Ice Derby and Carnival At West Hawk Lake Draws Crowds
The Winnipeg Game and Fish Association hosts the West Hawk Lake Ice Derby and Carnival with power and boggan races, jam pail curling, log cutting, ice digging, snow shovelling, a moccasin dance, barbecue and fireworks. Prizes exceed $1,000 including a 19 inch portable TV as top ice fishing prize. Entry fee is $1.00. West Hawk Lake offers perch to lake trout variety. Previous derbies drew over five thousand spectators.
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Dorothy Lake
Ed. Chesley
Peterfield
Winnipeg Game and Fish Association
West Hawk Lake
Morning Wildlife Sighting and Winter Angling Report
Early morning country drive visitors note Sharptail and Hungarian Partridge flocks, ravens feeding under snow, and growing winter crows. Master Anglers list highlights Whitefish from Echo Lake and a 18 lb Pike from January 17. Bear season runs April 27 to May 16. licences, one bear limit, cubs protected. Volunteer crews reopen oxygen channels in Neepawa Reservoir with help from Portage, Brandon, Winnipeg sportsmen.
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No. 4
No. 45
Echo Lake
Gerhard Schwab
Winnipeg
Peter Romanic
Lockport
John Wayne recounts thrills of gunless African hunting
In a 1960s reminiscence John Wayne describes modern animal catching in Africa as refined and dangerous. He recalls lassoing giraffe and rhinos from a fast truck with helpers Willy de Beer and Jan Delofse during Hatari. He notes speeds over 65 mph, a front fender catcher's seat, and roping a 450 pound wildebeeste while Hawks dangled a prize for success.
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Frank Buck
Africa
Willy de Beer
Jan Delofse
Howard Hawks
Africa Wild Animal Tales and Rabies Alert
The report recounts a vivid Africa on location with giraffes, zebras, and a buffalo incident led by Ted White and Jan Del. It also warns of a rabies outbreak in the Hamiota Virden area, urging skunk control, vaccination, and leash laws while advising caution with wild and domestic animals and to report suspected cases immediately.
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Ted White
Ted
Jan Delofse
Africa
RCMP
Rabies On Increase In Manitoba Wildlife And People
Rabies in both wild and domesticated animals is rising in Manitoba. From April to now 171 animal rabies cases are confirmed, versus 29 in 1959 60. Since January 20 people have received rabies vaccine, about half of the yearly total in 1963. Skunks remain the main source.
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Manitoba
Self Reflection as a Guard Against Self Destruction
A reflective line urges examining one's own actions as the sharpest test, proposing that viewing oneself as the foe reveals weaknesses to mend. It frames self-discipline as a path to friendship with one's better judgment and character.
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Manitoba Hydro
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Neepawa
Neepawa Game and Fish Association
Portage
Brandon
California Game Department
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Hamiota-Virden
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