Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 31

hj ire SUNDAY NOVEMBER 7 1005 PAGE 9C THE SPORTSMAN must Loves Work By ROY SWANN Outdoor Fdltor WILD AIIK lVARY tlipy'H he even smarter when season opens (Rudv) Delgado slopped work grinned broadly and welcomed a McMullen County hunter into his store Die hunter was bringing a fine 10-pomt buck to the taxidermy store Delgado opened less than a week before you can Rudy apologized just getting things going" Without hesitating he added: "And so nervous about it all that I'm almost No matter what It's called Rudy will be staying fairly busy With 17 years of experience with hunters and than Major Game Seasons Open The annual big game season I There are exceptions to rvery challenging thousands of Texas single date mentioned how-hunters opens In more than half ingle ever and a hunter must check the Texas hunting guile and with a game warden in the area he plans to hunt If he Is unsure about hunting dates There even are some discrepencics in the hunting guides Self participants in these hunts of course comprise count area more 6-000 head mounts of different kinds he can look to many more years in the taxidermy field For one thing he loves the work For another he's an artist at much of it He refuses though to single out any particular trophy as his favorite merely admitting that the finishing work gives him the most enjoyment involve yourself in he explained on how it looks and that's the mast important part of the work'" then if you have a bad form you can't make look he added takes careful work for everything" And while he has done elk sheep bears moose caribou and nearly every animal on the con' the state Saturday Nov 13 and hits full stride when the rest of the counties open Tuesday Nov IS Deer turkey and javelina the big three of the big slate become legal game Saturday in those counties under regulator) Actually Delgado Is Just starting a venture he never dreamed of when he first began working for Corpus Christi's only taxidermist II Zurchcr way' back in 1943 That was when he got a start in taxidermy work as a helper who helped skin out and scrape heads and capes for a man who knew his business well Somewhere along the line while Delgado was helping prepare some of the 6300 deer heads Zurchcr turned out since 1943 he knew he'd eventually own his own business In fact Zurcher himself helped him with that endeavor For the last year Zurcher was living Delgado leased the business and ran it himself nd for several years before that for that matter Zurcher had spent most of his time man less beyond the ac- Commission In II (RUDY) DELGADO STORE YOUR OUTBOARD? and Wildlife most of thse counties quail become legal game too Other counties under general law set by the legislature open the following Tuesday In these counties too quail season usually starts Dec 1 Ql'AlL HUNTERS WILL BE OUT 1 opens Saturday for some counties tual hunters expected to approach the ihree-quartcrs of a million mark Because while the men women and children are Invading the vast deer range the supernumeraries will bis carrying on in the background They are the land owners who raise the deer and turkey the wildlife technicians who manage the herds and flocks and the supporting people In almost all walks of life serving the invading armies of sportsmen In the main deer range the Then Try These Tips aging the business leaving Rudy bnent he said doer probably and his helpers to much of the' are easiest Of course he done taxidermy work so many whitetails he admitted Delgado bora at Clarkwood attended public schools in Cor- I like to do them all I love this work" he repeated On the subject of deer and cm me sunjm oi orer im Your outboard engine will belct the engine run until the tank pus Christi even for the first readv in g0 next spring if empty couple of years he was work- trophies Bob Mi Bee at South np0( )VJ 9 nrr ins Texas Produce 'on Baldwin used' ProPcr-v snred his winpr- ac' Force ncw KreaiiC- of i Hww he joined a 166-pound McMullen ffSB specification into the Army serving until 1950 reason to tell about his contest immediate already hnlsipird hx the lower housing This will pcnnnmv si-md let'fnree a11 tIw old Rreaw out thesc storage tips: (1) Mounted on a I From the Army he came back this year to his job with Zurcher still He is giving tlW for the heav- the vent (4) Remove the spark plugs skinning and doing oth- ir-t J50 for the widest spreadvnur engine run for several mm-er land 625 for thp heaviest doeules a tank of clean fresh the advance revenue prouded land owners It's tiiilv a mammoth affair in every sen-e of the word especially since Fa' her no longer! He learned iho finer thingsibrought to his processing' This is particularly im- and pour several teaspoons of oil portant if von ve been boating' jnf0 cylinders and turn the a "a engine over a few times to dis- (2) Drain gasoline from ihe tribute tank fuel lines and carburetor iThe best wav to do this is to 1 i i -'about taxidermy as he went plant along I They mM be Texas while rijts and hue -he in- (jf-utchcr) left me he said For additional in i Delgado explained watched formation his phone numbers land 1 kept doing it until I are TU4-9495 or TU4-9496 And there's plenty to go learned He was a good teacher around because Texas has the that wav" largest deer herd in the ration Actually Delgado has been as well as the famous flocks ofjdoing nearly all the taxidermy wild turkeys also exceeded no where Estimates place the deer population alone at in excess of 2223000 Department biologists hope the hunters have a good season and get their limits ranging up to Final Outboard Of The Year work including the tedtous finishing work since 1961 Zurcher was getting ready to retire and mostly was "Just managing" the business Delgado of he 'ear-attracting some of the bustne-s and ran It as histfc Saie-S fastest boats and best The final outboard boat race the oil rr cylinder walls and pistons (5) If the old plugs are still In good condition give them a thorough cleaning check the electrode gaps and file the electrodes for sharp edges If the spark plugs are excessively worn jor fouled replace them with new plugs of the recommended heat 'rarge i (6) After installing the plugs Races Are Todav Shreveport she added and 0f the boats can exceed P0 ton Beaumont Baytown and hunters will be ready too aensono open Saturday and Tuesday Nov 18 wipe tte entire ergine until it thoroughly clean Use canvas 'nr oil cloth to cover the engine ctarfmo im i ji There will be a $500 purse and before storage in a vertical po- dlLhe race wU1 draw "the fai5tes 'ition Re sure vour engine admission will be SI a car boats as well as the finest tfl1 Wjntcr'in a dry lo- Sponsor is Outboard she explained There al ration Club of Corpus Christi (will be trophies i the engine was netting Secretary Alecia Howard said A concession stand will smi rough toward the end of the sea-many Corpus Christi drivers will cold drinks and sandwiches she on or there is excessive vtbra-participate it will be modified' said ion during operation lc boat races for both hydroplanes let your Sunset Lake is located north service dealer handle necessary own After Zurchcr died in April of 1964 Delgado worked In the business for Mrs Zurcher He quit Sept 30 we got caught up with nearly and started looking for his own place He found it at 3009 Agnes just beyond Tort Avenue on Highway 44 The sign signifies It as Delgado Taxidermist said I should called runabouts and at least 16 0f the Nueces Bay Causeways repairs prior to storage At the it Taxidermy' "he ad- beats are on tap Ihetwecn the causeways and Fort- same time let him check the mits I didn't think that Drivers and boats will come land Entry to the area is via entire ignition system and per-was 'from Dallas San Antonio Hous-lthe Old Portland Highway jform required service Texas Fish Yam Stands AUSTIN (Sp) Texans still It was added that "xxx cat are heading 'em off at the pass! fih in 60 to 90 pound range are And they didn't even escape fairly common R0 and 90 when a man sized fish story was! pound flnthead have been taken at stake jrrom Iake Travis xxx" Thoto- A combination of a Texas sol-j graphic evidence of newspaper bnv stationed in Indiana flip was added BIRD NOTES Two Species of Can Be Found Localh Kinglets nnd surrounded by challenging and Ihe Texas Parks and Wildlife Department managed the latest confines! Pvt Ronald Sommers appealed for reinforcement lx Private Sommers also sought some home state support for Part 2 of his case which dn lance wise dwarfed even Texas This was about presence of Nile perch up to 900 pounds In the BOATING CLASSES PLANNED Const Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 71 will hold free small boat handling claaieii four nights this week at Gunderland Marine Training Officer Tat Nutt announced yesterday Classes start Tuesday arid will he held each night in succession from until 9:30 This is the rrgiilar Auxiliary small Imal handling class he said and trained instructors will teach classes on boat handling knots and splices aids to navigation rules of the road and compass ard navigation covers Just all phases of hoat he explained Instructors are Joe Bob Winston Doug Stephens Dr Dick Wood and Jack Shank-Im There is no charge 1 three deer In some over-populated areas This is tiecause much of the range Is chronically hard pressed to accommodate the tremendous herds Biologists consider It tragic and a great waste if the harvest does not establish a proper herd balance There are so many different limits and regulations generally depending on localities involved that the Department urges hunters to obtain a copy of the Texas hunting guide available at all places where licenses are sold as well as at district and regional offices of the Department Hunters In doubt are urged to contact their local game wardens or ary field per-'j sonnel encountered The hunting hours for hothj deer and turkey are from one-half hour before sunrie to one-half hour after sunset One of the major causes of concern on the home from during the annual big game cison in Texas is the need to cntu humors for emergency reavws The Texas Parks and Wildlife Iepartment reports that game ardenx and other j'ersorinrl arc lciogcil each fall in the major hunting areas hy appeals to locate persons who need to call home for smite cause or another The Department suggests that hunters planning to svnd any extended time notify the home folks one way or another where amf how they may lie reached fall maiix heartaches at home are compounded because somebody or another father brother cannot ls reached when urgently needed The fastest starting feathered target in Texas will bid its own sporting way for gunnrr attention when the main game season opens around the state This ts because the quail season opener parallels the start o( the deer ami turkey season in many counties That means Saturdav Nov 13 In 139 count ies mtdor rcgula rause some Fort Benjamin llar-iVlp River rlsnn soldiers hooted down his I nPre the Department hedged tales about giant Texas ratfish-sightly quoting an Egyptian weighing to 130 pnuuls" inurist pamphlet that the Nile He pinpointed Iake Travis "on prch do weigh "some hint-Ihe deep water side of Mans- rods 0f pounds" field as the spot he par tirularly wanted to have checked The Department assured the patriotic inne Star serviceman In writing fur the benefit of his launters them are indeed huge ratfish In Texas with rmfinned at 115 pounds and blue ratfish at S9 pounds" Fnv Flunk Fire Hunt Name Test entrances on the top Six to nine creamy eggs are normal but a nest may contain 11 adding up to a fourth more than the weight of the bird Courageous parents kinglets will respond to the lisping of their young even when the nest has been From conifer-dad mountains in summer to mesqulte retama and huisache of South Texas in winter is a considerable change of scene but apparently kinglets are loss specific In winter Any woodsy area park garden or streamside ill do for the more abundant ruby-crowns who scatter out Individually olden -crowns are more sociable going about in small bunches often with other small birds The few seen here are most often in llaTl Bazemore Park operating among Spanish moss draping trees along the nvrr bank They arrive later around t'hn-tmis Rubies are here from October to May If golden-crowns are more sociable ith birds ruby-crowns are more sociable with people Showing up at feeders taking a few M-eds and suet ami supplementing the insect diet with berries when axailabV It's too bad we never hear the mating song of the ruby-crow ned kinglet It Is described as a suporlatixe output of tinkling merry notes of Caruw) volume-all iron a larynx smaller than a match head Me do hear their scolding call notes am welcome the sound it Is so hu-x Iviix for so small a birdlet woij another tecn-v" bird People have been seeing red -breasted nut-ti iii Ivp- Most unusual I would very much 'ike to know who has seen them an-J when lelephmn call MU 2114 would le appi eciaied By KAY MrCRUKEN Having given gnateatchcrs their dues In this column last Sunday it would be unfair not to do ax much for kinglets the other half of the Family Sylviidae that may he seen in South for they are'quite as winsome wee birds and quite ax useful in iho garden ax their long-tailed little cousins Me haxe two species the ruby-crowned kinglet that lx likely to visit any shady yard amt the golden crowned kinglet scarcer than silver quarters are going to be in a few weeks Like gnateatchcrs kinglets are mainly insectivorous have slender small bills and are arboreal often feeding out to the very tips of branches and sometimes hanging nearly upside down at the Job Both species are confiding animated olive-gray miles with ihe habit of flirting their wings in foraging gnateatchcrs twitch their tail Two while wing bars the rrar one bordered by black and mote roti'Picuous separate them from other Sylviidae but the bright rrowns are thrir notable field marks In the golden-crowned kinglets the male's pale Is orange the female's xcllow Kith set off by striking black borders and white lines over the ces (hie gmsl look at that shining diadem and identification Lx unmistakable Ruby crowns are less colorful but broad white rings around their black exes giving them a bigexed look are characteristic The Lilly's head is without color and only when Hie male is excited or courting iWx he taise the patih of xcar-lel feathers on his crown Ollier times they lie flat and are concealed I hni known ruby -erow ned kinglets for fixe illiam Mary Heat- (liladel UO-6 CHARLESTON SC (AP) -William and Mary converted breaks inside The Citadel's territory into three touchdowns for a 20-6 Southern Conference football victory Saturday The Indians capitalized on two fumble recoveries for first period touchdowns They added a Texas rarks and lldllfe IV pnrtment used JiM about everything hut ground to air missiles to locale applicants for the six free public deer hunts this fall City directories news media telephone direetorios game wardens and other persons and facilities helped round up all but a hnndfull of the thousands who sought In apply for the drawings In the end 16309 qualified to have their names drawn for Ihe 26MJ nmlx And only a few eouldn't lie spoiled In lime Ineomplete addresses and Indecipherable writing finally diw-qualified the few unlucky ones 'litis comparatively small group included a man giving his age as 65 and Ills Rural ltmitn anil box numlHT hut no town or In-cnlily There was simply no clue ns to where In start looking for the old timmrr So nut went (lie last wisp of hair Parker Department processing event live had allocated for the annual fall battle of wit years before 1 knewr why they wer railed ruby-crowns Then at a bum-b'eliee on lantana and up came that patch of feathers like a red hot coal of fire btg as a dime Goklcn-rrownx are smaller measuring up to four inches while ruby-crowns may be half an Inch equal to a gnat-catcher but kinglets are chunkier little tykes not so slender and trim Fexv species are as small a sizeable warbler locks like a turkey beside a kinglet Its top weight Is 6 3 grants! Mhat they Lick in mv they make up in spirit Happy energetic and hardy they breed all across the continent north to Alaska wherever there art conifer forests Then In fall make their way south some gotitg as far as on wings that spread no wider than a Ulx palm Some remain in the north for winter here their thick feathers keep them warm Kinglets demand spruce tree for net-ii'g building hall-like ron-inn Hon of nio'C lichens rootle! fur feathets whatexer In drooping sprmc twigs with Tiilnvalrr r- Tfisliiiijr i JL oircnsl f' Monday Nov Wells Scientific Fishing Forecast Foreraxt: Mid afternoon on thru Ihe nlghf excellent IN 310 AM 4 la AM Curniil Hating: Very weak OUT A 00 AM I 40 PM Current Hating: Very strong IN 223 PM 9 33 PM ruirent Haling: Very strong 2 OUT 12:45 AM ruirent Rating: Very weak 2 Above normal high tide day fcnmll mrmhr itf fuh mox IN fiMtHv nfir IK h4rtt ifnvMuhl fir Our Ilf iiv Mimm iiwivmiwi IN At Ml nflMnivin nim Ally flight wlh toitif Itioviitg OU I Mn III HhMI fmfrntl hnH an lh VAdhil NAtmiil At tkfnl AAtfAl Hill fMwl MAvAnvant- H'A qUt A fAr AAtAf At NlV NtAf fh Vlxl "hiiH anti amaw nwna lima Im lit fctiy attuv third quarter sere when alhnty of the Texas Parks del failed to make a firs down fjj V'SItSy Zt tlionty counties nmf another large bru'ket of counties func-(timing under the General I aw ai'ala I'minty which lies along Ihe Hln I ramie in the lower Valley area oonotl its quail sea oii (VIoN-r 13 Two other deep Smith Texas counties eimned ITHACA (A lrd by quailerhaik Marly Spotuuglo Cornell tallied on lls first fixe INissesslons and pushed on to a 4121 xletory over Brown here their quad shout Nnxemlicr Saturday Sponaugle scored I'liev nee I asalle and McMullen thiee touchdowns and passed McMullen Comity nlo opened Its fur two othei-- i deer scimmi Novcutlvr I Ml- Ml.