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boris, of Albany, Ga., landed this
35-pound striped bass from Mucka-
foonee Cre'ek below the power dam,
on the Flint River in March. He was
using a Creek Chub Pike minnow,
Pflueger reel and South Bend rod.
Bigmouths Mad
in Lake Burton
LAKE BURTON, Ga.—Bigmouth
bass began hitting earnestly here
the last week in March and Char
lie Hunt, veteran Moccasin Creek
caster, took the limit of 10 on sev
eral trips.
His largest fish was 23 inches
long and weighed six pounds. Hunt
was casting a Creek Chub Pikie.
U. S. Cash, of Cornelia, caught
a 5 V2 -pounder on a live minnow.
BATON ROUGE, La.—April
is “Wildlife Conservation
Month” in Louisiana, and dur
ing the next 30 days one of
the most pretentious pro
grams ever undertaken for
the benefit of conservation
will unfold in the Bayou State
under sponsorship of the De
partment of Wildlife and Fish
eries, headed by Commission
er John G. Appel.
Governor Jimmie H. Davis has
proclaimed April as “Wildlife Con
servation Month” and over 100
speeches will be made, all designed
to supplement actual work in the
woods and waters. Participants
hope to arouse the citizenry of
Louisiana to the importance of
protecting and utilizing the vast
$47,000,000 outdoor industry with
an eye on the future. The Ameri
can Legion will take an active
part, along with Outdoor Life
Magazine, which has scheduled
full-pag^ ads in leading daily
newspapers.
The Louisiana Wildlife Federa
tion, numbering many leading
sportsmen, will hold its first post
war convention at the Heidelberg
Hotel here April 13-li. Speakers
on the Federation’s program in
clude Governor Davis, Commis
sioner Appel, Dr. Ira Gabrielson,
retired director of the U. S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, and T. A.
McAmis, executive secretary of
the Arkansas Game and Fish Com
mission.
W. J. Crowley, of Cleveland, is
president of the sportsmen’s or
ganization.
Fishing is America's greatest outdoor sport.
Georgian Fined $300
For Baited Dove Hunt
Violators of the game laws paid $2,317,40 ’ February
according to the Georgia Game and. Fish Commission, which
reported that judges have been cooperating with wildlife
.angers in enforcement activities. .
Thirty-four hunters were con
victed of pursuing their recreation
without licenses last month and
five LaCrange gunnerswere
tagged $55.20 each for evading the
$3.25 license fee. Two Savannah
shooters paid $55 apiece for the
same offense. Arresting officers
were W. W. Jordan and M. G.
Hall.
Shooting doves over bait also
was a costly practice for 24 nim-
rods. H. D. McCrary, of Fargo,
was fined $300 for shooting on a
baited field, and F. S. Stubbs, of
Douglas, was docked $55.30. Char
lie Smith and Clark Harrell made
these cases. Other fines averaged
over $25.
BAYOU FURS
YET $230,066
BATON ROUGE, La.—Sale
of skins from fur-bearers tak
en from state-owned game
preserves totaled $239,066
during the 1945-46 trapping
season, according to Commis
sioner John G. Appel, of the
Wildlife and Fisheries Depart
ment.
Single Ceplei... 10 Cents
Yearly Subscription $1.30
Combined with OUTDOOR GEORGIA
Where Friends and the Oute
ATLANTA, APRIL 1, 194
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The following
shows
the 13 Georgia
counties reporting the
lowest receipts
from sale of hunting licenses during the
1944-45 season, the latest
are available:
on which figures
County
State Res. County Res.
Quitman
0
29
Heard
1
13
Fayette
3
28
Twiggs
3
24
Banks
4
13
Chattahoochee
4
1
Pierce
4
13
Webster
4
5
Glascock
5
32
Morgan
9
9
Clay
9
*
Hancock
9
28
Wilkinson
....) 9
20
Thirteen Georgia counties had
the somewhat dubious distinction
of selling fewer than 10 state res
ident hunting licenses for the 1944-
45 hunting season, according to
records uncovered last week by the
research department of Southern
Outdoors.
One county in southwest Geor
gia—Quitman—had a perfect rec
ord, reporting not a single hunter
using a $3.25 state license.
Heard was $6.50 ahead, with
two gunners packing state licenses.
Fayette and Twiggs had a dogfall,
Georgia’s Wildlife
with three apiefce, while Banks,
Chattahoochee, Pierce and Webster
were one ahead. Glascock nos^ji
out this quartet with five', and tied
at nine each were Clay, Wilkinson,
Morgan and Hancock.
Putnam, where over $6,000
worth of Northern whitetail deer
have been stocked, spent $32.50 on
10 state licenses and $31 on coun
ty resident privileges.
Fulton county, where there were
an estimated 50,000 hunters, led
the parade, but had little to brag
about, showing a sale of only
6,583. A total of 1,895 gunners
used county licenses. .
t Chatham, of w'hich Savannah is
tjje seat of government, was sec
ond with 2,313. Others completing
the first 10 were, in order: Bibb,
Glynn, Richmond, Muscogee, De-
Kalb, Ware, Floyd and Dougherty.
Total sales for the state, with
amounts collected: State resident,
26,583 ($86,394); state non-resi
dent, 155 ($1,937); county resi
dent, 29,786 ($29,786); county non
resident, 570 ($2,850). Total re
ceipts, $120,968.
Shooting squirrels out of season
cost Woodie Lee, of Blakely,
$59.50. Lee was arrested by Ran
ger Buck Tabb.
Six hunters who ignored the
three-shell limit were assessed
fines and one served two days in
jail. Top penalty for this violation
was $33.50 paid by P. H. Hutchins,
of Monroe.
CALIFORNIA GETS
$6,000,000 FUND
California has been granted
$6,000,000 for expansion of game
and fish resources. The legisla
ture has approved appropriation
of this amount to be taken from
the state’s general fund.
Duck and Dove Doings in Atlanta
Eleven states will be represented when the South
eastern Association of Game and Fish commission
ers hold their annual meeting at the Henry Grady
Hotel, April 17-18, in Atlanta.
Game and fish directors, execu
tive secretaries and commission
ers will meet with officials of the
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
to make nad hear recommenda
tions on migratory game birds.
A1 Day, recently named director
of the Fish and Wildlife Service,
and several of his associates will
attend the two-day session. The
commissioners, who heard Day
paint a gloomy picture of the waterfowl popula
tions last month in New York, are prepared to ex
pect a shorter gunning season this year.
It is believed by observers that both duck and
dove hunting regulations face changes.
Maj. James Brown, director of the Fish and
Game Division of Louisiana’s Department of Wild
life and Fisheries, is president of the Association
and will preside over the Atlanta meeting. Charlie
Elliott, director of Georgia’s Game and Fish Com
mission, is secretary.
The following directors are expected to attend:
T. A. McAmis, Arkansas; Ben C. Morgan, Alabama;
Dr. I. N. Kennedy, Florida; W. M. Freeman, Mis
sissippi; John Findlay, North Carolina; A. A. Rich
ardson, South Carolina; Paul S. Mathes, Tennessee;
Earl Wallace, Kentucky, and Talbott E. Clarke,
Virginia, and Elliott and Brown.
Sales included 171,920
muskrats; 1,755 raccoons; 991
mink; 52 otters and 35 nu
tria. Trappers received 65 per
cent and the state 35 per Cent
of the amount collected.
Progress
Report
W is with pardonable pride that we
announce our change in name from
OUTDOOR GEORGIA to
SOUTHERN OUTDOORS. Our
growth and over-all progress have
exceeded our fondest expectations
and upon invitation of sportsmen in
other states over the South we are
moving in with them. It is our am
bition to give the sportsmen of the
Great South — from Chesapeake
Bay to the Rio Grande River — com
plete coverage on outdoor people
and events, in pictures and stories.
Our policy remains the same — a
watchdog fpr ihe woods, waters and
wildlife, and a defender of the hunt
ing and fishing heritages that God
has generously provided for all
Americans. Our aim is a vigorous,
fair and uncensored approach to the
task of helping make the South's a
better outdoors. Encouraged by your
loyalty, and that of others who are
daily joining our reading family, we
shall do the job.
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