Hunter guides others to first moose in Ontario trek
Dick Buttle of Elyria earned praise for steering Gordon Higgins and Harry Bogart to a moose-rich area on the Agawa River route in Ontario. Higgins, an electrical supplier, shot a 1,400 pound bull with a 7 mm Remington, then hauled the meat and rack back to Wawa after four portages and a plane flight from an outpost camp. another hunter, Ed Millard of Elyria, previously bagged a 1,000 pound bull nearby.
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Elsman
Dick Butile
Hms First Moose
Ontario
Gordon Higgins
Canterbury
Harry Bogart
Lorain County Savings and Trust Building
Higgins
Bogart
Buttle
Agawa River
Wawa
Fom Wawa
Ed Millard
Elyria
Loren
Center Ridge Rd
Dick Buttle
Winter care for boat motor and trailer
The piece advises sportsmen to repair or store boats, motors, and trailers during the off season. It covers cleaning and drying the outboard, relieving trailer pressure, blocking the trailer, replacing tires, and checking brakes and bearings. It lists steps to drain fuel, oil cylinders, rotate the flywheel, clean plugs and filters, lubricate gear, and store components safely for spring readiness.
Unusual Wildlife Case Nets Fines for Ohio Hunters
In Ashtabula and Jefferson counties Ohio two Pierpont men Isaac Litwiler and Robert Partch were fined 25 dollars plus costs after game protectors used body temperature checks on dead geese to prove illegal shooting. Officers observed gunshots and found shotgun casings near a beaver pond. The hunters confessed after the temperatures of dead birds alerted authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashtabula County
Isaac Litwiler
Robert Partch
Pierpont
Ohio
Jess Weaver
Aging big game to enhance flavor and tenderness
A guidance note by Eddie Meier on aging big game meat. It compares aging to beef, stresses proper aging to improve taste and tenderness, and advises following the butcher or abattoir operator’s timing recommendations. It notes factors like animal age, size, aging room temperature, and time between kill and butcher arrival as critical to aging length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Meier
Youth sets new record with catch
A 15 year old from Cincinnati, Rick Sage, set a large mouth bass record at a farm pond near his home last spring. The bass weighed 9.13 pounds and measured 24 1/2 inches, surpassing the previous 9 pounds 2 ounces and 24 inches record set by Bill Ferenci in 1962 at Leesville Reservoir. The catch was verified by Bob Rankin of the Cincinnati Enquirer. Harold Green of OWOW and Fred E. Marr of the Ohio Division of Wildlife indicated plans for the district supervisor role and future work.
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Rick Sage
Cincinnati
Rick
Bill Ferenci
Wintersville
Leesville Reservoir
Bob Rankin
Cincinnati Enquirer
Sage
Harold Green
OWO Big Fish Wells
Green
Resources Direct
Sandusky
Fred E. Marr
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Wells resigns boating post
C B Taylor formerly assistant chief of the Ohio Division of Watercraft is named acting chief succeeding James Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
C.B. Taylor
Ohio Division of Watercraft
James >. Wells
Stevenson Filling In Next Week At Chronicle Telegram
Outdoor page details for Friday November 1 call for submissions to Peter L Stevenson Managing Editor The Chronicle Telegram. Outdoor Editor Don Miller will return and handle outdoor news contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
Peter L. Stevenson
Chronicle-Telegram
Don Miller
World freshwater fishing title chase at Bull Shoals
Lorain County anglers Leo Roberts and Don Miller travel to Bull Shoals for the world freshwater fishing championships. They join top guides and champions like Virgil Ward and Sam Welch in a five day event with bass in deep and shallow waters. They hope for a respectable showing in a field of skilled competitors, valuing the experience and scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozarks
Bull Shoals
Leo Roberts
Virgil Ward
Sear
Virgil
Jake
Sam Welch
Vexan
Dave Hawk
Ward
Leo
Missouri opens Caney Mountain refuge to archery hunters
The Missouri Conservation Commission opens the 5000 acre Caney Mountain Wildlife Refuge in Ozark County to archery only for a three day buck and doe hunt starting November 1. The area near Gainesville will be a rough wilderness with a deer population considered high by biologists. Gun hunters are barred during the regular arms season November 15 to 21, and non residents may hunt archery with looser license rules to attract more archers into the state.
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Missouri
Ozarks
State Conservation Commission
Caney Mountain
Ozark County
Gainesville
Conservation Commission
Mit
Indoor Archery Range opens with top scores at Marshall site
Tom Sheldon led instinctive shooting with 565 points at the grand opening above Marshall Drug store. Liyod Van Buren topped freestyle at 766 while Grace Wilson led instinctive women with 374. Open nights run tonight and tomorrow at 6 39 p.m. Izaak Bowman Archery Club holds a two animal shoot Sunday at Foster Rd Penfield registration 12 30 to 1 30 p.m.
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Tom Sheldon
Marshall Drug Store
Liyod van Buren
Grace Wilson
Izaak Bowman Archery Club
Izaak Bowman Range
Foster Rd
Penfield
Legless veteran aids paraplegics via self standing plane aid
Riverside California news recalls Russell W. Geriford a 36 year old World War II veteran who travels to assist other paraplegics and promote evangelism. He developed the Stand Alone Therapeutic Aid enabling a paraplegic to stand or wheel to a car home or plane. He began flying in 1946 earned a commercial license in 1951 and recently bought his own plane with a custom hand control to operate rudders.
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Riverside
Calif
UPI
Russell W. Geriford
Hertford
Memphis
Tenn
Charles Bray
Riverside Air Service
Heriford
Shawnee Indoor Archery League Opens November First
The Shawnee Indoor Archery League announces its schedule beginning November 1 at Lorain. Clubs will shoot the Chicago round and top performers include Ed Belcher with 730 and Louie Kuhn 698 in instinctive categories while Ken Ear edged Jim Lasky 654 to take high in another match. The indoor range operates Monday Thursday and Saturday from 7 p.m.
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Lorain
Chicago
Ed Belcher
Louie Kuhn
Ken Ear
Jim Lasky
Shawnees
Archers Set Smokers’ Zones for Sunday Shoot
French Creek Bowmen establish designated smokers’ sites to reduce fire risk during a 25-target archery event. Club officers announced the ban on smoking except in approved areas. Light precipitation is forecast prior to the event.
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French Creek
Archery Club
Post card is ticket to a blitz
Upland game season lures hunters with a fox blitz planned for Nov 16 led by Col. Ray Weaver in Zanesville Ohio. Fifty hunters will meet from Grasslie's Wayside Inn at 7 p.m. Participants sign up by sending a postcard to Jerry Kostyo at Wayside Inn Elyria to confirm and organize plans.
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Nim
Ods
Col. Ray Weaver
Zanesville
Ohio
Wayside Inn
Oberlin Rd
Jerry Kostyo
Elyria
Readers Write on Ohio Stripmine Reclamation Standards
The author argues Ohio’s stripmine reclamation is inadequate despite claims of 87 percent reclaim. They urge broader state legislation covering gravel limestone sand stone and clay operations and cite Pennsylvania’s strict controls as a model. The letter is from the Community Council for Reclamation in Brewster Ohio led by Thomas R Soehnien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving I. Dickman
Department of Natural Resources
Dickman
Ohio
Diekman
Columbus
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Community Council For Reclamation
Brewster
Thomas R. Soehnien
M.d.pres
Archers Set Two 28 Target Shoots Sunday
Area archers plan two 28 target events with sites at Ike range on Foster Road and Carl Rink farm in Avon. Izaak Bowmen host a 28 animal event while French Creek Archers hold a 28 field round. Registration at Ike range is 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and at French Creek 3 to 2 p.m.
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Izaak
French Creek
Ike
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