Tar Heel Outdoors
West End ? Here and there
small patches of snow re
mained on the ground. Brown
leaves still clung on the black
jacks and rattled dryly as we
brushed by. Two lean point
ers briskly worked the oaks
and open field in the cold
morning air, their breath va
porizing in dense clouds.
Jocko, the liver and white,
ranged widely with his head
high, checked cover quickly,
then moved to the next likely
spot. Sam worked closely and
carefully, following each
scent in diligent search.
In the open weed field far
ahead of us, Jocko locked
into stone-rigid point for an
instant, took a cautious half
step and froze again, his tail a
white vertical ramrod. Sam,
closing fast, had his nose to
the ground and did not see
the point. Jack Myrick shout
ed, "Whoa, Sam," and the
dog lifted his head, saw Joc
ko, and backed him from a
distance of nearly 50 yards.
Myrick and I strided de
liberately past Sam. I clicked
off the safety, then slowed
behind Jocko, wishing to pro
long the experience, savor the
morning, the dogs, the air.
What followed comes to mind
as a slow-motion movie, each
event set apart, separate -ex
plosive whir of wings, picking
a bird angling away to the
right, stock up against cheek,
a little lead, the burst of
feathers, follow through.
Sam retrieved the bob
white, as Jocko eagerly cast
out again for singles. Plainly
Jocko felt compelled to find
more birds, quicker and with
more style than Sam.
A few minutes later, Sam
was locked on a single. Ap
proaching- through scattered
briars and broom straw, I felt
confident of the shot, but the
quail burst away low and fast
toward a distant pine, and
bramble thicket as I fumbled
with the safety. When I final
ly fired and missed, it was
more a curse than a practical
wing shot.
The other birds we found
at Pine Lake Shooting Pre
serve flew well and were chal
lenging targets. Just watching
the dogs work was worth the
trip.
With available hunting
lands rapidly' shrinking,
shooting preserves like Pine
Lake are the answer to hunt
ers' dilemna. Years ago, most
of us lived in rural areas or
small towns with nearby farm
land. The mass population
shift to the cities has left
numerous sportsmen without
a place to hunt.
North Carolina has 'more
than 20 commercial shooting
preserves open to public
hunting. In additiori. a few
operate 011 a private or club
basis. On the public preserves,
you may hunt a half day for
$30 and take usually eight
pen-reared birds. Additional
quail may cost about $2.50
each.
With the recent advent of
preserves, some long-time
quail hunters have sold their
dogs and given up hunting
wild birds. The cost of feed- I
ing a dog all year, combined |
with the sometimes difficult
task of finding birds, makes
the preserves attractive, par
ticularly for the sportsman
who hunts only a few times a
season.
Although most Tar Heel
preserves provide dogs, you
may bring your own. There is
no better way to give a young
dog experience than on a
preserve where birds are in
ample supply. It may be pos
sible to work your puppy
with an experienced dog pro
vided by the manager.
Preserves which "have
shooting most like wild-bird
hunting release quail before
and periodically throughout
the season, and hold them on
the area with food plots.
Hunters who scoff at released
bird shooting should try the
birds at Pine Lake. There,
quail are raised in spacious
pens and fed on the ground.
When released, they get along
very well in the swamps and
fields scattered throughout
the preserve and are strong
fliers the'* day they are re
leased.
Wild birds frequently mix
with the released bobwhites
and, after a time, the hunter
may not be able to distin
guished between them until
they are brought to bag.
For a list of controlled
shooting preserves, write the
North Carolina Wildlife Re
sources Commission, Box
2919, Raleigh, N. C. 27602.
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Children love to play with
fire, somehow it seems to
fascinate them. Many young
lives have been snuffed out
on account of the carelessness
of parents and caretakers.
Little children should not
be left alone in rooms where
there are open fires, lighted
candles within reach, or ves- I
sels of hot water upon stoves
or on the floor. During this
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Numbers of children fall
victims each year, to ex
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A person suffering with
arthritis has a condition of
inflamed joints that cause
considerable pain. Like the
common headache, arthritis is
brought on by any number of
varied diseases and physical
conditions.
There are many different
forms of arthritis and about a
hundred variations of these.
However, two of the forms
together make up more than
70 per cent of all rheumatic
complaints. They are rheuma
toid arthritis and osteoar
thritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis is the
more serious of the two. It is j
a progressive disease and is I
more evident around the j
movable joints and can attack |
almost any part of the body.
There are endless theories
abou the causes of rheuma
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to and often it will occur
after an attack of tonsil itis, a
severe cold, or an infection of
the gall bladder. Removal of
the tonsils or gall bladder or
the clearing up of. the cold
will often result in the disap
pearance of joint pain and
swelling.
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after a strong emotional upset
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Rheumatoid arthritis is so
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chance that anyone would try
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Consult your doctor and fol
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