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SIXTH YEAR NUMBER 21 ATLANTA GA., MAY 1, 1946 Yearly subscription $i.so
Bear Problem
In Wisconsin
Wisconsin is looking for an an
swer to a question that is becom
ing a serious one: “What can be
done to curb the black bear?” Ac
cording to the Sportsmen’s Service
Bureau, depredations of this ani
mal since July 1, 1945, have cost
the Wisconsin Conservation De
partment $8,425, to compensate
farmers for damage inflicted by
Bruin on livestock and property.
Reform Move
Ready to Open
In S. Carolina
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Conserva
tionists are attempting to foment
a renewed statewide interest in
game and fish affairs of the Pal
metto State, whose natural re
sources have been abused for many
years, according to critics in and
outside South Carolina.
Actual steps have been slow
taking shape, but concerted efforts
are being made to arouse the pub
lic to the need for many reforms.
The Izaak Walton League chap
ter here has become more active
in recent weeks and has plans to
install new chapters in many sec
tions of the state. Leaders have
invited William Voigt, Jr., assistant
executive secretary of the League
and editor of Outdoor America, to
address a meeting here this month
that is expected to provide impetus
to a “wildlife renaissance.”
Voigt, long a national leader in
progressive conservation, is ex
pected to visit other sections and
help organize new chapters.
Tellico Draws
Trout Anglers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Streams
in the Tellico Wildlife Manage
ment Area, which include what
many regard as the finest trout
(waters in the jentire
/ East, will open May 9.
A record - breaking
i number of fishermen
from Tennessee, North
1 Carolina and Georgia
is expected if weather
, ( is favorable. Trout fish-
ng is allowed only on Thursday,
i’riday, Saturday Sunday and le-
;al holidays in the Tellico Area,
lass fishing there becomes lawful
day 30.
Daily fee is $1 and permits may
ie obtained at Citico and Pheas-
;nt Field game protector stations.
The problem of whether all re
strictions on the taking of bear
should be removed, is one of many
questions that will be decided by
the Wisconsin Conservation Con
gress at Madison on June 10, prior
to shaping final recommendations
to the Conservation Commission.
MOURNING DOVES often raise three broods in a nesting sea
son over the Southern zone. They are primarily tree nesters,
but this nest of twigs was built on driftwood on the ground. The
normally two eggs are laid on successive days. Incubation takes
14 days. At 9-10 days feathers replace natal down and the birds
are almost ready to leave the nest. Pale, light-tipped feathers dis
tinguish the immature dove (bottom) from the adult (top).
Duck Hunting
Faces Slashes;
Dove Holds Own
By PARSON S. GUNN
Any delusions the South’s half-million duck hunters might
have about a big season this winter were shot on the ground
at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of
Game and Fish Commissione
Elliott Hoads
Game Officials
Of Southeast
Charlie Elliott, director of
the Georgia Game and Fish
Commission, was elected pres
ident of the Southeastern As
sociation of Game and Fish
Commissioners at the annual
meeting in Atlanta April 17.
John G. Appel, of Louisi
ana, and W. M. Freeman, of
Mississippi, were named vice-
presidents, and John Findlay,
of North Carolina, secretary-
treasurer.
Projects Shaped
By Sumter Club
AMERICUS, ,Ga. — The Sumter
County Sportsmen’s Club launched
a conservation program at a bar
becue-meeting here last week.
Over 75 hunters and fishermen at
tended.
President Charlie Keefer said
that the club would inaugurate a
farmer-sportsmen project, along
with several others designed to
restore game and fish populations
in this area.
in Atlanta last month.
The sad news, which was ex
pected by many, was told by A1
Day, who took office April 1 as
director of the U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service. Day took the
stand with a mourning towel that
dragged the floor of the Atlanta
Athletic Club. His weeping water-
fowl story was so convincing that
many of the directors from 10
states were ready to accept Christ
mas Day alone as the full open
season for gunning on the quack-
ers and honkers.
However it won’t be that bad.
An estimated 25 per cent decrease
in the duck population likely will
bring a carving from both ends.
A guess would
be 10 days both
ways, or a total
of 20 less than
the 80 in 1945-40.
In addition, an
other cut appears
certain in the bag
limit.. Last year the extended 15-
bird limit on mallards, pintails and
widgeons was returned to 10, and
now hunters face further curtail
ment on all species except wood
ducks.
Indications point to a limit of
eight, and perhaps seven during
the coming season.
The picture on doves is not so
gloomy. The Fish and Wildlife
Service surveys show that this
popular game bird has held its own
despite continued baited shoots in
Southeastern Shoot
For Archers Set
The Southeastern States (6-gold)
archery tournament will be held in
Atlanta June 6-7, according to W.
I. Stevens, president of the Atlanta
Archery Club.
The two-day event will be shot
over a range still to be selected.
Stevens said that visitors and
new members would be welcomed
at the club’s range at North Ful
ton Park. Annual dues for adults
are $2, and for archers under 16
the fee is 50 cents.
J. A. Bobe is vice-president and
John A. Dulin, secretary and treas
urer.
SEMINOLE SPORTSMEN
MAP IMPROVEMENTS
LAKE DECATUR, Ga. — The
Seminole County Sportsmen’s Club
is seeking to increase its member
ship after organizing last month
with a charter group of 30 hunt
ers and fishermen.
The organization meeting was
held at the Lake Decatur Restau
rant. Jim George, S. L. Jones and
V. A. Miller represented the Geor
gia Game and Fish Commission
and pledged assistance to the club
in its conservation program.
the South.
The shell shortage and the war
gave doves a much-needed holiday
from shot-dodging and Southern
gunners may expect to get 60 days
again. Most of the open seasons
will remain the same as in 1945-
1946.
Georgia hunters likely will have
another split season, with North
Georgians winning two weeks in
September. Charlie Elliott, direc
tor of the Game and Fish Commis
sion, asked for a September 16-30
session in North Georgia and a
statewide season running from De
cember 17 through January 31.
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