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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-
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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
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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-
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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-
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