Anti-Hunt Campaign Worries North Carolina Hunters
Jack Smith of the North Carolina Bowhunters Association warns of a looming multi million dollar anti hunting media drive after a California donor bequeathed funds to Defenders of Wildlife and other groups. He cites a Las Vegas convention showing rapid growth of anti hunting budgets and urges outdoorsmen to organize a counter effort before campaigns erode hunting support and threaten wildlife management.
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Smith
Carolinas
California
Catching New Type Big Fish At Emerald Isle Pier
A beach witness recalls a bizarre catch at Bogue Banks on Emerald Isle Pier. While flounder and minnows drew attention, a live minnow angler hauled in a chrome plated fountain top mistaken for a big pompano or bluefish, prompting debate on a possible new state record in an odd category.
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Jim Dean
Emerald Isle
Bogue Banks
North Carolina
Dove Season Opens Sept 1
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission set 1975 76 migratory game seasons at its monthly meeting with the mourning dove split into two harvest periods opening September 1 and December 13. Daily bag limit 12 doves, 24 in possession. Woodcock snipe rail sea duck and other seasons listed with dates and geographic restrictions. Three new commissioners sworn in by Judge R M Martin. Dewey W Wells of Camden sworn in.
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Raleigh
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
Atlantic Ocean
U.S. 64
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
James Holshouser Jr
District Court of Appeals
R. M. Martin
Dewey W. Wells
Camden
Artificial reef project proves fruitful for North Carolina fishers
A year after launch, NC artificial reefs funded by anglers fuel strong fishing. Tires on reefs exceed 100000 as sunken ships, barges, and tires attract many species including king mackerel and black sea bass. May catches averaged 16 per day at Wrightsville and 15 pounds per fisherman at Atlantic Beach, with 65 species noted. Free 13 page booklet available from Marine Fisheries, Morehead City NC.
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Tom Higgins
Fellows
Beppe
Natural Resources Department
Division of Marine Fisheries
Marine Fisheries Division
Jim Tyler
North Carolina
Figure Eight
Tyler
Oregon Inlet
Atlantic Beach
Rich’s Inlet
Wrightsville Beach
Long Beach
Lockwood Folly Inlet
Wrightsville
Atlantic’ Beach
Marine Fisheries
Morehead City
N.C
South Carolina
Tar Heel
S.C
All Outdoors It Hurts When Man Gets Stung By His Friends
In a humorous reminiscence Benny Phillips recalls a duck season misadventure at Badin Lake when a wasp nest hidden in a sunken tree entangled his boat. He describes being stung over body parts while enduring a thunderstorm and a soggy, painful retreat as friends deserted him.
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Benny Phillips
Planet Earth
Yellow Jackets
Badin Lake
Dugan-Green
Digan
Dugan
Boating PFDs and Coast Guard Rules Explained
Julius Cooper outlines that a well made PFD can fail if it does not fit or isn t worn correctly. He reviews Coast Guard rules effective Oct 1 1973 for boats 16 feet and over requiring one wearable Type I II or III and one Type IV, and for smaller craft one Type I II III or IV for each person, with Type I turning unconscious wearers and Type II designed for wearers who remain conscious.
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Coast Guard
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High Point Enterprise
Jack Smith
N.C. Bowhunters Association
Carolina
Géorge Whittell
Defenders of Wildlife
Las Vegas
Gary Litton
The
National Shooting Sports Foundation
Animal Protection Institute
National Rifle Association
Wildlife Management Institute
Sporting Arms
Ammunitionanufacturers Institute
High Point
Thomasville
Quidoors
Bob’ Brister
Houston Chronicle
Wildlife Commission
Dove
Phillips
Julius Cooper
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