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This season completes a string of three successive years in which the bird population was low while more and more hunters tramped out in search of the small bun dle of flesh and feathers whose thun(^erous rise before dog and gun can make even the steadiest heart do jitterbug sfeps. The 1942- 43 season was the last during ■which the bird supply was large enough to satisfy the hunting pressure. What’s behind the decline of bobwhite? The reasons are num- lerous, and they are complicated. First Securities Corporation . Durham Raleigh We maintain market in: an active Carolina Power and Light Carolina Tel. and Tel. Piedmont and, Northern Railwy. For further information a- bout these securities, call our representative at SOUTHERN PINES The list does not apply to the en tire State, but at least a part of them apply to every section. Boil ed down, the reasons principally are: (1) poor breeding seasons (because of abnormally heavy rains); (2) an intensification of detrimental farming practices (clean farming, the tendency to ward fewer, larger farms, in creasing use of land for live- ,stock); (3) over-shooting (hunt ing license sales Were 92,588 in 1943-44, 115,978 in 1944-45, 138, 710 in 1945-46, and up to Jan uary 1 this year, approaching 170,000); and (4) in a small way, a greatly increased predator pop ulation. Tied in with the quail decrease as part o the whole farm-game problem in North Carolina is the decline of squirrel and rabbit populations. Quail and quail management are stressed in this Telephones: 5192 or. 5241 IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE NEWS-JOURNAL ouft any Divition confxol over management of these lands ex cept that provided lor through seasons and bag limits for hunt ing. The extent of publicy own ed lands on which small-game management could be carried on‘ is‘ so small that- It cap be ignored. WSth that background of trouble as a preface, let’s take a look at what can be done to restore quail, what is being done, and what program the Division in tends to put into motion. KNOWN - Known quantities in the quail picture are these: (1) Quail can be infcreased through proper manipulation of food and cover, supplemented" by predator control and managed hunting; (2) the farmer (land- owner) is the key to the prob lem; (3) the Division can tell the farmer what to do to increase quail; (4) hunter cooperation is essential in a good farm-game program; (5) in such a program the Division must supply tech nical advice, initiative, field as sistance, and so far as possible, materials; (6) hunters must pro vide incentive. DONE - A few wildlife clubs are working with farmers or farm-youth organizations and are supplying some incentive to man age lands or game production through furnishing seed for cov er planting and offe^ihg cash rewards for wildlife projects. Ac tion is scattered, however, and the Division has not been made and active partner to work or Statewide continuity, although its representatives have been asked for technical advice. An unknown number of indi viduals are providing incentive for individual farmers through supplying seed, fertilizer, labor, or cash in return for the privi lege of hunting. The Division is carrying on a cooperative project with Soil Con servation Service districts pro viding seed and advice for plant ing wildlife borders and making SS suggestions as to improved wild life practices, all of this bn SCS discussion not because of great- cooperating farms. Publications er iir.portance, but because quail outlining good practices to follow present . a more difficult mana gement problem than do the other species. The quail problem turns up its biggest headache in the fact that restoration must be accomplish ed on privately owned lands, with in small-game restoration have been prepared and distributed. Field inspection and assistance have been given when called for. Enforceir:ent of hunting regula tions has been , intensified. •Iwaysi, Winds up^.^ 'talk ’about quail restoration ia the conclu sion that there is no simple, quick way to increase the supply. It used to be thought that artificial propagation was the answer, but North Carolina found some years ago that it is no go. The Division is approaching the problem from the viewpoint that- a suc cessful restoration plan must- be based on close protection and habitat improvement. Three groups - landowners, hunters, and the State, represent ed by the Division - can make the program work. And it will take all three, working together, to bring bobwhite back to satis factory numbers. In general, each group can do these things: 1. Londoner can provide the land, ^d wth proper incentive, they can do the work. 2. Hunters can provide the in centive and, to some extent, the iwork. This can be done best through organized effort. Exam ples of incentive are providing seed and fertilizer, personal as sociation. with the landowner, purchase of farmer’s goods, prizes for farm youth projects, and fair treatment of landowners. The hunter can help push constructive legislation. They can provide co operation in reporting and testi fying to violations of hunting re gulations. 3. The State can provide tech- nical advice aAd genC^ sistance to both landowners hunters; can provide printed ma terial outlining cli^b programs and projects; can close breeding areas and furnish refuge signs to post these areas; can furnish a' limited amount of seed; can irt- jLtiate and maintain and educa tional program with all agencies involved; can serve as the driv ing force in keeping the program moving ahead; can experiment with trapping and moving wild quail from State-owned lands to badly depleted areas; can pro mulgate sensible hunting regula tions; can distribute instructions and givfe field advice on pre dator control; can spearhead ac tion foT more adequate legisla tion; can study and/investigate the biological problems involved; can provide efficient, trained per sonnel and the police pcfwer to enforce laws and regulations. ■The Division is how taking steps to organize its share of this program so as to lead the way for other groups to cooperate; necessary personnel to carry out the required assignments will be put on the job. 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The News-Journal (Raeford, N.C.)
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