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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1954
Page
7
State conservation workers urge northern hunters to carry a compass a map and matches noting these essentials may save lives in the woods. Experts advise using a trusted map and compass to pick a single direction align with distant trees and to build a fire stay warm and conserve energy while deciding where to move.
Six fires last week burned 11 acres of Michigan forests. This year set a record low total of 3663 acres burned.
Michigan communities prepare for the opening of the big game season on November 15 with round the clock welcomes, banquets, and awards dinners. The Michigan Tourist Council notes hosts in deer country offer royal hospitality and promote hunting-related celebrations, with details via local chambers of commerce.
Scientists and field crews in Michigan work with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service to hatch and study lake trout as lamprey predation diminishes. A Marquette hatchery brood stock project, begun six years ago with eggs from 1948, seeks to determine captivity spawning viability while Higgins Lake hosts Mackinaw trout experiments to test using wild stock for spawn if Lake Superior stock vanishes.
Michigan wildlife officials forecast a strong 1954 deer season with about 350 000 to 400 000 firearm hunters opening November 15 and a total 455 000 hunting licenses sold by season’s end. Northern Lower Peninsula deer kills look on par with last year’s 41 000 bucks, while Upper Peninsula harvest may rise from 26 000. A December 1 special season could add 10 000 to 15 000 bucks, with two thirds of 70 000 special permit holders afield.
Wet fall weather could boost muskrat trapping across Michigan as trappers rely on marsh water. Early reports indicate lower muskrat numbers in the western UP but similar levels elsewhere in the north. Pelt prices are expected to be low and total take will depend on weather. season in the southern lower peninsula starts December 15, with 60-70 percent of state take coming from southern regions.
Squirrel hunters report better than average success this fall with the UP season closed and the Straits area to close November 10. Prairie chickens and sharp tailed grouse seasons ended November 1 with similar results to 1953 as more hunters were afield under good weather.
Ford announces an entirely new line led by the Fairlane series for 1955 to be shown in 6400 dealers' showrooms nationwide on November 12. Highlights include the Crown Victoria as the first Ford sedan under five feet tall, new high compression V-8 and Y-block V-8 engines, enhanced torque for better performance, an integrated air conditioning system, and a refreshed design featuring a concave grille, chrome trim, and new upholstery.
About 65,000 special season deer hunting permits have been mailed to hunters. As of November 1, roughly 16,000 permits remained unmailed with an 11th hour mailing push expected to reduce the surplus. State workers expect quotas filled for all areas except area A and anticipate two thirds of area A permits assigned.
The text lists various sports tidbits and biographical notes: Hugh Duffey Daugherty as Michigan State coach and 1939 Syracuse captain in the Orange Bowl, Lorenzo Jackson signing with the Chicago Cubs for a Burlington league team, Cass Michaels signing with the Chicago White Sox for 1955, Don Mueller as a rare 200-hit Giant, Larry Doby hitting a home run in every AL park in 1954, Ralph Starkey as West Virginia lineman turned Fort Knox mess officer, a record New Castle Handicap field, and John L. Sullivan’s peak fight earnings at $14,000 in 1883.
Commercial anglers secure an injunction stopping Gerald B. Eddy from enforcing the November chub closed season on Lake Michigan. Eddy, director of the state department of conservation, says he lacks authority to reopen the season and that the department will oppose the injunction. The law, dating to the 1930s to protect lake trout, has waned in necessity as lamprey damage reduced trout spawning.
Michigan reports five young hunters killed and nineteen wounded this season, with adults at four dead and forty nine wounded. Most injuries stem from personal safety lapses or intraparty actions. Under 17 license buyers need guardian approval, and about 100,000 youths have received it this year. Parents who authorize licenses bear responsibility to supervise.
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