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deeper appreciation and respect for the great outdoors.
Well informed speakers drove home cold facts that we must not
ignore if our wildlife is to have any future in the American way of
life. It was pointed out that our population in 1900 was something
less than 100 million. Today our population is 150 million and still
growing. The trend to hunting and fishing has been sensational,
engulfing our wilderness like a huge tidal wave. Where in 1900, one
hunter took to the woods, we have fifty on the march today. Tomor¬
row? Who knows?
It was explained that if we had a freight train long enough to
circle the world three and one half times and it was loaded with
top soil, that would be the amount being washed off our lands
annually. As the soil goes, so goes wildlife and our hopes for
better conservation. The soil must produce the habitat for our
wildlife and food for us, if this country is to remain great and
strong. * * ♦
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Plenty Problems Uncovered
I didn’t find a state that was completely happy with its wildlife
program. Each and every one of them had problems, big, little, assorted
anil plenty. Our wildlife picture has plenty room for improvement but
all things considered, Georgia is far better off than many other states.
In fact, we are in better shape than we realize.
Minnesota is the land of 10.000 lakes. The fishing is great but
I’ll string along with Georgia. The record bass this year in Minne¬
sota is seven pounds. No Georgia fisherman in his right mind
would enter a seven-pound bass in a contest. It wouldn’t even
attract attention down here.
Perhaps we ought to count our blessings in Georgia. We don’t
worry about coyotes or timber wolves as does Minnesota where they
offer a bounty on these pests. The timber wolf is big, strong and as
sly as those private eyes on TV. He is a killer and looks every inch
the part. I’ve roamed a large part of the good old U. S. A. and old
Georgia looks better every time I come back to it.
It is my honest opinion that we are winning our fight for better
hunting and fishing conditions. One of our wildlife rangers recently
arrested some men for using a shocking machine. When the vio¬
lators came to trial, it was reported that a petition with .something
like 1,000 names was placed before the judge asking him to fix
the punishment to fit the crime. The violators paid a heavy fine
and were warned against a repeat performance. The signers of
that petition wanted results and got it.
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Fish Bait Unlimited?
There is no limit on what a fellow will use for fish bait. Some Lake
Jackson fishermen have been catching carp with roasting ears. Hooks
were baited with grains of corn in the milk stage. The starch and
sugar from these cut grains seemed to attract the fish. What next? . . .
Now they say a rabbit is not a rodent but a lagomorph (whatever
that is). It differs from true rodents in having two sets of upper
front teeth, one set behind the other.
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“Do you feel O. K.?“, a nearsighted hunter yelled to his pal.
“Sure,” came the answer.
“Good! Then I’ve just shot a bear.”
*****
Wild turkeys generally take water only once a day, flying from
their roost for the daily drink. . . . Monkeys were once used in China
to gather the tea crop. The platypus has a bill like a duck, body cov¬
ered with fur, webbed feet and a broad tail. Its youi>£ are hatched from
eggs which are leathery and joined in pairs. Question is—what is it?,
*****
There was the cross-eyed school teacher who couldn’t control
her pupils.
Jaywalking sign, “Don't walk yourself to death."
Rugged "Mystery River"
A BOUT^ two years ago some trout fishermen began to
r \ appear in Atlanta with enormous German browns.
Hundreds of flyrod advocates asked questions about the home
of these big trout but were turned away
with the simple report that they were
caught in “Mystery River.” m
Finally the Game and Fish Commission maga¬
zine revealed the exact location of this Mystery
River but it wasn’t much of a mystery at the time.
Most trout fishermen had found it. It is the Cha
tooga River.
I have made two trips to this great trout
river which will go down in my books as top
reasons why I never intend to set foot in that
territory again. The first trip was made with
Charlie Wharton and his dad, I.ewis Wharton,
of Avondale Estates, and Cliff Wilson, of Blue
Ridge. We negotiated the seven or eight miles from the paved road
t to the river in a jeep in a downpour of rain. We skidded, slipped,
bounced and wobbled over a terrible road, fording four streams
on the way. let and cold wind , ,
We spent a miserable night. The rain didn t up a
chilled us to the bone. It was the next afternoon when we decided to
fish in spite of a drizzle and the high water. Far up stream, the rain
turned loose with a vengeance. Four miserable trout fishermen finally
threw in the sponge and started back to camp.
Swift, Angry River
We had to ford the river to get back. It was no longer a calm trout
stream. It was an angry river, out of its banks, chest deep and ram¬
paging waters sweeping everything before it in its mad, furious race
down stream. We had sticks to brace ourselves as we started across.
Charlie Wharton was first, Cliff Wilson second, I was third and Lewis
Wharton last. All of us were shirt pocket deep, inching along. The
water was so swift it was almost impossible to lift a foot and get it
back down. Suddenly, Charlie staggered under the impact of tons of
water roaring against his body. He threw away the stick and lost his
footing a moment later. He recovered briefly and then was swept away.
It was a helpless feeling, seeing a fishing companion at the
mercy of this mad, pounding river. He took an unmerciful beating
as he bounced off huge rocks. He managed to grab a branch but
he was in rapids. Twice he went under but struggled to safety
completely exhausted.
The undercurrent then whipped Cliff Wilson’s feet out from under
him and away he went. He fought his way to shore about 40 feet from
where Charlie landed. I backed out, along with Lewis Wharton. We
wanted no part of that river that now looked all the part of Niagara
Falls. The idea of cutting down a tree to span the river failed and
darkness was coming fast. There was nothing to do but swim for it.
Lewis selected a large, deep pool and took off. He used every
ounce of his strength to make it. I picked a rocky spot, staggered
as far as possible and I felt as if I had been in a concrete mixer
before I landed down stream a full hundred yards. I’m sure we all
offered a prayer. This could have easily resulted in a tragedy.
Far Away from Help
Recently, Charlie Wharton, Roscoe Carhart and I decided to try
old “Mystery River” again. We spent the night along the bank and
fished from daylight until about 3:30 the next afternoon. AH of us
were dead tired. Then we discovered a flat tire. Our hearts skipped
a beat when we found the spare tire also very fresh out of air.
It would be almost impossible to take a car so far away from
help. We sat around a full half hour trying to think of some trick
or plan to get us out of this mess. Already weary, Charlie and I
walked mountain out. logging It was trail. a painful, The back-breaking hike up and down the
last two miles I walked mechanically.
My muscles were numbed and even my belt buckle ached.
Darkness settled over the trail. We talked to keep our minds off
our painful trek. We agreed it could have been worse. Suppose a
rattlesnake had bitten Roscoe. It wag agreed I would stay with Roscoe.
and Charlie would walk out alone. Each step now was torture and
the prospect of me sitting around a big fire while somebody else did
this walking was too much. I confessed, “I sort of wish a rattlesnake
had given Roscoe a small bite.”
clusion We finally secured help and reached home about 4 A. M. My con¬
in regard to Mystery River is—“Never again”! One time I had
to swim out and the next time I had to walk out. I’ll never give that
old Chatooga River the opportunity to dream up a new torture for me.
*****
She had a shape like a figure ate.
The only fellow w ho can tell a woman where to get off is the
bus driver,
the headwaters of the Mississippi River.
The annual meeting is for the purpose of
discussing state problems and to exchange
ideas on better ways and means of getting
wildlife education before the public.
Most important to Georgia was top honors
and a citation for Ed Dodd, of Atlanta, who
has given this country that marvelous creation,
the “Mark Trail" comic strip. This wonderful
work was enthusiastically acclaimed and voted
as the outstanding contribution to conservation
in America today. It is common knowledge
that Dodd's deft touch and skill in handling
Mark Trail has instilled in new thousands a
