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Hooper,
1938
Jan. 31
On man runs a trap line about 1/2 mi.
from nearest house and ± 5 mi. from
the main roads. In 1/2 weeks he
reports: 1 fox, 1 (or 2?) skunk, 1 dog and
7 cats. Needless to say, each was quickly
destroyed.
“Dumping” of cats in wild reported as
still going on.
At their holdery or game farm they are
raising Chinese Pheasant, Chukar Partridge,
and quail. All will be liberated this
year. Some quail were not free but
they continue to return to the game
farm for feeding! The “keeper of the
game” reports Tonora, Calif. association
having good luck with Chukar Partridge.
liberated last year or year-before-last
“many”
young birds have been seen.
Most of the men seem to realize the
“squirrel”
difference in appearance between “soaring,”
“chicken”(accipiters), and “bullet” (sparrow)
hawks and (2) their chief foods. They seem-
butterfly
taste on the center group: “A hawk is a
beast to be killed” has lost some of its
venom, it probably still applies somewhat.
All have a good time. A joy shoot’s chief value
lies in the fellowship of hunting together. An end in itself.