Waco Tribune-Herald from Waco, Texas • 21

'Wl I 1 IELD and STREAM By EARL GOLDING By now mint fleer hunters have their leases for the up coming season and are now counting dovv'n the days between now and opening day Some like Blok Oliver will be back on the same places hunted for several years nick hunts in Leon County anil Is grumbling Irs'causo right across the river in Robertson it opens on Nov 14 while he has to wait until Nov lit Others like Ken Wall will be on new leases or tho first time Ken and bls hunting partners will be in Bosque County this November A few hunters like Rob ert Mull! still need places to hunt Robert would like to find a lease in reestone County where the venison search kicks off Nov 1 if you arc a hunter and have an opening on your lease let us know If you are a landowner and have a good lease still to be filled drop us a card with complete details pass It along to sportsmen estill looking The Best Hunt Ever Had think we're going to have a good hunt" Obe Thomp son said "there are a lot of birds" Which I thought was a statement that branded the drawling Spring Valley rancher as somewhat of an optimist Because here it was the sixth day of the season and usually by the sixth day the birds have gone thataway But Obe insisted we'd see more than enough of the streak ing grey darts to keep us busy And sizing up the crowd which had gathered for this aft ernoon shoot we deducted it would take quite a number of birds to offer sport Planned only the day before when my brother in law Roy Purczinsky had come in from Missouri 1he hunt had now gathered up eight guns Obe had his 12 we noticed instead of the 28 used the last time we'd hunted together His son little Phil had a single shot 20 and was hoping to bring down his first dove with it Roy and I and my brother Jackie were there Bill Markum and his son Mike had come from Waco And Bobby Mote of Plain view was there Chuck Purczinsky and Randall Markum are still too small to shoot but they were ready to gather up when their daddies dropped 'em waited until 5 to start partly due to the heat and partly to the fact that the birds had been coming in late since the season first opened And it didn't take us long to find out what kind of hunt we were going to have on this day 1 i JMk Jb 11 1 if It i If Sv i I All HAPPY HUNTERS Our party poses for group picture after "the greatest dove hunt we've ever had" last week end In the front row left to right are bird retrievers Randall Markum and Chuck Purczinsky and Phil Thompson who used a 20 gauge sin gle shot to bag the first five birds he'd ever dropped Standing left to right are Mike Markum and Bill Mar kum of Waco Roy Purczinsky of Trenton Mo Obe Thompson of Spring Valley Bobby Mote of Plain view and Jackie Golding of Lorena Limits fell in an hour's time and the skies were literally full of the grey darts See "ield and Stream" (Earl Golding Photo) Doves Were lying Everywhere As we walked through the pasture we could immediately see birds flying into the big lake around which we were to hunt And when we came down the hill and approached the lake we saw them everywhere rom all around the water line doves started getting up and flying And at the far end they were coming over the dam in flights of 10 and 12 Wc could look above the mesquite trees surrounding the upper end of the lake and see them whizzing in toward us in sin gles pairs trios and in gobs Some flights had as many as six to 10 birds And they were flying constantly Hunters slipped shells into guns and the volley began We were all firing all eight of us Roy stopped on the slope leading to the lake a good 40 yards from the shoreline and swung on the first bird to come over It crumpled and fell He went on to get five birds for the first five shots he fired Bill and Mike Markum came down the slope on the left side of the lake and their big 12s knocked birds out of the air Jackie was above them getting doves out of the grey formations which came in from the side of the dam On the other side of Roy Bobby Mote and I were shooting and above us Obe and little Thompson had taken cover in a mesquite clump and were blasting away It didn take long for Phil to make history His single 20 barked and his first dove ever folded up and streaked to earth 50 60 and 70 Birds at a Time It was unbelievably fabulous They kept coming by the dozens and dozens and dozens The great concentration of birds which had dumb founded us for awhile when we first walked up on them never slacked off I know how many doves we saw on this day but using the word do it We often saw as many as 50 or 60 or maybe 70 coming in around the lake at once And there was seldom a time when somebody cither shooting at a bird or getting ready to shoot as the next bunch approached In an hour we had our limits and it would have been earlier than that but for the fact so much time was spent wandering among the tall undergrowth looking for fallen birds At one time in our area alone I had one bird lost Roy had two and Bobby had three not going to shoot an other Bobby grumbled "until I find these It made for some long searching trying to find them aft er fallen But by 6 gathered them up picked up the hulls and met back in a group to pick birds and exchange amazement at the number of birds seen Without an exception we all agreed never had a better hunt or seen as many doves Bobby Mote was philosophical as we packed up and head ed back to our cars "A hunt like he grinned "will do me a lot of good for a long long time" fr Sharply Curtailed Hunt or Antelope Ih is Year AUSTIN (SPL) A sharply curtailed antelope harvest allot ment for 1be Trans Pecos Pos sum Kingdom and Panhandle areas was announced by Wel dor Watson executive director for the Parks and Wildlife De partment Total permits for the season to be issued to the hunters by the landowners were placed at 814 compared to a total of 2486 for 1963 Watson disclosed that condi tions were so critical that at one time closing the season was considered particularly for the Trans Pecos Only buck antelope may be taken in the Panhandle and the Trans Pecos during the season opening Oct 3 in all three areas Trans Pecos and Possum King sum Kingdom hunting will continue through Oct 11 In the Panhandle the shoot will be con fined to four days beginning Oct 3 Only 50 doe antelope will be taken in the Possum Kingdom area which received an over all allotment of 200 permits The Trans Pecos will receive 284 buck permits handled by 22 landowners mainly in the Marfa area The Panhandle will receive 260 buck permits allocated in Dallam Hartley Moore Old ham Potter Carson Roberts Gray Ochiltree Lipscomb and Hutchinson counties Watson said Trans Pecos ante lope herds were decimated by "severely adverse weather con ditions in ebruary March and April which prevailed through out the summer" "The short age of spring he said "drastically curtailed fawn pro duction and caused considerable mortality among the adult ante He said Trans Pecos antelope herds totaled 8074 head in 1963 but the numbers were reduced to less than 5000 by the barren ranges Texas Water Safari Will Be Longer SAN MARCOS (SPL) The Texas Water Safari will be longer and richer next year ac cording to two decisions made in San Marcos this week The first decision made by the Texas Water Safari Assn was to turn north instead of south when reaching the Texas coast Race planners decided to accept an invitation to end the race in reeport rather than in Corpus Christi the finish line for the past two years The second decision almost doubled the cash prizes over that of the last race as the Brazosport and the San Marcos Chambers of Commerce each pledged at least $1500 to go to the winners The top three win ners of the race earlier this year received a total of $1750 Smith manager of the Brazosport Chamber said that a committee of himself Ray mond Muchowich owner of Party Boats Inc and James Neighbors publisher of the Braz osport acts would go to work immediately to plan a gala re ception for the finish of the race and also to obtain prizes for the winners "We want to make this our top shelf Smith add ed and added that the would probably fly to San Mar cos in the near future to dis cuss further plans for the race next April 24 May 2 Race chairman Tom Webb sailed a portion of the proposed route from Seadrift to reeport in a olbot this past weekend before making the decision to turn the race nortli up the Texas cost The new route will add 45 miles and a day to the race The saltwater leg will be 120 miles north to reeport rather than the 75 miles south to Cor pus Christi A breakdown of the new route shows about 85 miles of open bays including big Mat agorda Bay and 35 miles in canals "The longer route will give us a more balanced race" Webb pointed out will take more of the advantage away from those that concentrate on the river portion of the race" SOLUNAR TABLES A A Minor Sunday 10:45 Monday 11:30 Tuesday Wednesday 12:45 Thursday 1:30 riday 2:15 Saturday 3:00 TOASTMASTER CLUBS WACO Proudly Present Their 5th Annual 8 Weeks SPEECHCRAT TRAINING COURSE Conversation is the most popular form of entertainment today EXECUTIVES STRIVE TO IND MEN who are able to intelligently express themselves will teach you what to say how to say it for any occasion anywhere Beginning Sept 17 Wyatts Cafeteria 6:30 PM The cost is very low Write for reservation and informa tion to: "SPEECHCRAT" 4725 Hillcrest Dr Waco Texai Motor Minor Motor 4 35 11:10 155 3:20 11:55 5:40 4 05 12:10 4:30 5o 1:00 ms 7:35 1:45 5:00 8:25 2:35 8:5 110 320 1:30 1:50 Outdoors Calendar INVITATIONAL Bass Tour nament on Lake Belton Sun day Oct 18 Sponsored by the Temple Bass Club this tour nament will be for members of Texas bass clubs only All fishermen who belong to a bass club anywhere in the state are invited to take part be a one day meet with an entry fee of $1 per person and fishermen can get com plete information from TBC secretary Don Bodenheimer 617 3rd Temple The Temple club holds a fishing tournament for its members today on Belton with anglers having the op portunity to fish this morn ing until or to begin at 12:30 and fish till 8 o'clock Weigh in Is at Mabry's The Temple Bass Club holds its September meeting Mon day night beginning at 7:30 on Lake Belton BLUETICK Breeders and Coon Hunters Association holds its big annual hunt Oct 16 17 at DeQueen Ark It will attract between 400 and 500 people and draw between 150 and 200 hounds according to Association president Jim Snodgrass of Belton Bluetick owners and hunters who'd like information on the associa tion and on the upcoming hunt can contact Snodgrass by writing Rt 2 Box 299 Belton WACO BASS CLUB meets Tuesday night Sept 15 be ginning at 7:30 in Town Hall Lake Air Shopping Center All fishermen in the area are in vited to attend The club's next tournament Sept 20 will be discussed HUNTING for whitetail mule deer west of the Peeos River begins Nov 28 and runs to Dec 12 and prosjiects are equal or better than in 1963 according to officials of the wildlife department An early survey indicated deer num bers are up and antler growth is better than average IAKK new park facilities will be ready for the use of visitors by next summer according to Weldon Watson executive secretary of the Parks and Wildlife Com mission Basic facilities are nearing completion be several new buildings new screened shelters improved roads a water system and a landing field HOVE season in the North Zone of Texas including this area is under way with shoot ing from 12 noon till sunset each day and a limit of 12 birds per hunter begin in 1he South Zone Sept 26 MOULD SERIES Elimina tion Bass ishing Tournament will be held on Granite Shoals and Marble alls lakes Sept 25 27 with an entry fee of $5 per fisherman Deadline for entering is Sept 24 Contact Doc Belknap Cottonwood Re sort Marble alls to enter SQUIRREL season In our area lasts the year around There's no closed season in many counties including Mc Lennan alls Milam Lime stone reestone Hill Bosque Coryell Bell Williamson Hamilton Comanche and Erath The limit in these coun ties is 10 per day also ho closed season and no bag limit in Bumet Llano Mason Gillespie a Lampasas San Saba and Mc Culloch counties publicized Coon hunts fox hunts bench shows rifle matches skeet shoots and fishing tournaments villi lie listed hi Illis space for the convenience Of outdoorsmen and I Send us the dales and par ticulars on outdoors activities coming up like to have See our ad in today's is sue of AMILY WEEKLY LIGHT? ANTASTIC! lorsheim Lightweights 2395 Yes unlined soft shoes so weightless they near put a man in space You'll keep these soft "lights" on until lights out they're that com fortable Men's Shoes Lake Air and Downtown Bountiful all Hunls Predicted The annual pro harvest survey by the Parks and Wildlife De partment Indicates Texas will have one of the most bountiful fall hunts in modem times ac cording to Weldon Watson executive director Wildlife biologists and game wardens who made the field studies report that big game numbers are particularly abundant The small game season Just launched with opening of the north zone mourning dove shoot likewise carries great promise said Watson Only the antelope and pheasant outlook Is temporarily off he noted Inland waterfowl habitat also suffered during the ex tremely dry' spring and summer but recent rains have restored some areas that ordinarily ac commodate ducks during migration to Texas wintering grounds where conditions were described as fair to very good Of the over all hunting pros pects 10 field men said they were 61 said they' were "very 87 said 63 said "fair" and only five of the 226 reporting noted that the outlook was "poor" Watson said the deer pros pects have been bet ter" "We may even have to go up on our estimates of a com bined deer herd of 2250000 head" he said "Certainly the 1963 harvest total of 225000 deer is likely to be adjusted upward this fall" All indications are that 1 deer will be "fat and lively" in most sections said Watson al though he observed that late summer rains did miss some heavily populated areas In the survey 95 per cent of the deer range was reported as having more or the same num ber of animals as last year Ninety seven of the 211 field men reporting reported more white tailed deer and 103 report ed the same numbers as last ear which provided highly suc cessful hunting Only 11 ob servers reported fewer white tails Sunday Sept 13 1964 ffincfl SYibunt irJcralA Waco Texas Page 5 or the Outdoorsman: all Is a Prime Time By EARL GOLDING Tribiine IIemld Outdoors Editor It you get up early these days noticed it by now all Is already beginning to make its move It is slowly but surely hacking away at what is left of the long hot summer At 6:30 these days actually a hint of a slight chill in the air And the day are getting shorter now The sundown which signals quitting time for dove hunters comes about a minute earlier each day So summer which is al ways the slow season or the dull season for the outdoors men is giving way to fall which is always the most ex citing season for the man with the red on the gun Everything is in the offer ing in the seasons coming up Dove season in our area is in full swing and it be much better from what seen The second week end of the whitewing hunt is with us And the boys who hunt deer ducks wild turkeys quail and geese are already getting ready And the fisherman who has sweated and toiled through the torrid summer has a snap in his step these days tix Be cause fortunes confined to the hunter The man who prefers fishing finds it is a wonderful time too As the weather gets a little cool er fish which have been slug gish and lazy and sleepy dur ing June July and August suddenly wake up yawn and decide to move around and sec going on unny look ing red thing sliding along the bottom over there an old bass notices and ponders the pos sibility of gobbling it up Hr remembers losing a few bud dies to a similar looking thing in the spring and wonders it that just might be one of those plastic duds the fishermen use to try to fool the poor fish MAYBE SO the fish figures but he doesn't think so and he decides to rush it and grab it and have dinner Yikes! Dang it he thinks as he makes a run for a cedar limb he got fooled It was plastic and it did have a No 3 hook in it By then though It Is too late and up there in a flat bottomed boat one fisher men Is tugging and winding on a red reel clamping his teeth and bug eyed In the other end of the boat i partner is doing a wild sort of Indian dance waving a landing net nervously and looking down there to see just how big this jargo Is going to be Things like this have been happening around here al ready You noticed of course that two of tho regulars who fished all summer suddenly found fall fishing on hand down on Belton I abor Day Jack Allen and Dr Jack Wcinblatt sack ed five bass which totaled 26 pounds using long slender slivers of red plastic hiding strong sharp hooks And Ed Henry of Waco had enough excitement on the lake over the weekend to find some encouragement "It hxiks" the big man said "like Belton is coming back" Ed thought about that a sec ond and then grinned big "I hope so" he said "because I believe there ever was a better lake than Lake Bel ton No lake put out the big fish that that one did when it was right" And Cliff Holloway of Mc Gregor tells me he thinks maybe he knows where the fish are In Belton right now So It is that time of year Maybe Belton will come back Maybe this will be the fall when they do gang up and really give the fishermen a scuffle Maybe they won't But the point is that now is the time of year when a fish erman can become optimistic again Ry past experience he knows that his chances are getting better every time the day gets a little shorter and the temperature drops another degree So he gets out his tackle box and looks it over and decides he's ready to increase I fishing calendar a bit But if he's a man who also thrills to the sight of a dozen whistle winged doves coming over the rise of stock tank dam and heading right for him he's got a decision to make go fishing or go dove hunt ing? It has already been a good dove season around here Limits of the pretty blitz ing little streaks have been so plentiful in many areas that it has not been unusual for a party of hunters to wind up their day in an shoot ing Clawman Rcliirn To eature Show The Clavvman who made his first appearance on the Waco wrestling scene last week re turns Thursday to headline Die weekly show Tills time he teams with Louis Tillet for a tag team match against Sailor Art Thomas and Paul Jones Clawman whipped Thomas last week In the other main match the Mummy is pitted against Louis Hernandez and two other bouts will open tho show at 8 at the Waco Arena Need A Telephone IN YOUR CAR? 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