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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1961
•EVALUATION. NOT PREDICTION*
Hunting Outlook This Fall Called
‘Very Favorable’ For Upland Came
By CLYDE P, PATTON
Executive Director,
North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission
•
Once again North Carolina has
been blessed with an almost ideal
breeding season for upland game.
Despite a rather severe winter
there was a good carryover of
brood stock, especially rabbits
and quail. This fact, coupled with
favorable weather during the
spring and summer, makes the
general outlook for hunting this
fall very favorable.
It should be remembered that
the information here is not a pre
diction, but rather an evaluation
of the general hunting outlook for
upland game. As to waterfowl, it
is yet too early to fully evaluate
the total waterfowr picture. The
northern “duck factory” was
again plagued by severe drought,
and this will have a depressing ef
fect on waterfowl populations-,
especially ducks.
DOVES. The dove crop this
year may again be described as
“bumper,” with about the same
supply of birds as last year. This
is reflected in generous bag lim
its and a shooting season of 70
half-days. Best dove shooting
could be expected during the first
segment of the. split season.
MARSH HENS: Once again the
harvestable supply of sora, rails
and gallinules will exceed the de
mand by hunters. Best hunting
occurs during the fall moon tides
when marshes are sufficiently
covered by water to allow the
birds to be taken by poling skiffs
over dense salt water marsh veg
etation.
WOODCOCK. The woodcock
population is estimated to be
about the same as last year, with
plenty of birds for the relative
ly few hunters who go after
them. Best woodcock hunting will
be found on wooded bottoms near
water.
DEER. The deer situation is
about the same as last year. We
can expect good deer hunting in
the mountains and in the eastern
counties, as well as on the Uwhar-
rie and Camp Butner areas in the
Piedmont. There will be antler
less deer hunts on some of the
wildlife management areas, and
possibly on some' of the “open”
territory. Antlerless deer hunts
are allowable only where deer
populations have outgrown the
carrying capacity of the range,
or are damaging agricultural
crops.
BEAR. Reports of agricultural
damage from some eastern coun
ties indicate an increase in bear
populations in that section. In
the mountains the bear popula
tion may be expected to be about
the same as last year.
WILD BOAR. No apparent
change over last year’s hunting
is indicated. Boar are found only
in Clay, Cherokee and Graham
counties.
RACCOON and OPOSSUM.
There has been an apparent in
crease in both species in both the
eastern and western sections of
the state. Prospects for hunting
are good wherever the species are
sought.
SQUIRRELS. Statewide, the
squirrel hunting outlook is gener
ally good. Late frosts in the moun
tains, however, will have the ef
fect of concentrating squirrels
in areas where the mast crop was
not damaged. This will bring
about a spotty hunting situation
with mountain Squirrel hunting
good in some sections, poor in
others. ,
RABBITS. Field surveys indi
cated an unusually high summer
population of rabbits in many
parts of the state. If the trend
continues there should be a
bumper crop of rabbits this fall
in all localities where there is
suitable food and cover.
QUAIL. Summer populations
of quail were on a level with the
rabbit crop, and better quail
hunting than last year may be
expected in most localities.
WILD TURKEY. No apparent
change in the wild turkey situa
tion. The species is^ restricted to
wooded areas where there is lit
tle human activity, and they have
maintained a fair population level
for the past several years. Hunt
ing conditions will be about the
same as last year.
'ruffled grouse, a good
supply of birds this year, but
grouse hunting is restricted to
the mountain counties. There will
be local variations in number, but
lack of hunting pressure will as
sure a good harvestable supply.
Free Tickets to
State Fair Mailed
To School Units,
Free tickets to the North Caro
lina State Fair—400,000 of them
were mailed this week for distri
bution to students of the second
ary schools of the State.
The school units of Pinehurst,
and Southern Pines, were mailed
2,060 of these admission tickets
to be distributed from the offices
of Supts. Lewis S. Cannon and
Luther A. Adams.
The State Fair will be a six-
day event this year, instead of
the five days of previous years.
It will open at noon on Monday,
October 16 and close Saturday
the 21st.
The school tickets will be hon
ored for free admission each day,
prior to 6 p. m., Monday through
In former years they could be
used only on Tuesdays and Fri
days when ■ specially reduced
Friday. They will not be honored Jpriees or entertainment and
Saturday, October 21. j amusements are in effect.
Extremely heavy demands on
parking facilities for these two
days, particularly, brought about
the change to honor these tickets
on additional days.
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Grey in Guidance^
Post in Lee Co.
Thomas Grey of Southern Pines
is guidance counselor for the high
schools of the county school sys
tem in Lee County.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell
Grey of Morganton Road, he has
a master’s degree in Guidance
from East, Carolina College and
a graduate counselor’s certificate
of North Carolina.
Teacher-counselors in each of
the four high schools of the Lee
County school system work with
Mr. Grey to help provide guidance
services for students, including
counseling, information, place
ment, individual inventory, fol
low-up and group guidance.
The county school system inclu
des three rural white high .schools
and the consolidated high school
in Sanford that serves the entire
Negro population ef the county.
The Sanford white high school
is in a separate city school unit.
Robert E. La'iv Enrolls
At Babson Institute
Robert E. Law, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry W. Law of 560 South
,May St., has been enrolled for
study at Babson Institute of Busi
ness Administration in Wellesley,
Mass.
Law is a 1953 graduate of Ad
miral Billard Academy. He will
major in accounting.
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Navy Field Archery Range. Start
ing time will be 9 a. m. with the
meet running throughout the day.
The meet is open to all archers
who can attend. Further informa
tion can be obtained from UNC
Outing Club, 315 Woollen Gym,
Chapel^Hill, N. C.
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