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David Hoilman had 12 rebounds and Chris Tipton had 8 to lead the Cougar board ANTHONY RANDOLPH goes in for a layup to score for Heritage in the Cougars’ 4th wm in a row-the fifth win in the last six games played. ask about Wildlife A cooperative effort of the North Carolina Wildlife Question: I am a deer ban ter who has hunted here in North Carolina most of my life. I’m curlons to know how this past season’s deer harvest here in western North Dividend Declared At their regular quarterly meeting in Wilkesboro, Nor thwestern Financial Cor poration’s directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.21 per share on North western common stock. This was an increase of 11 percent over the prior quar ter’s $.19 per share dividend and represented the cor poration’s sixth dividend in crease in the past four years. The dividend is payable April 1, 1982 to shareholders of record as of March 15. New Orleans - Natchez in ’82 It’s Right for you! 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Come along, bring a friend and see what other exciting travei adventures YOUNG TOURS has to offer you. There will be TOUR DISCOUNTS offered and a drawing for FREE GIFT CERTIFICATES! All Dinners are Dutch Treat For More Information and Reservations contact yOIHI9 Tours (704) 258-0098 943 Riverside Drive Asheville, N.C. 28804 play. Gary Holcombe led the Cougars in assists with 6 and added 5 rebounds of his own in a good effort. The Cougars now stand at 4- 4 in the conference and 8-9 overall. COUGARS 50-MITCHELL 47 The Cougars of Mountain Heritage made it 4 in a row winning their 5th game in 6 outings in the second half of the season with a big win over rival Mitchell by a score of 5(k 47. Some hot shooting by Tommy Biddix and a sticky defense that didn’t allow but 6 points in the fourth quarter keyed the Cougar victory. Biddix led all scorers with 19 and was helped by David Hoilman with 11 and Chris Tipton with 9. Hoilman and Tipton led the Cktugar board play with 10 and 9 rebounds respectively. Bobby Joe Young dished out 5 assists as Randy Proffitt, Gary Holcom be and David McFee con tinued their fine play in sup porting roles. “The boys are playing loose and with a lot of confidence,” commented Coach Walker. He added, “The fan support has been tremendous the last couple of games-it really helps the boys to know the crowd is behind them.” CHRIS TIPTON added 2 of his nine points in the Cougars’ 50-47 win over the Mountaineers last Friday at Mitchell High School gym. Photos by Jeff Yuziuk Carolina compares to the past few years. Can you tell me? Answer: Looking at western North Carolina as a whole, the reported deer kill is up again this year. Preliminary figures show hunters report^ taking 4,015 deer this past season in Wildlife District 7, 8 and 9~ the foothills and mountain counties. That compares to a reported harvest of 3,486 deer last year, a 13 percent in crease. The reported deer kill, which is lower than the actual kill because not all deer taken are reported, has been averaging around a 10 percent increase per year since the mid 1970’s when the tagging and reporting of deer taken by hunters was first reported. That upward trend in the har vest reflects an expansion of the deer herd that has oc curred in most counties in the region. Popular BY TOM HIGGINS The N.C. Wildlife Com mission’s muskellunge restoration stocking project is on its way to becoming one of the most popular the agency has undertaken. The fish are thriving far bet ter than biologists dared hope, and are providing tremendous sport-albeit some busted tackle. The best time to fish for muskies in the N.C. mountains is from now through late Mar ch. Among the rivers stocked are the French Broad, Little Tennessee, New, Nolichucky and Toe along with lakes Adger, Fontana, and The best baits are carp, chubs and suckers about 10-12 inches long. The most effec tive lures are those that imitate movements of these fish. Fishing is best during a drizzly rain or when light snow is falling. Unless the water is clear, anglers are wasting their time. Recommended tackle is a stout largemouth bass rig with 20-pound line. Husky Muskie Helps Poacher Meet His Match BURNSVILLE — It had been my assumption that the ol’ boy was long dead. Seems I’d heard that a couple years back from a mutual acquaintance. Imagine my surprise, then, ■When during a phone conversation a few days ago with my dad, M.B. “Pappy” Higgins of Burnsville, he said, “Oh, have I got a fishin’ tale for you! Your oI’ pal got his tackle tore slap all to pieces the other day out on the lower Cane River. He hooked this huge . . . Wait a minute . . . Before I go on, why don’t you come up and get the tal6 first hand from him?” Pap knew I couldn’t resist. Almost two decades ago, I first wrote of this Yancey County character — and he developed quite a following in The Observer. In print, he was called simply “the Poacher,” and never identified further. To name him undoubtedly would have brought indictments for trespassing. Revealing his deeds infuriated those whose property he violated. Thing was, the Poacher and a lot of others didn’t consider what he did a violation of the law per se, because there was something, well, Robin Hoodish about it. The places he trespassed were woods and streams that had been leased by wealthy outsiders in mountainous Yancey County, in western North Carolina. The property was posted, and the county’s best deer hunting and trout fishing denied to the natives. His r e - sponse was il legal. But the no-trespassing notices simply served as invita tions to the Poacher. He hunted and fished at his lei sure — only in open season, mind you, never exceeding the bag and creel limits — and all the while, he matched wits and woodsmanship with the guards hired to patrol posted grounds. Several times, when guards seemed to be closing in, he’d cover himself with leaves and “lay there stiff as a corpse until they’d give up and go off a-cussing.” One summer, the exasperated guards killed rattlesnakes and copperheads and hung them on bushes along trails in an effort to scare the Poacher. He retaliated by hanging larger snakes along side. That’s why I should have known word of his death at about 65 was greatly exaggerated. He’s too tough to die at that age. “Yeah.*’ said Pap, when I made that observation. “But he wasn’t too tough for that big' fish, or whatever it was.” We found the Poacher splitting wood behind his neat, modest frame home in a picturesque val ley. Mount Mitchell towered in the distance, its peak snow capped and sparkling. (Reprinted from the Charlotte The Poacher’s eyes twinkled in recognition of what he called his “former press agent.” He needled Pap — a retired N.C. Wildlife Commission game warden — about the times he’d helped the property patrols try to catch him. Pap blushed, stammered some thing about luck and quickly changed the subject to the big fish. “Tommy, I’ve seen some wild things in all the time I’ve spent outdoors — charging boars, for example — but this thing beat all.” the man said. “I’ve got a near 7-pound brown trout in there on a board (mounted) and it couldn’t hold a light on the end of a line to the fit this thing pitched. “How it halppened, I’d got tired of sitting around this house here listenin'^ to the ol’ lady’s soap op eras. I decided I’d go out to the lower part of the Cane — down below Bee Log, around Ramsey- towh — and try to catch a fresh mess of horneyheads for supper. They might not look like much, but they eat good. “Well, about the third ’un I hooked and started in with, some thing grabbed it. I mean just brought my retrieve to a flat stop. My rig sort of shuddered a little bit, then come a jerk that almost wrenched my arms out of the sockets. “The reel started whining and line peeling off. Then, out there in a big pool about halfway across the river, maybe 25 yards from me, this thing jumped that looked like a log. Honest to God, it was long as my leg, and I ain’t never exaggerated about a fish or a deer rack in my life. Ain’t had to, not braggin’ or nothin’." The Poacher spat a stream of. Levi Garrett and continued: “You know, then the thing started back toward me. Looked like a damn torpedo! I was wind ing, but it was an automatic re action, I promise, ’cause I didn’t know for sure whether I wanted that thing oh the bank with me or not! “About this time, it made a swerve downstream, took up the slack like lightning and broke my rod about a fourth way down from the tip. In just a second the line broke, too, “I lost big fish before, so I ^n’t got no regrets. Except I’d like to know what that thing was. You got any ideas?” Sure do. Mr. Poacher, meet Mr. Muskie. In recent years, the N.C. Wild life Commission has been restor ing muskellunge in several moun tain rivers where they were found before pollution forced them out at the turn of the century. In cluded is the Nolichucky, of which the Cane, is a tributary. Muskies up to 12 pounds have been pulled from the lower Cane River. “Hooking a muskie will provide you with fishing stories that will keep friends on the edge of their chairs for months,” the commis sion contended in a recent release. For sure. Observer, Sunday, January 31 edition)
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