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SEVENTH YEAR- NUMBER 9
Where friends and the
ATLA,Nr;;A, GA., NOVEMBER 15, 1946
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Record Field Runs
In Atlanta Trial
A brace Of fiery young derbies will dig in and stretch for
the Chattahoochee River shortly after sunrise November 16.
They'll open the 16th trial of the Atlanta Field Trial Club,
which has attracted a record entry list for a three-stake test
for pointers and setters.
This trial, the annual fall event
of a club that set a world's rec- Facts and Figures
ord for one-course entries two Stakes and entry fees, to be
years ago, is the Deep South's run in the following order:
opener for a season that will un- 1. Amateur Derby, $11.
fold the greatest number of dogs 2. Amateur All-Age, $11.
in the largest number of field 3. Shooting Dog, $11.
trials in the ancient and honorable
TIME AND PLACE
history of the game.
November 16 and 17 at Chatta-
There will be three stakes. Aft- hoochee River Field Trial Course,
er the Derby come the All-Age Adamsville, Ga. Drawings at 8
dogs, then on Sunday .a field of p. m. November 15, at H. G. Hast-
approximately 40 gun dogs will ings; Mitchell at Broad, Atlanta.
work. Last year 62 dogs ran in
JUDG.ES
four stakes, but even with the Raymond Hoagland, Cartersville,
puppy event cancelled this time, Ga., John Latimer, Newnan, Ga.,
a larger field by at least 20 dogs and Dr. Paul Hudson, Atlanta.
is anticipated by President Bill
Satterthwait and Chairman C. M.
DDT WON'T (Slim) Bowden.
WORK ON YANKEE BIRDS Two hundred birds have been
Kltt imported from Connecticut. The
~ee" bpbwbites will be liberated on the new and improved
bird field, and even the Derbies
Ftsu-~~~
are expected to show on game. Al-
TVA though a crowd of 1,000 watched
the spring trials this year, officials expect more to attend Sun-
FINDS
day's races. Increased post-war interest and better-trained .dogs have combined to make this the most promising strictly amateur trial ever held in this section.
It won't be an all Atlanta show. Gip Katie, J. S. Pace's pointer who won the classy Rome Gun Dog inaugural November 6, will run in the Amateur All-Age, and several other dogs that run big and handle game flawl essly will make their appearance. Bro'wnie, Carlton Wicker's third-place winner at Rome, will be a threat. in the gun dog stake.
Several past winners will be back on the field in quest of feathers for themselves and silver for their owners. But Little Elva, owned and handled by the late A.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.- TVA officials have just announced that on extensive experiments with DDT to determine whether or not the disinfectant was harmful to fish it has been established that the much-touted bug killer does not kill fish.
Health; forestry and safety diYisions cooperated in making the experiments. Two back-water areas of the Wheeler reservoir were dammed off from the main lake to prevent fish from leaving or entering and DDT mist was applied from airplanes weekly for 16 weeks.
It was found that the treatment killed 90 per cent of the malarial mosquito with no harmful effect on the fish.-Lou Williams.
"Mallards, Shep, get your head down!"
Gip Katie Wins Rome Inaugural J. (Quill) Orme, will be missing. top three dogs in each stake. Two
She followed her owner to the new trophies will be placed in happy hunting grounds by one competition. The beautiful Quill
week this sum mer.
Orme Memorial Trophy, honoring
Over Classy Field of 40 Dogs PAST WINNERS RUN
the memory of the prominent At-
Among the past winnet's en- lanta sportsman, and officer in the
tered, and their owners are:
club, will go to the winner of the
Milligan's Georgia Kate, Jack Curran; Willing Rider Bessie and Sport's Hotsie Totsie, R. J. Williamson; Joy Scout, Bill Satter-
Derby. The Guy Stancil Trophy will be awarded to a winner in the Gun Dog test.
Judges will be Raymond Hoag-
ROME, Ga.-Move over and make room for Rome, Ga., in
the bird dog and field trial game. And put down the Floyd County Wildlife Assocaition in your stud books.
OCRACOKE PREPARES FOR MORE SPORTSMEN
thwait; Calico Lady, Horace Gul - land, of Cartersville, Ga.; John The Floyd Club rolled its first the Floyd boys are preparing to OCRACOKE, N. C.-Stanly Wa-
latt; and several others.
Latimer, of Newnan, Ga., and Dr. trial for gun dogs down Texas jump over into the sanctioned cir- hab will expand his Beachcombers
Trophies will be awarded for the Paul Hudson, of Atlanta.
Valley near here November 6, and cuit, with at least 'three stakes, fishing and hunting club here by
when a full moon smiled over the and maybe a fourth.
taking over the Wahab Coffee
Ge~rgian Doubles On B-Point Bucks
canopy of crimson and yellow TWO P.ERFECT FINDS
shop and converting it into quar-
leaves on Lavender Mountain This time it was Gip Katie who ters for sportsmen. David Gaskill,
more than one record had gone wheeled over Lavender Mountain well-known guide and former op-
down in dog history.
and shut the door on the nose of erator of the old Pamlico Inn, will
Ten days after Montague Gam- 39 hopefuls. Katie, a white and manage the new quarters and the
RICE HOPE, Ga.-They're calling Earl Jaudon Dan'! Boone the second down here in the low country.
Jaudon shot himself out of deer huntin g for the remainder of the season on his first trip. It required only two seconds.
mon mentioned a field trial, the Floyd Club had put on a show for over 400 spectators and run 40 dogs in perhaps the highest class shooting dog stake ever held
liver descendant of Air Pilot Sam, ran with Rusty, young German shorthair, in the lOth brace. She wlieeled through the corn and cane with a talking tail and
old club, which caters to both surf and boat fishermen, as well as waterfowl hunters.
Meantime, it is reported that a group has leased famous Smith
He was .stalking the Savannah River Swa mp last week and s uddenly in the South over one course.
stacked two perfect finds on top (Baldhead) Island from Frank
encountered two big bucks. He snap shot one and then pulled his sec- Not only that, 40 more dogs of a near-perfect race.
Sherrill and plans to set up a fish-
ond barrel. The other plowed into the muck. Both were eight-pointers. had been turned down for the Katie nailed a bird far up the ing and hunting club there. Air-
Now he must wait till next year for another shot. The season's simple reason they couldn't be ac- drain on the outer edge of the plane service will be provided to
limit in South Georgia is two bucks.
commodated. Next year, though,
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feather patch and her manners were impeccable when Handler Morris Brooks put up the quail.
Brooks' pistol wouldn't fire arid even the strain of his snapping failed to stir Katie ' from statuesque point, lofty and intense.
She had two more minutes, and her ears were tuned to a cock bird that whistled alluringly before the big gallery on the hill. Katie needed no more encouragement. She stopped dead on the bird. Brooks flushed and snapped his pistol again. Rusty was backing in a crouch. The whole audience expected both dogs to explode. But Katie stuck tight.
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PERFECTION
TOUGH DECISIONS
J. S. Pace's great young point-
er had to be perfect to beat out
Caroline Joe, Brownie and Silver Moon. Those dogs, all pointers, finished in that order. But not until the Judges had looked twice. Raymond Hoagland, Bill Satterthwait and Judge Hiles Hamilton called back four dogs for in second series.
WINNER AND OWNER-J. S. Pace, of Marietta, Ga ., with Gip Katie, front, and Polly, his two entries in the Floyd County gun dog stoke. Katie won the first prize of $60 with a brilliant race and two perfect finds.
Jack and Judge, owned and handled by Dr. R. L. Langley, of
BOBWHITE QUAIL
Lafayette, came back after two Pure Northern Bobwhite Quail for
brilliant first races. But they had breeding or restocking. Eggs In
shot their wads. Their second season.
performances fell short of their
CHARLES H. ADAMS
first heats. Browni~, owned and handled by
P. 0. lox 283, Birmingham, Ala.
Carlton Wicker, of Rome, had three perfect finds on two birds in the fir st brace of the day. His work was spectacular f or an animal that is just a frog's whisker smaller than Pilot Sam's Seaview, the largest dog running t oday.
MONTAGUE HAPPY Caroline J oe, owned by B. F.
kina' Silver Moon. Grady Miller: Sonny Boy, G. C. Copeland; Tim, Dr. charles S.
Ward; Van Jane Jill, J. R. Ware Uncle Lem, John Martin: Dan, Georwe Byrd-Dr. W. P. Harbin: Qaeen, M. P. Lindsey: Lou, H. H . Gammon; Bob,
Melvin Hill: Mountain Breeze Bill. R. D. Cole : Polly, J. S. Pace; Belle Wabaah,
A. C. Robinson ; Geor&"e Perkins, Emmett Moon; Dan, Don Gross; Lady, Don Gross; Mull's Speedy Jack, J. C. Mull : Cita t ion's Speed, H. L. Hup es; Bud, W. K. Pierce.
Tolbert, of Rome, and handled by
Mack Tolbert, fin ished ahead of
Brownie on a better-balanced race.
Silver Moon, owned and handled
by Grady Miller, of Leesburg, Ala.,
squeezed past Jack and Judge,
climaxing his second series race
with a classy find in a dit ch by
the cane patch.
.
It was not an easy decision t o
make, but the judges were round-
ly applauded at the finish, and
when the moon came over the
mountain, a tear came in the fad-
ing eyes of Montague Gammon,
72-year-old Roman who conceived
this trial.
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so were a h ost of dog owners. They all couldn't win, but t hey were satisfied because they had just seen not one, but many, fine bird dog s provide them with the top thrill in sports--a bird dog handling a bobwh ite quail.
Summary
SECURITYthe food he needs
adtdu!
Won by-Gip Katie, white and liver
pointer bitch owned by J. S. Pace,
Marietta. Ga.; handled b7 Morris Brooke,
Kennesaw, Ga. Second-Caroline Joe, white and lemon
pointer do; owned by B. F. Tolbert,
Rome, Ga., handled by Mack Tolbert,
Rome, Ga.
Third-Brownie, white and liver pointer
doc; owned and handled by Carlton Wick-
erF!~U.-=-~:;kins' Silver Moon. white
and oranl'e pointer do; owned and handled
by Grady Miller, Leeobar, ALa. Second series-Brownie with Jack, white
and liver pointer do, owned and handled
by Dr. R. L. Lanley, Lafayette,. Ga.:
Perkins' Silver Moon with Jadce, white
and liver pointer do, owned and handled
by Dr. Lana-ley. Jad.eo-W. C. Satterthwait, Raymond
Hoaland and Hiles Hamilton.
THE FIELD Brownie. owned b:r Carlton P . Wicker: B~aa, R. S. McWhorter: Rex, A . D. Lit-
tlejohn: Joe, W. 0. Brown; Sam'a Black
Reaaty, B. .A. Dake: Caroline Joe, B. F.
Tolbert: Bob, W. T. Tacker: Lou, W. K. Pierce; Joe, N. T. Roberto: Lexin~r
ton Jake'o Pet, Dr. J. M. Hicinbotham:
Spot, J. E. Hawkins, Sr. ; Rip, J. H.
Morton: Loa-an'o Smokey Joe. Heywood J.
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botham: Jack, Dr. R. L. Lanley: Mil-
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Benner in Field of 600
For Third Army Shoots
A significant highlight in the Third Army Area Pistol and
Rifle Championships, is the entry of Technical Sergeant Joe
Benner, of Fort Knox, Ky., holder of three world's records
in pistol and rifle shooting, who carried off 12 of the 16 tro-
(Listen ro Inside Outdoors at 9 p. m ., Monday s and Tuesdays, on phies in the Fort McPherson matches last August.
Station WAGA, Atlanta, Ga.)
The pistol events were to be
held on the enlarged r'ange at
A Dog That Betrayed His Master
Fort McPherson, Ga., November
, Not long ago a party dynamited a fishing hole on Gum Creek in 15-17, and the rifle competithn at
Crisp County, Ga. They were questioned by a man and several boys, Fort Benning, November 19-21.
but refused to give their names. With them was a small beagle. The Preparations have been complet-
beagle wore a collar with a rabies tag. Friends of Wildlife Ranger ed for 600 entries and more than
Charlie Young, of Cordele, obtained the number from the tag and 300 trophies and awards will be
turned it over to him. This tag number and the description of the dog was all Young had to go on. So one day while he patrolled Lake
at stake. These include awards by the War Department, trophies
-
Blackshear, this beagle ran across the road. Young got out of his car and watched the beagle go home.
Then Young got busy. He located his witness and carried him to see the dog. He identified the beagle as the dog that accompained
donated by private citizens and the handsome Fort McPherson trophy which carries with it the pistol championship.
the violators. Young apprehended the dog's owner and hauled him OPEN TO CIVILIANS
to court. He pleaded guilty to the charges and when he refused to The battle of eliminations lead-
name his accomplices, the judge got rough. He sentenced the fish ing to participation in the cham-
killer to three months in jail and six months on the public works.
pionships is now in progress
The sentence was NOT suspended-neither one of them. This is throughout the area, and the
one time a dog was NOT man's best friend. The beagle's owner got what he deserved. This kind of work by
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"J oe , you old rasea l, you, if you can dig up some fishing worms, I'll suspend your sentenee."
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So should the action of the judge. All the violators will never be caught. But if judges will impose jail sentences instead of light fines, we'll have most of the violations stopped. A judge who has the courage to hand out jail sentences should have the support of every sportsman.
How Long Do They Live?
Gifts for
The wild turkey of our Southern states has a very short life compared to many useless birds, such as parrots. Several species of parrots live over 50 years, but the wild turkey, king of all game birds, and the fastest upland bird in America, rarely ever Jives beyond FIVE
years.
The age limits of animals, birds, fish and insects have always
bothered the imagination of man. And they're interesting subjects for
students of natural history.
The mayfly, a favorite trout food, is said to have the shortest
life span. This insect, which we find in most Southern trout streams,
emerges from the water in thousands for a wedding dance of one
afternoon. They Jay their eggs and die in a matter of two or three
hours. But this performance occurs only in the final phase of a long-
life history. The mayfly hatches as a small, wingless larva with six
legs and three tails. You've seen them in a trout's stomach, or under
trout stream rocks. They dwell in the stream from one to three years
before becoming adults.
Animals that really Jive a long time are comparatively few. The
giant tortoise tops the list. He lives 200 years. The common carp, the
evil of our lakes, lives 150. The vulture, or buzzard, keels over at
17. The eagle reaches 104. So does a crow. The eider duck of the
North outlives all the waterfowl. He makes it to the century mark.
The strong, active carniverous animals seldom reach 30 years.
The tiger may live to be 25 and possibly 35. The bear up to 25 and 40
at the outside. The dog reaches 15 11-nd rarely up to 35. The fox
and hyena stop at 14. I know a lot of fellows who would like to end
the fox at birth. But he's a gjlme animal and a fox hunter is just as
entitled to his sport as a bird hunter.
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What is a Lewellin setter? Some fellows contend this is a distinct breed. Others know better. The Lewellin is a strain-not a breed--of setters, as produced by the late R. Purcell-Lewellin. Lewellin was a Welshman-a sporting squire' of the last century. He sold some of his dogs in this country. They enjoyed immediate success with hunters
and field trial men. So the late Dr. Rowe, editor and publisher of the American Field
Magazine, classified t hese setters as Lewellins. And Lewellin-bred set-
ters were registered as such in the Field's st ud book. In England, the Lewellin is looked upon and registered officially
as an English setter through arid through. Lewellin made several experiments in producing his dogs. He used both Gordon and Irish setters. As for the English setter, he's an old timer. He was produced from t he larger LAND spaniels, of the Springer kind. :!'he Lewellin setter is classified under the heading of English setter by the Ameri-
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many southerners point their fishing rods toward the coast. From these highland signs, they know
By TOM WALKER
that the reds are running again.
The red fish, known by such
The Good Old Days
names as channel bass, sea bass,
RALEIGH, N. C.-A different slant on the "good old days" of spots, school bass, red horses and hunting in America is offered by Nash Buckingham, sportsman-writer- red fish, and perhaps a variety of
lecturer and one-time four-letter athlete at Tennessee. He has a com- others, is one of the fighting game
plaint about perennial comments on "slaughtering" of g'ame by earlier fish of coastal waters. On light
Americans.
tackle, he can raise the hackles on
Buckingham's comments were made last week at Durham before the back of my neck when he
sportsmen of Durham and other counties, under sponsorship of the makes a reel sing on his way out
. Durham County Wildlife Club. Several hundred persons gathered at to sea.
the City Armory on a rainy night for the meeting, presided over by Last weekend I had the pleas ure
Dr. W. R. Stanford, president of the Durham county club.
of fishing for reds off the west
He, for one, Buckingham told his audience, is "sick and tired" of coast of Florida. With Ivan Allen,
talk about the so-called slaughter of game in the past. In the old days, Jr., Hugh Richardson and Uncle
he said, people killed for food-because they had to take game to eat. Charlie Marshall, three men whose
They took from America's plentiful game supply what they needed, qualities of sportsmanship would
and the term "slaughter" is an inappropriate one to apply to their make them fine companions on
take.
any trip, I spent two days at
The term might be better used for another period, Buckingham be- Homosassa.
WHY CALL THEM SPORTSMEN?
D o a s R o m e D o e s lieves-perhaps the past 45 years. During this time, he said, -more and Homosassa Club is one of the
other things than the shooting of game have been responsible for the old fishing institutions in the
dwindling of -wildlife-the spread of cities and farming methods that wrecked the soil, for a couple of things, both of which destroyed wildlife cover.
south. It was founded more than half a century ago by a group of Georgians who loved a fishing rod and the perfume of salt air. The
We find it difficult to temper our enthusiasm when a servation club hatches a big project and executes it in 10 days.
conjust
Clear Waters
tradition has been carried on by The Floyd County Wildlife Association, with headquarters
Stream pollution is one of the major factors working against con- those who followed in the foot- at Rome, Ga., has accomplished notable achievements in re-
servation which Buckingham cited. He recalled the Lewis-Clark expe- steps of those original founders. _stocking of over-fished streams. It has .built rearing pools
dition of this country's earlier. days-days when members of an expedition could take to the woods and expect to find their living there on their trek across the wilderness.
A similar expedition today, he declared, couldn't even begin to
WE DROP ANCHOR Ivan and I fished together. Ivan
is the kind of a fellow who always maneuvers to give you the
and in the two years liberated over 100,000 fish in open, public waters. Virtually all of these were of legal size.
Not satisfied with its efforts to restore satisfactory fishing,
make the grade, because-first of all-in that whole vast stretch of best fishing drop, the choice seat the Floyd club added another project to stimulate hunters.
land that Lewis and Clark covered, moderns couldn't even get good in the boat. To him the sun and Last week they ran a field trial for gun dogs. It was staged
water direct from the streams, on account of the spoiling of this nat- wind and the experience is as im- just 10 days after Montague Gammon, the former profes-
ural resource by the pollution of civilization.
portant as the actual catching of sional trainer with two college degrees, convinced his fellow
In North Carolina
Buckingham's remarks about
stream
pollution
are
of intense
im-
fish. We twisted through a hundred
islands, all of which looked alike.
members that sportsmen.
tests
for
dogs
bred
better
dogs
and
better
portance to North Carolinians, who are beginning to realize the great We scraped across shell banks and Hamilton Yancey, who helped found the Southern Amateur
damage to water resources wpich pollution has brought about. The rocky bars and found the mouth Field Trial Club at Americus, Ga., many years ago, was
Tarheel state is in the preliminary stages of a campaign whose goal of a little creek, where the water named chairman. Mr. Yancey had the able and active support
ultimately is the cleaning up of polluted waters and a consequent furthering of conservation work.
In an effort to help discover the state's most effective approach to
the pollution problem, the Division of Game and Inland Fisheries is
looked much too shallow to hide a big bass. Hal, our guide, threw out the anchor and dug in his ice chest for a mullet. While I
of fellows like President John Penn, Hix Sims, Frank Gentry, J. B. Chidsey, Bill DuPre, Carlton Wicker, Price Selby, Dr. William Harbin, and a host of other fine sportsmen.
cooperating with the Department of Sanitary Engineering of North watched him cut the mullet in Many of them had never seen a field trial. But they built
Carolina State College in supporting and planning a research project. chunks the size of a' mountain a road to the grounds in Texas Valley, 11 miles from town,
The study, which will go on for two school years plus the summer of trout, I realized that without him, bought 100 birds in .Virginia and rolled out the "open for
1947, will involve research oil some phase of pollution in relation to fish and wildlife.
Robert Short, a 1943 graduate of State College in civil engineering, has been selected to conduct the project. He will work toward the degree of master of sanitary engineering. New research laboratories at State College are available for the work, and facilities and equipment
we never would have brought a boat this far from the clubhouse across the oyster bars.
Ivan caught my arm.
"Look!" he said. "I followed the direction of his
business" sign. Rome citizens picked up the trail and the night of the drawings the event was bigger than officials
could have dreamed. So 40 dogs were turned down. Plans had been made for a single day of running and many dog owners were disappointed.
of the Division also will be used.
arm and found a flock of ducks The trial was a financial success. It produced a field of
Establishment of Division assistance for this research puts a third state agency into action on the pollution problem. Besides the Division, the others are the State Board of Health and the State College Engineering Experiment Station. These last two agencies have jointly appropriated funds for a survey ordered by the 1945 General Assembly.
The High Cost, ftc.
Another thought Buckingham offered his hearers was the prospect
swinging far out on the horizon. The light in his eyes was more
expressive of his thoughts than any words could have been.
LIGHT TACKLE ACTION "In just a few more weeks," he
said, "I'll be sitting here with a
high class dogs and attracted approximately 400 onlookers. Now Rome and Floyd county are badly bitten by bird dogs.
Officials already are planning to increase the trial to three stakes next year. Indications are that three days will be required for the running.
We cite this as just one example of what clubs may do to
of increased costs and effort f or sport in the future. The job of pro- shotgun instead of a fish hook." save themselves from death by inertia. And we still say that
viding good hunting and fishing can't be done cheaply, he said, and Hal had rigged up my hook and clubs such as the Floyd County Wildlife Association hold the
sportsmen might as well make up their minds they'll have to foot a
growing bill. This comment echoes recent remarks of Herbert Stoddard, the
bobwhite quail authority of Thomasville, Ga. In an interview with
I cast it into the four-foot water off the end of an island. Before Ivan could bait his rig, my line began to move out slowly. I had
key to the future of hunting and fishing in the South and in America.
Do as Rome does, somebody has said. We offer this as
SOUTHERN OU'fDOORS, Stoddard hinted strongly to Editor John Martin, that quail hunting is a disappearing sport, "unless we're will-
an empty feeling when it stopped. Then suddenly my line cut ~he
good advice to any sportsmen's club in America.
ing to pay for it." By paying, Stoddard meant that definite efforts water and started out to open
must be made to maintain a shootable supply of birds.
ocean.
Martin added; "The shotgun matinee is just about over. From now on it will be principally grand opera. Grand opera seats demand top prices. Stoddard calls quail hunting today 'the grand opera of sports'."
"Sit down on him," Hal said. I arched the rod and had the feeling. that I had hooked into a moving log. Then the line went
out again, in .spite of -my efforts
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to hold it. The log suddenly became very alive and moved into the channel off the point. He was coming upstream and I had to take a slack, fast. Within five minutes I had led him to where he could see
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OKEFENOKEE REFUGE
WAYCROSS, Ga. - Walter P. Schaefer, manager of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, has been transferred to Boston as assistant Regional Inspector, Federal Aid Division of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
His transfer became effective November 13 and management of the Okefenokee Refuge has been assumed by William R. Edwards.
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A spike buck in the eleventh
hour saved the Chattahoochee
Bowmen Hunters from a wholesale parade of ragged shirttail last week in North Georgia.
Harold Hermesch, of Cincinnati, bagged the only buck killed in six days of hunting by 54 Robin Hoods from 11 states. It was the third in the five-year history of the colorful event.
Four wild hogs were taken by the hunters. I. Davis, of Columbus, Ga., strung two, and Roscoe Reams, of Atlanta, and Emil Geiger, of Cincinnati, had one porker apiece.
Lew Ribble, of Virginia, and Joe Porter, of Oklahoma, only other bowmen to take Georgia deer, failed to get a shot. Pat Chambers, who has killed six in his career, also hunted in vain, along with Ben Pearson, of Pine Bluff, Ark.
Sixteen shirttails were flying at half mast when the hunters pulled stake, but next year they will be back for better luck.
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La""'s TT1e law requires that every verson fish ing in the waters of the State of Georgia shall buy an annual license if artificial lure or live bait is used, with t he following exceptions : A person can fish in the county of his lega l residence with worms. No person und er the a ge of 16 year I requile:l to buy a fi shing license .
State Resident Fishing Licenoe- $1.26. License is valid from April 1, t hrough March 31 of the following year. License may be bought from your local dealer.
Slate Non-Resident Fishing Licenoe-
$5.25 a nnua l license.
10-Day :f"iohinll" Licen se-$1. 50. 30-D~ty l!'ishinll" Licenoe-$2 .50.
The annual license is valid fro m April 1 through March 31 of t he followi n g year . Trip licen~es are va lid for the days stipula ted on the face of same. The restr ietions and limitations upon t he taki ng O!f fish in this state sha ll be as follo ws:
Game fiRh. with da ily a nd minimum size Jim its are as follows:
Rockfish or striped bass, 10 daily , 12 inches: la rgemouth black bass, 10-10: mallmcuth black baRs, 10-10: rock bass , 10-5: Kentucky or red-eye bass, 10-8: bream. 25-6 : perch , 25-5: crappie, 15-7: eastern pickerel or ja ck , 15-12 : wa ll-eyed pike, 3-12: muskelunge. 2-16 : brook trout, 10-7 : r a inbow trout, 10-7: brown trout, 10-7 : red breast perch , 25-5: mixed st'ring 30 in one da y.
H is illegal to take game fish in a n y manne r except by hook and line and rod and reel or to fi sh on the lands of anotht:r without permission of landowner. It is illegal to place or cause to be placed in any of t he waters of this state any trap basket:. or similar device for t he purpose of catching fish . -STATE GAME AND F ISH COMM ISSION.
BOBWHITE-PRINCE OF GAME BIRDS
HUNTERS KNOW HIM BEST IN THE FALL, BUT HIS LIFE DURING THE REST OF THE YEAR IS OF EQUAL INTEREST
TO A:U WHO VALUE THIS VERSATILE BIRD.
A COVEY USUALLY ROOSTS IN A CIRCLE BECAUSE THIS ARRANGEMENT CONSERVES BODY HEAT, ALLOWS FOR WATCHFULNESS IN EVERY DIRECTION: AND IN CASE OF DISTURBANCE EACH BIRD HAS ROOM. FOR THE EXPLOSIVE GETAWAY.
UNMATED COCKS WILL ADOPT LOST . . QUAil CHICKS THAT WOU OTHERWISE PERISH. THIS EXPLAINS WHY B ODS Of"MIXED AGE GROUPS ARE OCCAS ~~~ALLY SEEN.
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tomorrow see this new type sports headquarters, the modern fixtures and decorations, the display of "still-hard-to-get" sports mer chandise. As manv items become available, this will he the largest sports department in the Southeast. Vhit this new department
This Tells Only Part of the Sportsfloor Story o o o
For Hunters
*Ammunition. @:UD!. rifles, t!othing acr~orieo!-, 1hoes, hats t~nd u pt.
For Golfers
Bap:!-. dubs. shoes. balls. tees and manY other arti cleo~ for the ~oHer; a complete department.
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Fresh or salt water . . . rods, reel!, tackle. baits of all ki nd; and many other item!.
1re do "ot h.nte o Complete Jtock oj th i$ muchandiu hut ue Jo hot't 1omt, but n..ot all type$.
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The delights of the sportsman
are too numerous to Jist. Every
person who, reads this message
knows what it means to take a
a trout or kill a bass ... to flush
a covey of quail ... to bring down
a deer . . . to hear a hound bay
at the tr.ee . . . he understands
the deep pleasure of the woods'
. . . , the zest. of camping beside a
clear stream . . . the earthy i<~Y
of tramping the fi.elds.
But nature does not always stay in 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.
- - Wh.en-ITliture ceases to be in balanre we can no longer have the beauties of nature--nor fish, nor game, nor trees . . . not even water to drink or use for power. Often we cannot by moving on.
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, ftet.h and fowl. On these billions. of dollars have been spent. Much more remains to be done.
It is all worth it! A. L. BELLE ISLE
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GUN DOG TRIAL- Scenes at the shooti~g dog trial of the Floyd Coun-
t'( (Georgia) Wildlife Association at Texas Valley, Ga., November 6. Top to
bottom: Part of the gallery; Hugh Terrell with his son, Pierce, who liberated
the birds; the judges, Raymond Hoagland; Bill' Satterthwait and Hiles Ham
ilton finish a brac.e; Dr. J. M. Higginbotham with two of his dogs, and Trainer
Arthur D. Imrie, of Chettanooga, Tenn.; Carlton Wicker with his Brownie,
largest dog in the trial and third place winner. In the background are Laven-
der end Rock Mountains.
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The quality of the leather itself is good and the work-
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Prices quoteel ore poltpaiel.
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Leod Sis-luy 101110 or s111oller wiclth Is Hloctecl for collar or horneu.
Muulo Siso-sllloll, lllediulll, lorte ovoiloble. Nollie broell.
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Deer Hunters Sight in Rifles
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Army will be represented by a group of selected specialists. For
the first time in five years, the matches are open to civilians.
Deer hunters are sighting in their rifles in preparation for the annual buck and hog hunt in Geor-
While preference is given to residents of the Southeast insofar as accommodations are concerned, civilian entries are being received
gia Chattahoochee National For-
from widely scattered sections of
est. The hunt, which will attract a limited 200 sportsmen will open November 25, when 100 hunters
the country. Although no team matches will
be' fired, Sergearit Benner will bring with him members of the
will move into the Blue Ridge
crack Fort Knox team, who will
Area with their sights aimed at a
enter as individuals. These marks-
whitetail. They will hunt for three days,
or until they bag the limit of one.
men carried off top honors at the National Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, last August.
Presentation of the awards will
Second section will open Novem-
be made by Major General Ed-
MASTER OF REDS- Bobby Jones,
ber 28 and run through the 30th.
NORTH CAROLINA OFFERS ~:Fro:udr~~h~u;n~d~re~d~ \r~if~lehmd~e:n~ ba~p;pl~ie~~d . 5,000 FOR ONE FISH ~:c~~odneti~ ~~~st.Club, which con- $.
ward H. Brooks, Deputy Commander, Seventh Army, bo'th in pistol and rifle.
Colonel Emerald F. Sloan, director of the Army's civilian marksmanship division, will at-
right, scored heavily on red fish off the Georgia coast last month. He holds an 8-pound specimen which he took on lioht tackle. With the former golfing . king is William Fisher, of Darien, Ga.
Last year the hunt was held in
tend, and Brig. General Sidney
G a D i e L o g the Chattahoochee-Chestatee Area. WILMINGTON! N. C.-Plans for a $15,000 Fall fishing Hinds, an executive at the Camp
The hu.nt in the Blue Ridge Area netted 36 deer. The largest was killed by Maynard Johnson, of At-
rodeo in 1947-the largest cash purse ever offered for sports fishing along the east coast-were announced here by the
Perry matches, and one of the top shooters of the Army, is expected to enter the pistol match-
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lanta, who took a 200-pound 10- Southeastern North Carolina Beach Association.
es and possibly the rifle shoots. the boat, and he took off again
pointer.
The announcement was made by
The National Rifle Association, for the safety of the deep water.
Louis B. Orrell, SENCBA presi- In addition, weekly prizes will be which has sanctioned the events After a dozen minutes I had
dent, during a fisherman's banquet in the Ocean Plaza Club, Carolina Beach, at which time prizes in this
posted, as well as several thou: sand dollars in merchandise prizes.
Next year's rodeo will open on
as Class "B" tournaments, has designated Fred Molt as referee for the pistol contests, and Frank Wyman for the rifle shoots. C. B.
him within reach of the net in Hal's hand. By th.at time Ivan had a fish on the end of his line. Hal
year's Fall Fishing Rodeo were September 15 and close on Oc- Lester, the organization's secre- scooped up the fighter, a red
presented by Lieutenant-Governor tober 31.
tary, is scheduled to attend in an weighing between seven and eight
fresh Water Fishing Craft
L. Y. Ballentine. Maj<>r prizes in the 1947 event
will in'clude a $5,000 cash prize for the best of catch taken from a SENCBA-registered party boat; $1,000 cash to the skipper of the
The awards presented this year
went to some 60-odd successful
contestants in the 1946 rodeo. The
grand prize of $500 was presented to Tommy Williams, Wilmington, for the best of catch, a six and one-half-foot sailfish.
official capacity. SOLOMON RANG.E FINDER
Seventh Army Headquarters will be represented by Lt. Col. R. S. Crowder, Major James Gregorie and Major Edwin Harding, Jr. Lt. Col. Louis J. Harant is executive officer for the pistol
pounds-not large, but plenty big for a fresh water casting rod.
THEY'RE RUNNING NOW At noon, with a larger string of
fish than I had seen in a long, long time, we met the other boat
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boat bringing in the prize-winning catch; $1,000 to- th~gler making the best catch from a pier;
and $1,000 for the best catch from surf or sound.
This year's rodeo attracted more competition, and Lt. Col. Morton than 2,!>.!) entries ..firun_fishermen ..Solomon, chief .xange officei:, while representing 16 states, and pro- Col. Wiley H. O'Mohundro is servduced 23 varieties of fish. The ing as executive officer for the rirodeo area designated by the fle matches. Major Harding is in
on the point of an island and
cooked fish for lunch. Ivan, bein3' the only yo~ng and vigorous fisherman in tbe crew, had a swim in
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100 lbs.; speed 30 mph. with. 9 hp.
One hundred dollar cash prizes SENCBA embraces approximately charge of all registration.
the cold water while the guides
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also will be awarded for the largest fish entered in each of ap-
100 miles of Southeastern North Carolina coast from the New river
Other entries include: Harlon B. Carter, of the U. S. Immigration
were frying filet open fire.
of bass over an
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proximately a score of varieties of saltwater fish found in this area.
and relax yourself - enjoy your favorlie game during tlte summer /n o/rcond/t/oned comfort at -
inlet to the South Carolina line.
RATS FOR POUCHES
The skins of rats are used to
make pocketbooks and tobacco
pouches.
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Service; Majo:r; Eli White, Army Ordnance; Joe Greenfield, Atlanta sportsman; S. W. lnks, an official at Federal Prison; Harry Re_!!ves, of the Detroit police; William Cook, Washington, D. C. police;
I'll leave to your imagination w.hat happened to those fish steaks, but for a while they were my favorite form of food.
The reds are running along both the Georgia and Florida coasts.
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AT FIVE POINTS - 101/2 EDGEWOOD -AVE., ATLANTA
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE Birds have the highest body temperatures of all creatures-104 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
and delegations from the Marine Barracks at Quantico, Va. and the Tampa, Fla. and Gainesville, Ga. Rifle and Pistol Clubs.
The Arms to be issued will be
Raymond Clancy picked up a 30pounder a week or so ago, and Paul Ploeger brought a nice string back into Darien on the Georgia coast. Bob Jones and Dick Gar-
FISHING BY PLANE
the .45 caliber Service Automatic lington hit the coast with a northPistol M1911 or M1911A1, and the easter on their necks.
Round trip to ADalachicola's famous U. S. Caliber .30M1 Rifle, com-. "If you'd just been here last
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.Information from-
monly known as the Garand. . week," William Fisher said . Take a light casting rod, a
DICK WASHBURN 715 S. Semmes St., East Point, Ga.,
Phone CAlhoun 4126.
GEORGIAN BAG$ SECOND ALBINO
chunk of mullet or a big shrimp, find a shell bank on the rig}lt tide and get ready. A big red will
AUGUSTA, Ga.-Barney Smith make your blood run hot. If he
says make hi$' all white meat. Five doesn't, you'd better see a doctor.
years ago Smith bagged an albino
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Jas. H. Reeve .
Calhoun. Ga.
cat squirrel. It was the first he'd seen in 26 years of hunting.
Last week Smith went after squirrels in the Savannah River Swamp. In the bag at the end of
the day was his second albino. This time he's having his white squirrel
mo~nted.
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lass, Bream, and Wormouth ore striking. Fishing conditions are excellent. November and December ore our best season. We have the best of everything for the Sportsman. Modern hate~ accommodations five miles from Apolachlcola on the Apalachicola River. For fishing Information, rates, or reservations, write or wire:
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GEORGIA-In Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor, .Crawford, Bibb, Jones, Baldwin, Han-
cock, Warren, McDuBie and Columbia counties and all -counties north thereof, Sept. 16-Sept. 30, inclusive; in foregoing
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counties and throul'hout 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;
KENTUCKY- Sept. 1-0ct. 25; MARYLAND-Sept 1-0ct . 15; NORTH CARO-
MALE POINTER
LINA-Sept. 16-Sept. 30 and Dec. 2-Jan. 15; SOUTH CAROLINA-Sept. 16-0ct. 15 and Dec. 23-Jan. 22; VIRGINIA-Sept.
$250
Lake Blue Ridge, located 110 miles northeast of Atlanta, lies
nestled in the foothills of the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains. It is one - of the ~ few lakes in this part of the country in which the savage _mukalounge gr ~muskie" is found. Although the muskie population is
quite limited, there- is_ still the possibility that one may smash your favorite plug. This always adds to your expectant pleasure when fish-
16-0ct. 31: ALABAMA and LOUISIANA -Oct. 1-0ct. 15 and Dec. 18-Jan. 31;
ARKANSAS and MISSISSIPPI-Sept. 16Sept. 30 and Dec. 18-Jan. 31; TENNESSEE-Sept. 16-Nov. 14.
Bag and possession limits-tO. Shooting hours - one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
Large, fast, safe. Extra good on singles or coveys. Retrieves. The type of dog never ordinarily offered for sale. Having to move reason for selling, A fair price for a good dog that does everything.
ing Blue Ridge.
Most muskies taken from this ered with large stumps, bushes lake have been cauglit in- the and rocky 'points. spring or fall: The average size is SILVER STREAK EXPLODES from 36 to 42 inches, with a~ vary- i'd been casting for about 10
BIGMOUTH- Jack Hopton, of
DUCK, GOOSE, BRANT, COOT
All Southern states, Nov. 23-Jan. 6, except Texas, where on Lake Texhoma in Cooke and Grayson -counties, Oct. 26-Dec. 9. Remainder of state, Nov. 23-Jan. 6.
There is no open season on Canada geese, including Hutchins and eaekling
C. B. DANIEL
Phone 222
Dalton, Ga.
ing weight of 10 to 26 pounds. minutes, using the silver flash
The weight depends on the time pikie. Fred was~ handling the boat
of the year they are taken as they like an Indian in his canoe. He
are extremely thin during the eased the bow around a sharp
early spring.
point and headed into a narrow
Undoubtedly the best natural arm that reached back 50 feet to
bait for this "fresh water tiger" is an old creek bed. I made several
a lowly sucker, about 6 or 8 inches short casts, then flipped one far
long. My choice in a casting bait up into the end of the cove. I
would be the Creek Chub "Pikie" started the slow retrieve, and
minnow, large size, preferably wham! It happened. A long, slith-
jointed, in a silver flash finish. ering, silvery form rolled over and
I have no doubt that there inhaled that 4% inches of gar-
aren't other plugs that would be nished cedar. I flicked the top of
equally as good, but maybe the the rod to set the hook, and as
following experience which I had ouick as a flash he shot under the
AtIa nta, with an 8-pou.nd bass which he took last week at Aubrey Lake, near Cartersville, Ga.
It Ain~t So
By R. A. (DOC) JENKINS
Rattlesnakes live in the de~ with prairie dogs. It isn't so. Rattlers sometimes do use abandoned dog holes, but when a snake makes the mistake of entering an occupied den, the prairie dogs immediately seal it in with earth. And the snake soon dies.
geese, and white-fronted geese in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi .and Alabama. Bag limits-7 ducks daily (except Amer-
ican and red-Breasted Mergansers, 25). including ont more than one wood duck ; 2 geese (except Ross' geese) daily, includ ing brant, plus 2 snow geese or 2 blue .reese singly or in aggregate; 25 coots; 25 soras; 15 rails and gallinules.
Possession limits-14 . ducks, 2 geese (plus snows or blues), 25 coots, 25 soras, 15 rails and gallinules.
Shooting hours - One-half hour before sunrise to one.half hour before sunset.
WOODCOCK Arkansas and Oklahoma - Dec. 1-15; Delaware and Maryland-Nov. 15-29; Georgia, ~uisiana and Mississippi-Dec. 15 29; Virtrinia-Nov. 20-Dec. 4. Ba1r limit-4 daily; possession limit-S.
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while fishing Blue Ridge several years ago just naturally makes me
From where I sit ... b_ Joe Marsh shqw partiality to this bait.
HEADED FOR COVE It was a frosty morning in late
October, the sun was pushing its
bow of the boat, and headed for deep water. He stripped off line so fast it set my thumb afire. Then he checked his speed, the line bega.n to rise slowly, and suddenly the surface of the water ex-
Silly as a goose. It isn't so. Wild geese are among the most intelligent of all birds. Compared to a goose the "wise old owl" is a dummy.
How Homer Got way up over the hazy mountains,
and sending warm rays streaking
His Black Eye through the naked trees, and
glistening across the frigid lake waters.
I was fishing with an old ang-
ling buddy, T. A. (Little Kitch) Kitchens, and a mountaineer guide
named Fred. We had fished only a
ploded as three and a half feet of silvery green, piscatorial dynamite took to the air. He stood on his tail and shook his head in a prodigious effort to free the barbs. It was then that I realized I was fast onto a muskie with only 5% feet of tubular steel and 20 yards of 12%-pound nylon to stake my
Pronghorn antelopes, being goatlike animals, never shed their horns. It isn't so. However, they do not shed the complete horn as do deer, elk and moose. The ante- I guess the kids in our town are
lope sheds the horn sheath. Be- no different from any other. When
neath this .is a spongy new horn Homer Bentley (that's Cy Bentley's which soon grows and hardens. boy) gave Tommy Hartman a black
now-means only lawlessness and gangsterism, with the bootlegger and the speakeasy replacing out-inthe-open, regulated taverns.
short while before Kitch picked up a scrapping two-pound smallmouth, on a midget jointed pikie minnow.
We carefully combed the boulder laden shoreline of the dam, and
claim on. I hastily took up the slack line
as he plunged back into the rippling water. But I didn't keep it for long. He made a savage run for open water and went deep into
Pick up a skunk by the tail and it can't do its stuff. Go ahead and try it and you'll find out-it isn't so.
An elephant never forgets. It
eye, Tommy sent his older brother Bert to hang a shiner onto Homer.
Well, you can forgive kids for believing two wrongs can make a right. You know they'll learri bet-
From where I sit, Homer and Bert :willfor:get their_grudg4,-andgrow up t'o be decent, self-respecting young men-provided we don't fall for the error that "two wrongs
I boated a pound and a half large- my reserve line.
isn't so. The elephant forgets a ter. But you can't forgive grown- can make a right"-and force them
mouth that took a green River I worked him in close to the trick sooner than a mule. In cir- ups for making that m istake!
to grow up under Prohibition, with
Runt. The next 30 minutes proved un-
boat after a desperate struggle, in which I gave and recovered line.
cus winter quarters, trainers put elephants through their routine of
productive. ;I'hen Kitch suggested He glided up to the surface like a tricks daily so they won't forget
Like Prohibition as the "answer" to immoderate drinking. Folks who
its lawlessness and juvenile delinquency.
that we swap places to see if it majestic submarine pulling along- them.
talk in favor of it must have for-
wouldn't change our luck, so I side. He came into full view about
gotten that Prohibition-then and
moved up front to worry them for 10 feet from the boat. Fred .picked Bears sleep throughout the win-
a while.
up a .22 caliber rifle and drew a ter. It isn't so. The southern black
Fred said he knew a cove across bead. But I stopped him. Then, as bear, as well as the smaller Mexithe lake that had been producing if to sense 'the danger, the muskie can species, seldom hibernate for
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lately, so he started the motor and gave a powerful flip with his any length of time. Only the fe-
ran across a half mile or so of broad tail. This sent him surging male polar bear hibernates-while
open water, swung the nose of the downward with a speed I couldn't her cubs are born.
boat into a cove, and cut off the check. But I slowed him with
motor. Our hopes took an upward plenty of thumb pressure and by The lion is the "King of
turn, as here was a real bass rearing back on the rod. He soon Beasts." It isn't so. A lion usually
heaven, a long cove, thickly cov- leveled off and began to swim comes off second best in a fight
steadily away from the boat. He with a tiger. How long do you was stripping line off my reel too think a lion would last if put into
PUSHING
fast for safety.
a cage with our own Alaskan
HOW THIY GO fOa THA
TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY
Kadiak bear ?
BALANCED FLAVOR Fred sought to help me as he gave the motor a short pull, cut All fresh-water fish spawn in
ALL
it down to a whisper, and began the spring. It isn't so. The brook
to slowly follow the singing line trout spawns during the fall and
as it cut the water behind him. winter months. The eggs hatch in We followed him for 75 or 100 the spring. Bluegills may spawn
THREE
yards while J. took up whatever during any summer month.
small amount of line he would
yield. Then he seemed to stop his
desperate swim. I could sense an- dom. And then it came the sad
other jump, as the line began to realization that he had wrapped rise slowly. The surface of the my line around a sunkert log. water seemed to open up as the All my efforts to free him
"RUSH" is a Standing Order for the record ~ num ber of telephone men pushing the job of
mad muskie took to wings again; failed, and then he began to twitch hoisting his head as if appealing his head violently. I could feel his
clearing telephone waiting lists
to the gods who guard the pis- indirect pull. Finally came that catorial world to help rid himself sickening feeling every fisherman
extending farm telephone service
of this man-made gadget. Fortu- has experienced-a slack line. nately, my lure held tight and he I reeled in my line and found a
expanding long distance facilities
plunged back into the pale gre.en frayed, ragged end that had been water again, and began to swim made by constant rubbing over a
The job is tremendous and while material short-
off.
rough surface.
He made several powerful runs, Then I realized that here was
but showed signs of weakening, as a muskie that had outsmarted me
ages will continue to hamper our speed, there'll be no let-up in "push" until there's plenty of
each run lacked the power and in an unforgettable piscatorial surge of his last. I was giving him battle, and lived to fight again.
service, local and long distance, for town and farm.
two yards of line when he asked Surely this magnificent fighter
for one, and letting the rod whip was better off with the clear, him down. Suddenly he stood on green water of Blue Ridge for his
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DUCK CALLERS Quill Orme Trophy Placed in Competition
FLOYD ELECTED
HOLD NATIONAL
The Quill Orme Trophy, a tribute to the memory of the late Atlanta sportsman, has _been
N'OVEMBER 23
placed in competition in the AtLanta Field Trial.
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark.-The na- It will be a perpetual trophy,
tion's greatest duck callers will compete here November 23 in the 11th National Duck Calling Contest. W. H. Tanner is promoting
with three first place wins in the Amateur Derby required for permanent possession. First leg on the beautiful trophy will be won
the annual event, with Blooming- in the forthcoming trial. The cup
dale's, of New York, sponsoring. also will be offered in the spring
"Gosh I What a time to have the hiccoughs I "
PRESIDENT OF PICKENS CLUB
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JASPER, Ga.-Duff Floyd, of ~
g Jasper, is president of the newly-
organized Pickens County Rod and
Gun Club. Floyd was elected last week by 40 charter members.
William L. (Bill) Vance, of Tate, was named secretary-treasurer and William Prince, of Tat~,
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Head judge will be Wallace stake. Beery, Hollywood's "bad man."
From Shark to Soup
vice-president. By-laws of the club will be based on strict adherencE
Paired with Beery are the follow- Buckingham Authors
ing notables: of Memphis;
Nash Lynn
Buckingham, Bogue Hunt,
New
Duck
Call
to the. game laws and support of JACKSONVILLE, N. C.-A 107-pound sea turtle under attack by the State Game and Fish Commis-
a large shark was rescued by a party of sport fishermen near here sion, according to Floyd.
John Hightower, Bob Jimmy Robinson.
Becker and
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Nash Buckingham, famous sportsman and author, has authored a new duck
recently, but there is a good chance that the turtle was rescued from the shark's maw only to wind up in the soup. S. M. Loy, Fr.ank Loy and Melvin Lynn of Burlington and H. M. Loy o( Jacksonville came
The club established boundaries for a game preserve, and emphasis will be placed on the propagation
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call as his latest contribution to upon the two adversari-es while trolling for mackerel. The shark was of deer and turkeys. Officers say 1-'
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circling around the turtle, trying to bite off the turtle's legs, . w.hile that this club will represent a CD
The Buckingham call will be the turtle was frantically maneuvering to keep out of a vulnerable new conservation renaissance in ~
manufactured here by H. S. Green, position. The boat was brought up close enough for one of the fisher- this section of North Georgia.
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..former lieutenant colonel in the men to secure .a boat hook in the fleshy unders ide of the turtle and Efforts will be made to restock Army. His company's name is he was hoisted aboard. The big sea beast was by no m!!ans grateful, and protect the hundreds of miles
ances. DAN Y. SAGE, JR. , P. 0 . Box 1&'10, Harcliff Co. The call will be made snapping ill-teJII!peredly at his rescuers. He was secur.ed and taken of streams that have been depleted
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In my personal opinion the Cruis-
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smallmouth bass which he caught on a flyrod in North Carolina . The bass averaged I~ pounds.
The common American pocket gopher has fur-lined pockets in '"'"'"'/ vv
his cheeks.
The tallest animal to have horns is the giraffe. Sometimes he attains the height of 19 feet.
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