boating, riding and golfing. Also damages involring your dogs, and many other liabilities. You can't afford to be without this important coverage. For particulars, call or write-

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456 Hurt Building

WA. 4~02

ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA

if the initial survey should so indi-

cate, a new area may be selected

for acquisition by lease or purchase.

From where I sit... .6y Joe Marsh

Purpose of the intensive man-

agement work is to develop con-

centrated populations of turkeys for trapping and transplanting to

Yes, Folks,

other .potential turkey ranges. The selected area will serve as
an experimental and demonstra-

Now I'm Mad!

,,'Your

tion area for turkey management

I

practices, and these principles and Most of you folks who've been ing wave of juvenile delinquency.

practices of turkey management reading my column, know me as a Because it's the children of any

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Favorite Fo,ods,, ---

will be cited for private lands and lands on which suitable agreements r.an be worked out.

pretty mild tempered man, believing in "Live and 1et live," with plenty of respect for the other fellow's point of view.

coml)llunity that are the first to suffer fror+jla~lessness and terrorism.
From where I sit, it's an insult
to thb decent population of our

For Christtnllll CHAnANOOGAN BAGS

But right now I'm blowing my

200-POUND BOAR

top! It's this talk of bringing Pro-

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Favorite foods of all kinds--game and fish-can be

. TELLICO

PLAINS, Tenn.-Ed

hibition back to our town .. sub-

Instantly avaJiable. Savings In time, effort and money 'Rogers, of Chattanooga, bagged a jecting our children to the evils

-fresh game dishes now and later-if you have a . 200-pound wild boar in the Mc- that we see, right now, in other

Tyler Harder-Freezl You kill or catch it-Harder-Freez keeps it.
REFRIGERATION EXCHANGE

Nabb Creek area here last month. counties where the law exists!

Rogers, was the only member of You know what I mean ... speak-

His party to make a kill. In his group of hunters were Lou Wil-

easies and hip-flask driro1<ing, gang-

liams, Bart Leiper, Joe Hunter, sterism, bootleg booze, and a ris-

Carter Patten, Charles McD. Puck-

town, llnd1the way we're bringing up ou1 ch1ldren, to suggest "reform school methods" as a substitute for good home influence arid self-respecting Self-Regulation.l'm.stay-
i ing mad until that kind of talk is
killed for good!
c9oe~

237-45 Pryor St., S.W., Atlanta, Ga. WA. 0296 ette, CeciLJ<:.ing, Emyl Hill and AI
Ferrell.

Copyright, 1946, United States Brewers Founda"tion

~ Tarheel Hunter Pays ; $180 for _Squirrel
~ RALEIGH, N. C.-One hundred and eighty dollars! Yes, that's approximately what it cost one Richmond county hunter for one squirrel
~ which he killed with an unplugged gun, and then resisted game and ,.. fish protectors who sought to inspect his bag and gun.
SCl.l As Protectors W. J. ,Rivers and Walter Bray approached him to take his gun after he had beehn plac:edd undeRr. arrest, tkhishhunter aimed

Brownie Doone goose the "wise old owl" is a dummy.

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Jas. H. Reeve

Calhoun. Ga.

Cl.l his gun at them; but befo.re e c:ou1 fire, avers too t e gun.

a::

In court the gunner was found guilty on four charges. For the first

Q charge, he was finde $10 and cost-a total of $28.25. For the sec:ond

00~ charge, he was fined $10 and cost-a total of $27.85. For the third ~ charge he was fined $15 and eost-a total of $30.05, and for the fourth

0 charge, he was fined $10 and cost-a total of $25.05. In addition to

0 these penalties, the court ordered his repeating shotgun confisc:ated,

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and all of his .ammunition and his license revoked. The total cost to the defendant ac:c:ording to his own statement as to ClOSt of shotgun,

0 R L A N D 0, Fla. - Shore's Brownie Doone, pointer bitch handled by George A. Evans, Jr., of Quitman, captured the inaugural of the Piney Woods Field Trial Club here last week. She won the $1,000 Open All-Age Stake over a formidable field.

0 r ttorney's fee, etc:., was $180.

Second was a darkhorse, Cross

z
~

Creek, handled by Ed Mac Farrior Sr., and third was Pilot Sam's

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YELLOW CABS

. RTON BIG 'UN-A. J. Calla-

Seaview, the big elephant who the Atlanta trial two years
ago.
In the derby, Bob Cates' pointer, Stein City Sue, headed the

Covey of Wild Texas BOBWHITES
just across the Rio Grande waiting for a ne.v home in your territory. $62 .50 pe r <'00)1 of 25, minimum order. Deliv-

way, of Clarkesville, Ga ., with the field in the $500 stake. Sue was ery F eb., Mar .. Apr. , '47 .

WA.0200
A. G. Hendly, Prltlnt

lllf2-pound bigmouth bass which he took from North Georgia 's Lake Burton last month.

handled by June Whelchel. She found and handled two coveys of birds.

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ATLANTA, GA.

1946-47 Laws On Ducks, Do,-es

Second place went to Drug Topic, a pointer owned by Otis Brown, of Florence, Ala., and handled by Gene Lunsford. Ala-

a lone exce llent fo r den, office or present to a fri end. $5. 00.
Merlin Mitchell Trading Co.
302 Kennedy Ave., San Antonio %9 Tex.

MOURNING DOVE

bamian was third.

GEORGIA-In Muscogee, Talbot, Tay-

lor, Crawford, Bibb, Jones, Bal4win, Han

L e t t e r s cock, Warren, McDu.lfje and Columbia
counties and all counties north thereof, Sept. l&Sept. 30, inclusive; in foregoing

counties and throughout the state, Dec.

18-Jan. 31; FLORIDA-In Broward, Dade
and Monroe counties, Oct. 1-0ct. 31. In remainder of state, Nov. 20-Jan. 18:

MISTAKEN TAKE Editor, Southern Outdoors: I

KENTUCKY- Sept, 1-0ct. 25; MARY- received by mistake last week an

LAND-Sept, 1-0ct. 15; NORTH CAROLINA-Sept, 16-Sept. 30 and Dec. 2-Jan.

issue of Southern Outdoors, which

15; SOUTH CAROLINA-Sept. 16-0ct. 15 I have found very interesting. I

and Dec. 23-Jan. 22; VIRGINIA-Sept. 16-0ct. 31; ALABAMA and LOUISIANA

would

like

to

subscribe

for

the

-Oct. 1-0ct. 15 and Dec. 18-Jan. 31; coming year. I am sending my

ARKANSAS and MISSISSIPPI-Sept. 16- check for $1.50 for 24 issues. The

Sept. 30 and Dec. 18-Jan. 31; TENNESSEE-Sept. 16-Nov. U.

copy

I

received

is

addressed

to

Bag and possession limits-tO.

Herman Pruitt.

Shooting hours - one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
DUCK, GOOSE, BRANT, COOT All Southern states, Nov. 23-Jan. 6,

Russell Pruitt, Rt. 4,

Gainesville, Ga.

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except Texlls, where on Lake Texhoma in Cooke and Grayson -counties, Oct. 26-Dec. 9. Remainder of state, Nov. 23-Jan . 6.

:WORE TALL TALES . II Editor, Southern Outdoors:

There is no open season on Canada Thanks for a real tall tale based

ceese, geese,

includinc Hutchins and cackling and white-fronted geese in Ken-

in

Georgia

in

the

last

issue

of \

tucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Lou :siana, Southern Outdoors about the

Th ere is No Substitute for E x perience
Stancil Motor Co.

YOU CAN PUT YOUR TRUST

Mississippi .and Alabama.

squirrels crowding in a hollow tree

Bag limits-7 ducks daily (except American and red-Breasted Mergansers, 25),

so

that it burst open.

Print some

including not ,more than one wood duck; more.

Gainesville, Ga.

IN A PROVEN PEDIGREE

2 geese (except Ross' geese) daily, including brant, plus 2 snow geese or 2 blue geese singly or in aggregate; 25 coots;

Lee S. Trimble, Warm Sprin-gs, Ga.

%5 soras; 15 rails and gallinules.

I Possession limits-14 ducks, 2 geese
(plus snows or blues), 25 coots, 25 soras,

MADDEST BASS

15Srhaoiolstinagnd hgoalulirnsu-leOs.ne-half hour before Ed1'tor, Southern Outdoors. I

Serving

unrise to one-half hour before sunset. couldn't help noticing the satisfied

Yoa don't bUD.t birds with a mongrel dog-and you aleo insist on bowing the baekground of the merchandise

WOODCOCK
Arkansas and Oklahoma- Dec. 1-15; Delaware and Maryland-Nov. 15-29; Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi-Dec. 1529; Virginia-Nov. 20-Dec. 4.
Bag limit-4 daily; possession limit-8.

expression on the face of Joel Gross on killing his first deer. More power to him as a hunter,
but, as a fisherman I think I can offer him one just as good, if not

GOOD FOOD

yo :bnyl We don'i blame you, for

we feel that way ourselves. 'rhat'a

why we offer (when we eail get them

for you) sueh well-known products

u Manhatian shirts Hickey-Fr.,.,.

maa. euits . Dobbs bats and

other eetablisbed lines that have be-

eome. yoar old and tr.usted friend ~

Bee you got _.them firsr at . Muse's.

Aad thb store itseH, incidentally, can

point ,

to

a .

elear-cut

pedigr~almost

the proverbial three-score years and

FOX TREES CAT,

better.. Back in July this year Don Sawyer and I were fishing to-

BUT LOSES LIFE

gether at Juniper Lake when the

one we were hunting for decided

CONCORD, Ga.-A new twist to f()x hunting was recently brought

he was hungry and took a Dalton Special at the end of a log we had

to light in a story told by W. M. fished many tim es. He struck and

Eppenger. His attention was attracted by the noise of a fox attempting to steal baby chicks from his farm.

in about 10 minutes he was in the boat, 8 and 3/ 4 pounds of the maddest bass in the lake. I am enclosing a snapshot of him and

Eppenger rushed to investigate. At that moment, however, a large house cat ran from a nearby bush, causing the fox to leave his prey

his bass which I would like to see in the next issue of Southern Outdoors. Please enter his subscription to your fine publication.

in order to chase the cat up a tree.

M. D. Greene, Columbus, Ga.

Eppenger pulled a quick trigger Silly as a goose. It isn't so. Wild

on the fox, dropping him without geese are among the most intelli-

harming the chicks.

gent of all birds. Compared to a

for over
16 YEARS
PIG'N
WHISTLE
ATLANTA

fell-of steadily purveying high

qaallty merehandise to the people of

Atlanta and the South.

The Style Center of the South

By
I. M. ATKINS 0 N

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I

THERE is-a stamP. oil the market that entitle!dts owner-to

an awful lot of things or a 'lot of awful things, depending

on how heavily insured the owner is. With this stamp he

can get single or double pne1,1- - . .

.

monia, frost bite of all limbs and the .f!lm1ly undertake~ _deeply. In

organs and dry land

bodily bends,

accessories, the warped feet,



the _f1rst -place_, my fr1ends to tire of h3:VIng to come

mbeagnadn

late.nt rP:elimatisrri and, on very cover me wlth a gun to get -me

infi!!<ll.lenf occasions, a duck. : out of bed. Secondly, "I could

Yes, 'it's -the Federai duck n_ever .show the proper enthustamp. It's important for t~o s1as~ fc;>r the .weather, ~ot opce reasons: (1) There's a stiff fine durmg those s1x y-ears d1d I even for a duck hunter caught without pretend to think highly of a gale one and (2) from the reports. of that would. bl~w 40 .. miles anits sales, physicians are able to hour and qu1ck.-freeze a . St.

estimate fairly accurately the Bernard.



.

amount of hospital space and the Too, . I failed to see anything

number of oxygen tents they wiU attractive about a lellden sky, a

have to reser*ve*fo*r the season.

drizzle; sleet, rain, snow or any of the other . climatic conditions





that send dUck hunters' jnto rap-

OF. COURSE, the duck hunters tures and pleurisy. Neither

will deny this but not before could 1 establish any sort of

.spring. . It takes them that loJig. friendly feeling -between myself to thaw out. But even ~\l, when arid . a dog . thllt was silly enough

You write anything against auck

to go swimming after ducks .in that kind of weather.

hunting you are 'assured of sup- . The only time such a dog ever

port. Every wife of every duck showed any interest in me what-

h'unter in the country will agree soever was 'when "he .wanted tb

with anything .you ~ay about the shaJte the water from his_ .per-

sport as long as it is detrimental. son. Then .the ducks would be-

It takes a woman a lifetime to come second on my list of thirigs

learn. to like quck bunting put tQ kill.

only 15 minutes to learn .to hateit. AU a man has to do to bring

* * *

on the latter condition is to climb WHAT finally cured me -was

out of bed at 4:30 in the morn-

an inability to listen to a

ing, knock the alal'IJl clock off duck hunter quote from "Field

the table, stumble around in the and Stream" without _getting sick

dark cursing and moaning, go at my stomach. out and wreck the kitchen trying It isn't bad enough quietly

to mak.e coffee; and wake all the children in the house just before

freezing.to death in two feet of .tcy water with a man but when

leaving. .To make sure that his he turns around and confronts

wife's bring

hhoamtee-wailclobueplreesotfindgu, chkes

can for

her to de-feather.

. *
1 TRIED for six years to be-

you with his P4!'Ple lips, his crimson nose, his wateritl.g eyes, and his frozen ears flapping_ in .
a !10-mile gale and says: "Man, isn't . this wonderful weather! Just think ~bout tho~ po_or fools

come a duck hunter but finally back in tow!\ wasting their lives

giiVe it up-a move that _grieved away in bed," that is too m~clJ,.

13-INCH WINNERS-Winners and handlers in the I~-inch class for bitches in the Peach State trials at Monroe, ~a., left to right: Ala Vickey, first place, with Owner-Handler Charles .Candler, Madison, Ga.; Breezy Ridge Flossie with Doe Blinsinger; Anchorage Frost with E. C. Voss; Amawalk Penny with Beryl Bishop, and Leichty Miss Si with Mrs. B. N. Thurber.
Say nMerry Christmas" with
When your gun is mounteJ with 11
WEAVER $COPE
you bring home more

It's Name YourGame

In Mid-South Area

By FRANK VESTAL

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Guns are booming in these fast-moving

days for MidSouth sportsmen. Quail and waterfowl hunters

along with squirrel and rabbit fans, are busy throughout

TeHnunnetsesrsee,ofMtihsesisWsiopnpdieranSdtaAterIkansas.
are just recuperating from a hec- tic week of deer running and

stalking which has ended, and

which brought 11 months of re-

spite to the state's weary white-

N0 W 1Hf Y G0 , 0 a 1HA

tail herds.

BALANCED FLAVOR

Mississippi nimrods yet have a deer hunting p_eriod before them, for the finale of MidSouth deer hunters will be offer.ed in certain counties of Mississippi from December 26 to January 1.
Another important gunni~g season for those licensed to hunt in Arkansas and Mississ,ippi was to open December l!;l with resumption of dove shooting.
Reports of Mississippi's quail crop, after five days of hunting, is flattering in many areas, par- . ticularly in North Mississippi, where Memphis sportsmen help to keep Bob White busy.

. .

Wildfowlers continue to haunt

MidSouth lowlands, and Memphi-

ans bent on shooting a few mal-

lards have beaten a path into East

Arkansas since the season opened

three weeks ago.

Duck hunters in the Bluff City

are passing the word around

about "new" ducks dropping in-

meaning fresh arrivals from

points north-and this can reason-

ably be assumed as cold weather

. closed in on the nation. Further evidence of new ducks was seen in Arkansas throughout the week, for many ducks we saw killed on the Grand Prairie were both young and lean, as ducks al-

.!

ways are after a long, hard flight.

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~ Fish Dynamiters Fined

~ $1 00 Each in Colquitt

.-4 Three Georgians were fined dur- this offense.

t - ing November for dynamiting fish Reports show that eight fines
'E in Colquitt County, according to for hunting with an unplugged

~ ~

. prosecution reports of

~ , and Fish Commission.

the Game Gene Ed-

gun ranged from "cost of court" to $37 50
Fine's 'totaled $1,779 for

~ ~ wards, of Moultrie, Wilburn Ben- month.

00 nett and Sylvester Edwards, of - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -

g~ Adel, were all filjled $100.

RATS FOR POUCHES

Largest numbe'r of fines was The skins of rats are used to

Q fot: hunting without a license. make pocketbooks and tobacco

:E:;-Jt Eighteen hunters wer..e docked for pouches.

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Shields Joins Carolina As Assistant Biologist
RALEIGH, N. C.-Arthur Randolph Shields has joined the Di-
vision of Game and Inland Fisheries as associate biologist, assistant to Dr. Willis King. He will
be stationed at the Waynesville Hatchery, in the western part of North Carolina. From Sprin~eld,
Tenn., Shields received an Jr:"'B.
degree from Maryville College,
Maryville, Tenn., and a M. S. from the University of Tennessee.
Prior to coming to work with this division, he had occupied the
position of teacher, biologist aide with the Tennessee Valley Authority.