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Hope for Fewer Hunting Victims
In 1955; Unusual Bear, Deer Kills
WEEKLY NEWS LETTER
(Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, Issued by the Pennsyl
vania Game Commission)
HOPE FOR FEWER
HUNTER VICTIMS IN '55
As the 195& antlered deer sea.
son swung into its, final - week
Pennsylvania game' official* eyed
the hunter casualty‘figure*, hope
fully. Previous io-that^ime' ha
man fatalities due tofirparros wds
about tWo-thirds the' 1954 year
total, and tlje number of wounds
ings was, nearly as could be
learned, about three-fourths the
figure for last year.
Considering the number of
hunters afield in the' state the
mortalities and' injuries have
not, so far, been high- compared,
to those elsewhere. But they in
crease "with time, and the two
day antlerless deer season is yet
to come. Therefore, the Game
Commission urges all hunters:
take care, make sure because
you don’t really want a deer so
badly you’d risk your life or
another’s.
SOLUTION TO SPORTMAN’S
GIFT PROBLEM
A look at the November and
December issues of Game News
suggests that' this all-Pennsyi
vaxna magazine solves the prob
lem of a Christmas gift to any
outdoorsman in the state.
Jn last month’s issue the article
“Forests And Wildlife” is worth
the cost of a yearly subscription-
In it the author, Roger M. Lat
ham, describes the 20th Century
changes in Pennsylvania’s wood
lands and the relationship of
these to the present -day popula
tions of forest creatures. One
article in the December Game
News further indicates the value
of this wildlife magazine. In it
Part I of “Pennsylvanians Water
fowl Restoration Story” starts
the tale of the present program
to improve waterfowl hunting
Within the Commonwealth
Each- issue of this illustrated
publication is filled with spe
cial feature? regular depart
ments and data -important to
hunters and liappers. One dollar
brings a year's subscription
1? issues. For only $2-50 this of
ficial publication of the Penn
sylvania Game Commission will
be delivered to any subscriber for
three full years When the name
and address of the recipient is
received at the Game Commis
sion’s Harnsbiag office an at
tractive card will accompany his
gift subscription.
PROTECTOR FORCE BIGGER
DURING GAME SEASON
Pennsylvania's Game Protec
tors, specifically trained and as
signed to wildlife protection, are
quick to give credit to other law
enforcemen off'c srs who lend as-,
sistance in tl. s strenuous work,
particularly in game season.
Deputy Game Protectors, Fish
Wardens, State Police, Forest
Rangers and sometimes City Po
lice, cooperate when official help,
is needed.
The Game Commission recog-
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in maintaining the legal aspects
of wildlife management.
GANGED-UP BUCKS
THINNED OUT FAST
A group of 52 hunters killed
21 bucks the opening day of the
1955 antlered deer season and
four the following day in Black
Log Valley,, Juniata County,, Pa.
- &o reports-the Game Commis*
sion’s , Southcentral Division
‘Supervisor, Arthur G- Logue.
UNUSUAL REAR, AND
DEER KILLS
Arthur G. Logue, Supervisor
of the Game Commission’s
Southcentral Division, says two
Game Protectors in his area-re
ported.’unusual kill stories in two;
1955 big game seasons. -
In Snyder County where, in
recent years, the bagging of one
bear" was news, it appears-10
legal bear were taken in the last
season.
Reports yet to be verified tell
of three eartagged deer being
killed in Franklin County, early
in the buck seasori. Commission
men trapped these aniipals on
the Letterkenny Ordnance Depot
grounds last winter and tagged
them before liberation.
MASQUERADE PROVES
DEER’S UNDOING
- A “buck” killed the first day of
the 1955 antlered deer season by
a Pittsburgh man turned out to
be an undei slandable case of
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Two Sets of Triplet
Lambs on Rudy Farm
Lamb production is moving
along at a fast pace on the Paul
Rudy Farm, 211 Valley Road,
R 5 Lancaster, for two sets of
triplet lambs were born there
within one week-
One became too cold the day it
was born and "died, but the others
are doing nicely. The flock on the
farm now numbers 99, according
to Mrs. Rudy- Triplet lambs are
somewhat a rarity- Most of the
Rudy flock are pets and most
have names.
Judge—Mike, do you realize
that by leaving your wife you are
a deserter?
Mike—Judge, if you knew that
woman like I do, you wouldn’t
call me a deseiter- I’m a refugee!
mistaken identity- 'He’ was a girl
deer whose head was adorned
with six-point antlers.
Dr- J. Kenneth Doutt, Curator
of Mamodogy at Carnegie Mu
seum, examined the animal and
said the antlers were caused by
a freak of nature.
WATERFOWL SEASON ENDS
IN MOST OF STATE
Pennsylvania hunters are re
minded the 1955 “duck” season
over most of the state ends at
sunset Dec. 17, Saturday.
However, coinciding with the
waterfowl season in the State of
New Jersey, the season for wat
erfowl in the Counties of Bucks,
Philadelphia and Delaware, and
on the Delaware River border-
ing those counties, ends at sun
set on Jan. 6, 1956.
Someßod/sWaTting Foh
this i
this week.
f There’s somebody in our town ... maybe the new family
down the street.maybe the people next d00r...0r that youngster
at the office... There’s someone injown you know.s.
or know about, who would be really flattered if
jyou asked them to go —with you —to church or synagogue.
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A Refugee!
ivitation... FROM YOU
Take someone to church
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Lancaster Farming, Friday, December 16, 1955—13
Ticklers
T. J. MATTHEWS
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QUARRYVILLE CONCRETE PRODUCTS CO.
Phone
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Chimney Block and Lintel.
Steel Sash, Cement Paint.
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