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SOUTHERN OUTDOORS, July 1, 1946
Is Sport
Worth It?
The delights of the sportsman
are too numerous to list. 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 tree ... he understands
the deep pleasure of the woods
. . . the zest of camping beside a
clear stream . . . the earthy joy
of tramping the fields.
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 teem
ing with nature’s gifts have
been made barren by man.
When nature ceases to be in
balance 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 survive except
by moving on.
Only recently have we become
aware of the need for restoration
and replenishment . . . soil con
servation . . . forest and flood
control . . . vigilance against the
pollution of our rivers . . . breed
ing and feeding grounds for fish,
flesh and fowl. On these billions
of dollars have been spent. Much
more remains to be done.
It is all worth it!
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Bream Catches
Above Par in
GeorgiaWaters
Bream were hitting hard in
various sections of Georgia dur
ing the last few days of June and
several large specimens were
taken.
J. A. Overton, of Bainbridge,
landed a 2-pound shellcracker at
the power lake dam near Bain
bridge. Another bream weighing
1% pounds was taken from Lake
Decatur by an unidentified fisher
man.
C. W. Read, Jr., of Atlanta,
caught a bluegill that weighed a
pound and 14 ounces in Lake
Phoebe on the edge of Atlanta.
Limit catches of redbellies were
taken by J. H. Oliver, of Tifton,
in the Alapaha River, while John
Bragg, of Hilltonia reported 14
large specimens taken from Beav
er Dam Creek.
Most fishermen expect slimmer
pickings as the weather becomes
hot. However, reports from the
Okefenokee Swamp say that ang
lers are, preparing for a big inva
sion of 'those black waters, down
to good fishing levels for the first
time this season.
Frank Vestal
Heads Writers
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—Frank
Vestal, ace outdoor writer on the
Memphis Commercial-Appeal, was
elected president of the Tennessee
Outdoor Writers Association at a
meeting here last week. He suc
ceeds Lou Williams, outdoor edi
tor of the Chattanooga Times and
associate editor of Southern Out
doors.
Vestal is one of the nation’s
most aggressive conservation writ
ers and is widely known for his
coverage of field trials.
Kyle Walker, of Kingsport,
Tenn., was elected vice-president;
Joe Halburnt, of Knoxville, secre
tary, and Paul Bryant, of Nash
ville, treasurer.
The association passed resolu
tions seeking elimination of pollu
tion in streams and took steps to
gain better protection of the bob-
white quail. Members also voted
to vigorously oppose the sale of
game fish in Tennessee.
Georgia Hunters
Rough on Crows
REYNOLDS, Ga.—Two of Geor
gia’s most ardent crow hunters
are claimed by this Taylor county
city.
A. J. Fountain and Allen Taun
ton form a crow-shooting team
that accounted for over 400 black
marauders in 1945 and they hope
to beat this kill in 1946.
In one day last week they
bagged 23 crows and two sharp-
shinned hawks.
ROME, GA.—Game and fish com
missioners of the South refer
sportsmen’s clubs to the Floyd
County Wildlife Association, head
ed by John Penn, of Rome, when
they ask the familiar old refrain:
“Where can we get some fish?”
The Floyd club liberated 19,000
black bass in open streams during
the first two weeks of May. The
fish, both small and largemouth
DON’T CONFUSE
WHIP-POOR-WILL
WITH NIGHTHAWK
Many persons cannot differenti
ate between the Whip-poor-will
and the Nighthawk, although
there should be no difficulty in so
doing.
The Whip-poor-will is never
seen flying high in the sky, and
the absence of white spots in the
wings distinguishes it from Night-
hawk. To find the Whip-poor-will
one must go to the deep woods
where, in a quiet tangle of ferns
and bushes, a dark brown, silent
winged creature may fly from the
WHIP-POOR-WILL
leaves, to flutter a few rods farth-
on, and drop again to the ground.
The well-known song, which is
given with such constancy and
fervor on spring and summer
nights, may be written “chuck,
whip-poor-wee-ah, chuck, whip-
poor-wee-ah.” Sometimes the song
is repeated two hundred times or
more without cessation.
The mouth of the Whip-poor-
will is lined with long hairlike
feathers which protrude in front
of the bill, a distinguishing char
acteristic which is absent in the
Nighthawk.
The Nighthawk is a familiar
bird of summer evenings, when
even over the cities, it circles back
and forth, calling as it hunts its
insect food, “pee-ah, pee-ah,” in a
rough, grating voice. In spring it
courts its mate by plunging rapid
ly downward on set wings, pro
ducing with the vibrating pri
maries a booming sound which has
given the bird the nickname “Bull-
Bat.” It is one of our most bene
ficial birds. During the day it
sleeps or rests on the ground, or
sits lengthwise on a horizontal
branch. It has recently taken to
laying its eggs on gravel-roofed
buildings in the city. Young
Nighthawks, equipped as they are
with strong feet, can run nimbly.
The parents, though able to fly
well, have lost much of the power
of their foot-muscles and can
scarcely walk.
The Nighthawk is readily rec
ognized by the white bars which
are prominent markings on the
under primaries of the wings. The
tail also has a white bar across
all but the middle feathers.
BASS SAY UNCLE
TO “UNCLE JOSH”
HIGH FALLS LAKE, Ga.—Six
largemouth bass weighing from
two to seven pounds were caught
were recently by Preacher Roberts,
of Griffin.
Roberts was outwitting the bass
with a Uncle Josh pork rind and
a Johnson Silver Spoon.
bass, were taken from the club’s
two rearing pools on Armuchee
Creek near here.
Many of them had attained a
weight of one pound and were
longer than the minimum size lim
it of 10 inches.
The Floyd club constructed its
rearing pools two years ago and
has produced two successful crops
of bass.
DO AS ROME DOES
IN BASS STOCKING
41 Shrimpers
Face Charges
In Carolina
CHARLESTON, S. C.—The South
Carolina board of fisheries has
sworn out warrants against 30
trawlers for shrimping out of sea
son and against 11 trawlers for
shrimping in sanctuaries, it was
announced by J. M. Witsell, chair
man of the board.
The alleged illegal fishing took
place in waters from the Savan
nah river to Myrtle Beach, near
the North Carolina line, but prin
cipally around Beaufort, Charles
ton and Georgetown. Most of the
trawlers involved are out-of-state
boats.
The closed season for shrimp
runs from March 1 to June 30
with the penalty for violation be
ing a fine of not less than $100.
A rented airplane was used in
gathering some of the evidence in
the case, and Witsell said this had
been found to be more economical
than the use of patrol boats.
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