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Gun Training Offers Hunting Safety
Increased interest shown by
youngsters in guns and ‘hunting
brings out the necessity for fire-
arms education. Records show the
incidence of gunfire casualties among
youngsters decreases to practically
zero among those taught safe shoot-
ing procedures prior to their first
hunting trip. The prospect is, how-
ever, that many youthful nimrods
will go out for wild game this fall
unaccompanied and without previ-
oué gun safety training.
It is encouraging to note that the
number of men who take their own
boy or the son of a neighbor on
hunting trips increases each year.
At the end of the day the adult's
game bag may not be so full as if
he had accompanied a shooting
crony, but by reliving the excitement
of his own early hunting experienc-
es through those of his pupils, and
having the satisfaction of teaching
safe and mannerly conduct afield,
he is amply repaid.
In past years, during September
and October, many a Pennsylvania
sportsmen’s organization has gener-
ously assumed the responsibility of
teaching boys and girls safe gun
handling and has provided shooting
on a range under expert guidance.
The basic course is sometimes fol-
lowed by field trips, when safe and
courteous hunting practices are
taught under natural conditions. Ex-
perienced sportsmen are quite wil-
ing to lend a hand at instructing
novice shooters. The beginner can
always locate a club range or other
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safe spot where he may do his prac-
ticing.
Through many high school assem-
bly programs before small game
season students are taught the rudi-
ments of proper gun handling and
the dangers of reckless shooting. In
such programs tens of thousands of
teen-agers are taught or reminded
that guns improperly used or han-
dled can cause pain or sorrow as
well as bring thrills and recreation.
It is important the beginner have
proper instruction and supervision.
This year, for the first time in
Pennsylvania, the Sporting Arms
and Manufacturer's Institute offers
a gun safety training course through
its representative, James Dee. Dee,
who resides at Highland Village,
Camp Hill, Pa., is the man who in-
troduced the course in the schools
of New Hampshire, where it has
caught hold rapidly. He is available
to sportsmen’s clubs, high schools,
service organizations and civic
groups with his gun safety pro-
grams.
Polecats Move To Town
Game Protector A. J. Ziros,
Greene County, says many skunks
have moved from the country into
the town of Carmichaels and have
taken over garages and outbuildings
there.
The postmaster of Carmichaels
told this story to the officers. “I
was sitting in my easy chair on
the lawn one night not long ago,
reading a newspaper. I felt a tick-
ling and scratching on my bare feet.
Thinking it was one of my cats I
paid no attention. When the ani-
mal climbed on my lap and started
rolling around, it seemed time to
glance down. I did—and took off.
So did the “kitten,” a baby skunk.”
Importance Of Hunting And
Trapping To Industry
Pennsylvania Industrial and (Con-
struction Exposition will be held
September 20 to 25, inclusive, in
the State Farm Show Building at
Harrisburg. Governor John S. Fine
said this about the Exposition: “It
will be to our State’s manufacturing
segment what our world-renowned
Farm Shaw has been to our notable
agricultural pursuits. I entertain the
great belief that this important pro-
ject will enlist the enthusiastic sup-
port and cooperative participation
of all our State’s business firms and
corporations, from the largest to
the smallest, from the basic heavy
industry producers to our transpor-
tation giants.”
Exposition visitors will experience
a ‘change of pace” at seeing the
Game (Commission’s wildlife exhibit
there, among heavy machines and
recently developed engineering and
scientific devices. People are begin-
ning to comprehend, however, the
economic impact of hunting and
trapping on industries and trades.
Actually, hunting itself is big busi-
ness in the Keystone State where,
on the basis of man hours afield and
hunters per square mile, probably
more hunters and fur takers pur-
sue their sport than in any other
State. As an indication, a conserva-
tive estimate of money spent each
year by a million Pennsylvania
sportsmen in pursuit of wildlife is
one-quarter of a billion dollars.
Expenditures by these outdoors-
men, and women, go not only for
the purchase of guns, ammunition,
traps, bows and arrows, licenses,
and for dogs and their training and
upkeep. A large portion is paid out
for: automotive equipment, gasoline,
oil and tires; lodging; food; special
clothing and footgear; portable
stoves and coolers; knives, axes and
cooking utensils; boats; camp fur-
nishings and fuel; photographic
equipment and supplies; tents; skis
and snowshoes; house trailers; binoc-
ular and gun scopes; magazines and
books; and numerous other ‘neces-
sities or luxuries that are part of
the modern-day outdoorsman’s
equipment.
Qur tourist industry benefits by
millions of dollars spent annually
by resident and non-resident hunt-
home in game seasons to enjoy the
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hunters’ paradise Pennsylvania of-
fers. Also, though fur values have
been comparatively low in recent
years, the State’s fur industry, gar-
ment manufacturers and taxider-
mists realized considerable profit
from wild-caught pelts in the Com-
monwealth. The estimated value in
1953 was $1,500,000.
A recent-year survey was made
of monies spent on hunting and fish-
ing in the United States. (Pennsyl-
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vania regularly ranks among states
having the highest number of li-
cense buyers, therefore her share
of the nationwide expenditure is
great.) Said the survey, in part:
“The sportsman business (hunting
and fishing nationally is over $9 bil-
lion annually . . . It is nearly 50%
more than the total business of all
gasoline filling stations. It is almost
three times the amount paid to
dealers in farm equipment . . . The
total spent on sportsmen’s dogs
alone totaled around $875,000,000
over the nation. That alone exceeds
by a wide margin the amount the
public paid at the gate to see base-
ball, football and hockey games,
horse races and prize fights.” These
amazing statistics are considered
conservative.
Yes, the wildlife exhibit at the
Exposition, appearing among such
recent scientific and engineering
achievements as the new solar en-
ergy battery and the interplanetary
clock, may seem to supply a fron-
tier or nature touch. Nevertheless,
and obscure though the effects may
be, hunting and trapping in Penn-
sylvania contribute much to a wide
variety of industries and trades. Ex-
penditures for them have a con-
siderable bearing on the economy of
our state and nation.
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