Smallmouth Bass Stock Planned for Smith Lake
Alabama Game and Fish Division plans to stock Lewis Smith Lake with smallmouth bass for the first time south of the Tennessee River. Biologists Hooper and Webb will study habitat and release locations, aiming for spring stocking and potential ongoing population if reproduction succeeds.
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Alabama Department of Conservation
Game and Fish Division
Lewis Smith Lake
Jerry Hooper
Tennessee River
Sam Spencer
Decatur
Hartselle
Falkville High
Smith Lake
Hooper
Smith
Kentucky
Alabama Power Co
Joe Webb
Conservation Department
Fog and logs thwart Smith Lake hunting and fishing trip
On Smith Lake in Winston County a foggy morning and rising water levels filled with logs ruined a hunt near Bear Branch. Smitty and I shifted to bass fishing with minnows but only crappie were caught, while catfish numbers varied by tide and jugs hoped for May and June yields.
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Smith Lake
B. C. Schmidtke
Faye St
Smitty
Smith
Bear Branch
Crant Berry
Yellow Creek
Winston County
Berry
Almon Center Extends Winter Activity Registration
Almon Recreation Center extends registration through next week for winter programs including cheerleading judo beginner and advanced charm sewing needlepoint and decoupage. Classes start Monday with options for boys and girls ages 6 and up and adults with sessions running six to eight weeks and instructors named Verna Johnson Andrea McGinnis Joye McDonald Dianne Hendrix Millard Shelton Jean Spencer Rachel Chandler Max Lesser and Andy Gross.
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T. C. Almon Recreation Center
Bill Brooks
Brooks
Verna Johnson
Andrea McGinnis
Joye McDonald
Decatur High School
Baton Wirling
Dianne Collins di Hendrix
Millard Shelton
Jean Spencer
Rachel Chandler
Jane
Max Lesser
Jean Jackson
Andy Gross
Shotgun Ballistics Across Shot Direction
The article debunks the myth that vertical shots differ in killing power from horizontal ones due to gravity. Laboratory tests by firearms makers show air resistance dominates over gravity, with air resistance about 200 times more influential on a shot charge. The author notes hunters often wonder how much drop affects patterns at various ranges.
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Sporting
Shotgun Pattern and Drop For Wing Shooting Within Forty Yards
The article explains how shotgun bore, choke, and load affect pattern size at 40 yards, noting a full choke pattern around 38 inches and open barrels wider up to 57 inches. It states drop at 40 yards for high velocity shot is about 2.5 inches, making drop negligible for ranges up to 50 yards and urging hunters to stay within 40 yards to reduce crippling of game.
Many Species Have Disappeared By Pollution Warns Ecologist
Ecologists warn Wheeler Reservoir wildlife indicate pollution risk as birds mussels and herons decline. Comorants vanished after World War II pesticide use. anhingas not seen since 1959. mussel industry collapsed in 1961 1962. nesting of herons and egrets dropped by 1965 with few returns. Raccoons remain hunted. advice on cooking coon highlights local wildlife use.
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Canaries
Wheeler Reservoir
Outdoor Writers Association appoints new executive director
The Outdoor Writers Association of America selects Edwin W. Hanson as executive director to lead the 1600 member outdoor group. Don G. Cullimore continues as consultant after stepping from the top post.
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Directs
Writers New York
Outdoor Writers Association of America
Edwin W. Hanson
Don G. Cullimore
OWAA
Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo Set for February
The winter Olympics will be held in Sapporo Japan from February 3 to February 13 featuring athletes from multiple nations competing in diverse cold weather events.
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Sapporo
Japan
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