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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS, CUMMING, GA„ NOV. 20, 1969
PAGE 8
An All Season Hunter
Leonard Barnette Hunts
For Pleasure Relaxation
By Sara Flint
“Who does alot of hunting
around here?”
How about the hunting fan
atic himself, Leonard Barn
ett?”
This was the conversation
which led writer and camera
man into Barnett’s Grocery
Store on Highway 19 recently
for a very interesting and in
formative hunting story.
Leonard Barnett hunts when
ever he wants to relax. He
says, “More people are hunt
ing today than ever before. Ev
eryone is living so fast that
the need for relaxation and
hobbies is a big thing.”
Barnett usually hunts with
other Forsyth hunters. They go
to hunting refuges in South Ge
orgia or up in the mountains.
If he hunts in a refuge, the
hunter is required to use buck
shot. Barnett has a 12 guage
automatic “Frenchie” shotgun
for this purpose. Hunting on his
own, he prefers the Remington
Automatic, 30-06. He has three
of these guns. The reason for
the buckshot requirement is
that most reserves use dogs to
chase up the deer. By using
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MOMENTS TO REMEMBER. Barnett displays his trophies
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this type of weapon there is
less chance of killing a dog.
If you hunt with dogs, you
must listen to the sound of
their voices. When they are
on the trail of a deer, they
bark slowly. Sharp, fast barks
mean they have him cornered.
“A dog will jump on an in
jured deer,” says Barnett, “to
get at his liver. The strong
scent of the deer agitates a dog
into this action so that the
hunter must be on the scene
as soon as possible after a
deer has been cornered. If you
want to train a dog to hunt
deer, just let him run with
other dogs during a hunt, says
Barnett. Before too long, he will
be able to follow the rules.
Barnett has been hunting for
about ninteen years. During that
time he has killed around 20
deer. The biggest deer he has
killed has a 27 in. spread. He
bagged it on a game refuge near
Eatonton, Ga.
SHOOTING DISTANCE
Fifty yards is a good sh
ooting distance, says Barnett.
At this range the deer can
be hit in a vital spot for a
good kill.
“Two weeks ago I was hunt
ing down near Fargo and hit
one at 60 steps but he got
away wounded,” he related. He
said it is very hard to track
a wounded deer unless they
are hit in such a way that
the blood leaves a good trail.
He prefers to hunt with the
Remington because you can get
longer range shots. Some hun-
-
ters can get a kill at 90 to
100 yards, but this is difficult.
Most of it depends on whe
ther you are “still” hunting
or hunting with dogs. The dif
ference is that with the dogs
you must be ready as soon as
the deer is cornered. “Still”
hunting involves tracking the
deer yourself and then usually
stationing yourself for the kill.
Sellers of Ellijay. His wife still does some work but Barnett
says the best bet is to take your trophies to Atlanta.
M^ERICK
HUNT IN GROUPS
Barnett prefers to hunt in
groups because a number of
hunters on the move are more
likely to flush the deer. He
went on a hunt last year with
some local hunters. The group
included Walter Rucker, F.M.
Potts, Cecil Merritt, Bobby
Langford, Louis Payne, “Chig
ger” Webb, and Clarence Hyde.
Unfortunately none of them got
a kill.
“It’s all a matter of hte,”
Barnett decided. “In fact, I’d
say 99 percent of. it is luck.
And the best way to change
or turn your luck is to hunt
alot. It’s like anything else, the
more you do it, the better you
get.”
Barnett likes to go up in the
North Georgia mountains to
hunt, too. “You have to track
them up there.” he says.
The best time is during a fall
when there is a big acorn crop.
Deer feed on acorns and leave
their traces at feeding areas.
Other tracking clues are butted
down brush and bushes, scarred
trees where they’ve been
stripping off the bark and some
time after a rain deer tracks
can be spotted. Barnett’s sons
Steve, 12 and Lynn, 10 are too
young to hunt, but they go along
for the excitement. He feels
that they learn alot about hunt-
ing by just watching him. They
take a tent with sleeping bags
and cots.
Barnett doesn’t think there
is very much danger in getting
hurt while hunting if you go with
SEASONS IN PROGRESS
Other seasons now in pro
gress or coming up are: Sq
uirrel Season, Oct. 15 to Feb.
28, limit 10 per day per person.
Racoon Season, Oct. 18 to Feb.
28, limit one per person, per
night. Rabbit Season, Nov. 15
to Jan 31, limit 5 per day
per person. Quail Season Nov.
20 to Feb. 28, limit 12 daily
Homemade Quail Pie
Mrs. Leonard Barnett often
prepares a tasty quail pie for
her husband.
This is her recipe:
Prepare pie crust and shape
it into your pie pan.
Clean and boil cut up quail
until it is done in salty water.
Place pieces in pie shell.
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serious hunters and as a safety
precaution he never goes alone.
Barnett belongs to a hunting
club. It is called the Sawnee
Valley Wild Life Club.lt’s main
purpose is to keep hunters in
formed about hunting and gun
laws and to do a littly “pol
iticing” if necessary on leg
islature regarding hunting and
guns. He is not against a Sun
day Hunting law because he feels
that sometimes churches are
disturbed by hunters during
services but thinks that the law
would be more popular it it
were changed to include Sun
day afternoon as legal hunting
time.
QUAIL HUNTING
Barnett likes to quail hunt,
too. He does more of this be
cause the season is from Nov
ember to February while deer
hunting is confined to 15 days.
With this type of hunting, dogs
are necessary. He has three
pointers and one setter. The
pointers are for hunting in the
open. They are short haired.
The setter is good for going
into briar patches and brush.
His long coat protects him in
close places. Barnett buys his
dogs ready trained and prefers
four to six year olds. He has
to take them out often to keep
them in training.
Barnett sums it all up in this
way: “I hunt because I really
feel better. It’s relaxing. The
fresh air makes you feel good.
Sometimes I take off two or
three time s a week. You know,
It guess I’m just a hunting
fanatic!” And this brings us
back to where this story started.
Cover with water, butter, pep
per and salt.
After it is done in the over,
place it on top of the stove
to simmer awhile.
“I guess at it,” she smiled
when asked for exact ingred
ients. And according to Leo
ard Barnett it is very good
guessing.
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