16—Lancaster Farming, Friday, February 17, 1956 r
Beaver Season Feb/15 to March 5;
Big Deer Fall to Shotgun Slugs
(a doe deer with a broken back
Ivmg alongside 'Route 113. near
Franconia Lying next to the
deer was an upturned motor
vscooter. While riding along the
highway a student from Souder
ton had hit and killed the deer
the first one to be struck by
such a vehicle in my district
But there’s more"
“The -following day, on which
the buck season opened, I came
across a boy from Pennsburg who
Lad just shot an eight-point buck
weighing about 130 lbs. I helped
.him drag it to the road, where I
learned he had driven the three
miles fiom town on a motor
scooter on which he intended to
take his deer home. After trying
for twenty minutes to tie the
deer on the little machine he
g'ave up and sent his buddy to
town for a car If it could be.
done, it would certainly be strange
to see two grown boys, a large
buck and then guns coming into
town on a scooter ”
OTHER OFFICERS ASSIST
"GAME PROTECTORS
Pennsylvania’s - Game Protec
tors must devote much time to
law enfoi cement m the fall sea
son This arduous phase of wild
life management often means
hound the clock activity- As
sistance given then by Deputy
Game Protectors and state and
local enforcement agencies is
(therefore appi eciated. The fol
lowing cases taken from the
1955 files tell the story
Quoting from The Daily Rec
ord, Stroudsburg newspaper dated
Monday, December 5: “Monroe
County game protectors cracked
down on game law violators over
the weekend. A game check
thrown across Route 611 near
Delaware Water Gap netted a
(total of 17 violatoxs between 3 30
p m Saturday and 630 last
night. Those violators paid a
total of $1575 in fines The
three major offenders . . were
ai rested for possessing two does
shot out of season Rummaging
through the (culprits’) car after
(asking preliminary questions the
game protectors found two high
powered automatic-weapons .
both illegal in deer hunting
They also found 'a small doe com
paratively unconcealed Then
they found a United States Mail
sack, inside which was another
doe . . not m season then
“Working with the game pro
tectors were their deputies They
-were (assisted for several hours
by State Police of the Strouds
burg barracks. Local game pro
tectors enjoyed the cooperation
of New Jersey district officer
Elmer Mayberry of Washington ”
On the second day of the 1955
antlerless deer season a former
Deputy Game Protector saw a
clan shoot a gray squirrel, then
out of season, on the Indiantown
Gap Military Reservation He
notified the State Police Secur
ity Patrol, stationed on the
grounds, giving the license num
ber of'the auto from which the
man hunted The officers located
the car, in which were three
hunters Searching it, they found
not only the squirrel but 9 cock
pheasants, also out of season
BEAVER SEASON
PREPARATIONS
Tnappeis are alteady investi
gating likely places to catch
beavers in the 1956 season. Feb.
15 to March 5
As in past, upon request or
with the consent of landowners
concerned, the Game Commis
sion will close some water areas
to such trapping Also, a few
small colonies on publicly-owned
land will be protected by “no
flapping” signs placed around
their home sites Game Protec
tors will put up the signs well
in advance of the coming season
Time and tide wait for no man,
—Fjiglish Proverb-
BIG DEER FALL
TO SHOTGUN SLUGS
In recent years most of the
large deer killed in Pennsylvania
have come from agricultural
areas, where they found a variety
of choice foods to supplement
their woodland fare. The follow
ing accounts, -• about big bucks
taken m the 1955 season, are
typical
One is from Colonel Nicholas
Biddle, President of the Game
Commission, who wrote: “On Dec
-7 mjrfarmer, Paul Summers, kill
ed a buck deer on my property
MELMAR . FARMS, Bethayres,
Montgomery County. The deer
was standing in the woods . - .
50 yards from our private en
trance road It Was killed by a
pumpkin .ball which caused him
to drop where he was standing.
The deer weighed 215 lbs, hog
dressed, and had 6 points on the
left antler The right antler was
defended and protruded outward
and downward, with 2 regular
points and one broken pomp- The
head is being mounted, as is, and
will hang in the farmer’s house.
When the carcass was taken to
the freezer it appeared so large
the people there inquired where
Summers had shot a cow-”
The other 'story was clipped
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Depot publication “Kenny Let
ter”, The Caption of a photo
showing 1a beautiful buck head
reads: “Vaughn CarmaCk, Secur
ity Division, with a 21-point buck
he killed (in the 1955 .season)
while hunting on the mountain
ous apron of the-depot. The
rack is believed by sportsmen to
be the largest of any deer killed
in recent years in the North
Mountain-
“Carmack was assisted by a
fellow guard in getting the 250-
lb buck out. Dressed, the carcass
wighed 194 lbs. Carmack killed
the 21-pointer with 3-shots from
his 12 gauge pumpgun.” .
SPORTSMEN ATONE FOR
SHOOTING ERRORS
Reports received at the Game
Commission office in Harrisburg
show an Unusually large number
of hunters who, by mistake, shot
the “wrong kind” of game- dur
ing Pennsylvania’s open season
of 1955 admitted their error.
These soortsmen settled with a
Commission officer for one-fourth
the cash penalty prescribed by
the statute for the wilful killing
of a bird or animal not in sea
son.
The wildlife authorities" are
pleased at .this manifestation of
good sportsmanship, realizing the
people involved chose to obey
(the law rather than try to evade
it. They emphasize thlat because
(the offenders in these cases turn
ed over, in good condition, the
bird or animal killed m error
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R. S. Weaver
Stevens, Pa.
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further this year Since the shelled corn harvested had a molsta
content of about 25 per cent, it was artificially dried with *xpti
mentid equipment, using coal for fuel-
the spoilage of much 'delicious
meat was prevented. Instead this
wild game was given to chant
be consumed by their guests
Time heals what reason can-
not —Seneca
In 1Q56
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