News turkey calling contest SCHEDULED FOR AUG. 23 The fifth annual Pennsylvania State Turkey Calling Contest Will be held Saturday, August 23, at the Franklin County Fair ground. The contest is sponsored by the Franklin County Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs and sanc tioned by the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs. This year’s contest will be conducted by the Pennsyl vania Game Commission. The Franklin County Fair Interest in the art of calling Association will present a wild turkeys has picked up con- Nocd • • • HAY - STRAW - EAR CORN Buy Now and Save! More and more fanners are buying from ns for better value and all around satisfaction. Delivered any. quantity Phone Area Code 717 687-7631 Esbenshade Turkey Farm “America’s Oldest” PARADISE, PA. □ THIS OF Lime Requirements At A Reduction of 20c/Ton Coll Your Agway Store Today AH Deliveries on this special price basis must be completed by August 30. Now Is The Time To Apply Your Lime Requirements. Your Agway Cooperative has modern equipment and trained personnel to ap ply your lime needs now. Agway For The Hunter trophy to the champion and cash prizes will be awarded to the first four winners. There is no entry fee and advance regis tration is not required. Judges for the contest will be Dr. Roger Latham, outdoor editor of the Pittsburgh Press; William W. Britton, retired chief enforcement officer of the Pennsylvania Fish Commis sion; and Eugene Nelson, su perintendent of the Pennsylvan ia Game Commission’s State Wild Turkey Faim near Wil liamsport. mmm u IS A TRUCKLOAD EXTRA PROFITS For prompt, courteous service ... Call the Lancaster Agway Store today. Phone 394-0541 Dillerville Road & Manheim Pike Lancaster, Penna. siderably in Pennsylvania since the Game Commission first es tablished a spring gobbler sea son in the Keystone State in May of last year. During the spring season, hunting is by calling only. Turkey calling contestants in teiested in additional activity at the state contest may also parti cipate in a 100 target Lewis class clay bird shoot on August 23. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners. In addition, an afternoon hoise pulling contest is also scheduled. The site of the turkey calling contest is about seven miles southwest of Chambersburg on Route 995 near Williamson. DOG TRAINERS URGED TO “TAKE IT EASY” The Pennsylvania Game Com mission urges dog trainers to “take it easy” during the early part of the dog training season which opens in the state on August 1. Canines and hunters general ly are “out of shape” at this time of year. Few have spent much time in the field during recent months and muscle tone is lost and extra pounds are added during extended “loaf ing” periods. Heat, soft muscles and ex cess weight take their toll on both hunters and dogs over- Lancaster Farming. Saturday, July 26,1969 exciting themselves at the out set of a training season. On the other hand, dog train ing season is an ideal time for hunters and canines to gradual ly work themselves into condi tion for the fall hunting season. Persons and animals in good physical shape find the going iclatively easy on the fust dav of the hunting season, while those who fail to pre-condition themselves tire rapidly. The Game Commission asks that owners of dogs show the same comtesies that apply din ing the hunting seasons, such as asking permission fiom land owners to train dogs on then properties. Thoughtfulness and good sportsmanship duung the dog training period often result in an invitation to return duung the hunting season. Pennsylvania’s dog training season runs from August 1 to March 31. Dogs may be trained from sunrise to 10 p.m. EDST from August 1 through October 25, and from sunrise to 9 p.m. EST from October 26 through March 31. Raccoon dogs may be trained until 1 a.m. EDST from August 1 through October 25, and until midnight EST from October 27 through March 31. The carrying of a rifle or shotgun while training dogs is prohibited, and to train dogs legally on Sunday the consent of the owner of the land where such training is done must first be secured except in the case of state and national forest lands. WOODCHUCK SEASON APPROACHING PEAK Woodchuck season is reach ing its peak in Pennsylvania, and the Game Commission this week offered a few tips to sportsmen to make their groundhog hunting safer and more enjoyable. Wearing of bright colored mi nded that the old practice of clothing, especially headgear, is hunting” is now unlawful, strongly recommended. Fluore- Most farmers welcome hunt scent orange is the most con- erS; b u t expect them to observe spicuous and safest color. rules of common courtesy. Some Tan or green, ana even red in hunters with little sense of late evening, aie not paiticular- decency fail to retrieve chucks ly “safe” colors and may re- they have shot, or they hang semble a woodchuck at a dis- them on a fence This is waste tance But orange, especially in ful and unsightly. Pick up and a fluorescent material, can utilize or buiy the chucks. Hess Elected Director Of Livestock Assn. Hai old Hess. Secietaiy-Tieas mer of Vintage Sales Stables, was elected a director of the Ceitified Livestock Market Association last week at the an nual meeting held at the Holi day Inn. Lancaster Hess is the immediate past piesident of the state oigamzation Ofticeis elected duiing the meeting were Maik Click Belle ville, piesident, William Runkle, Shnemanslown, vice president; John Snyder, Giei-ncastle, secre tary, and Richard Skelton, New Wilmington, tieasuier. hardly be mistaken for a chuck. Even more dangerous is the practice of hunting chucks on a hot day or evening without any headgear. A man’s head may look exactly like the body of a woodchuck if it is bobbing around several hundred yards from a hunter. The Game Commission urges woodchuck hunters to select their targets with care, and to be doubly sure of a suitable backstop before firing. Indis criminate shooting over the horizon can lead to tragedy. Hunters should consider the landowners in terms of both safety and sportsmanship. Farmers working outdoors do not always know that shooters are nearby. Sportsmen always obtain permission from land owners before beginning their search for game, and both the owner and shooter should know where the other will be. Chuck hunters are again re- 9
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