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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1934
Page
8
A historic guide offers a dinner menu for wild game with preparation notes for rabbit sausage stuffed, baked pheasant, and roast wild duck. It includes parboiling caveats, paring and searing steps, paring tips for ducks with paraffin coating, and a tartlet recipe for mince meat tarts with lattice pastry and whipped cream.
Dr J J Connoly argues against teaching dogs to sight point as a habit. He notes sight pointing can create false pointing and poor bird habits, urging reliance on natural bird sense and immediate, proper responses. The piece contrasts a class bird wise dog with overcautious sight pointers and stresses experience builds instinct.
Harrisburg officials remind sportsmen of small game transport laws as the season opens. Section 711 forbids carriage by common carrier or vehicle without the owner present. Small game must be hand carried or in marked containers with owner name, kill county, and species counts. Non residents need a PA license to transport out of state, limit two day small game.
The Board of Game Commission fixed the coming season regulations on July 5. Bears were closed for one year and rabbits daily bag limit cut from 11 to 4 with season from 80 to 24. A stagger season on game birds was adopted with dates from November 1 to 30. Small game birds include grouse quail ringneck pheasant and wild turkey. Deer season unchanged December 1 to 15 with male only and two points.
John W. Sprankle editor of the Perkasie Central News presents a photo by Howard Loughridge of Sellersville Bucks county showing a cat killing a full grown rabbit. Loughridge also photographed and shot the cat. his brother Bill is a Deputy Game Protector.
A century old pearl button trade relies on live mussels that attach to fish. Mussels need hosts to grow their shells, making the Mississippi valley’s pearl button business possible. Without fish, the mussels die and the industry collapses.
A grouse uses a clever trick to fly low through heavy woods or open fields skimming the ground. The shoot presents a straightforward target with a tendency to overshoot when the lead is neglected. The bird’s low speed and short distance require holding low and well ahead of it.
In 1860 rabbits were released in Australia to breed and prosper. By the 1880s they became a public pest, with organized drives slaughtering countless rabbits. A wire mesh fence spanning the continent was built to curb the population surge.
A small thrush near the Antles adapts to living in fast streams. It has dense fibrous feathers that keep it dry, clings to stream bed stones, and can swim underwater swiftly.
Deer caused significant losses in Columbia County with Norman Fritz of Sugarloaf township reporting his buckwheat crop completely destroyed. Deer also damaged the corn on Charles Derr’s farm in Greenwood township.
A playful note describes a clam family with members ranging from three inches to forty three inches long and weighing up to six thousand pounds. The quirky piece contrasts small and large members in a lighthearted tone.
July prosecutions by the Game Commission include 2 cases and 9 illegal deer incidents plus 6 killings in closed season and 19 dogs chasing game. The report also details gunpowder cartridge origins, Remington's rifle origins, Remington Winchester tests, and notable catches such as a 43 inch salmon and a 23 pound musky with humorous notes on postcatch behavior.
6600 residents will hold hunting licenses as small game season begins on Thursday, up 1200 from last year. Demand for licenses surged at noon today, with over 7240 issued in the county last year. A leaflet explains the no bag limit rule this year, available from county treasurers and department agents. Licenses may be secured at listed local offices and stores including Indiana Hardware Co and several Rossiter and Homer City outlets.
About 70 lots of hickory and 80 to 100 lots of black walnuts have been received by R. W. Wehrle. Entrants should bring a dozen nuts from a good bearing tree by November 16 to enter. First prize in each class is $10. Results announced around February 1.
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