The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-08-14
PINS, FURS AND FEATHERS
Code of Signals for Hunters

The State Board Of Fish and Game
Commissioners, of which b. h. Dun
can. of this city is a member, have
recommended the following suggestions
TO be used by sportsmen in the field in
order to prevent accidental shooting
and to relieve persons who are injured
or lost in the forests and mountains:
Hunters should never shoot at NOV
ing brush, leaves or grass with the
expectation of killing game. 1t IS
dangerous, for the moving object IS
likely to be a man. Never shoot at
any object until you are absolutely
positive of Identification.
To prepare for an emergency, every
hunter and angler should carry N his
pocket piece of candle and matches
in water-tight match safe. In case
of becoming lost or injured, one can
readily start camp fire.
Lost or Distress Signal: When a
man is lost or injured and needs help,
a signal by shooting should be given.
This signal will be the firing of a gun
once, with an intermisslon of ten
seconds before the second shot, then
an intermsson Of sixty seconds, then
a third shot. If no answer is received,
this signal should be repeated after an
intermission of five minutes. The an
swer to this signal would be a single
shot from the rescuing party followed
by one recognition shot from the lost
man.
Care should be taken to get the time
between shots as accurately as possl
Bile. Hunters should keep in mind this
signal and avoid, it possible, giving it
when shooting at game. In the alb
sence of watch, the time can be
judged with sufficient accuracy by
counting ten between the first and
second shots and sixty between the
second and third shots. Whenever
shot is heard in the mountains, hun
ter should count ten to determine
whether it is a signal of distress or
not.
The person who is lost should, after
hearing an answer to his signal, remain
at the place where he gave the signal
until the searching party arrives,
otherwise he may take the opposite
direction and not be found at all.
Attorney Ernest G. Smith and DR..
T.. ID. kanaga left last Saturday for
Indian Mountain ON the west range of
mountains in toward the Lost Lake
district, where they will spend week
hunting deer.
Earl Nj. Noble, Earl Eby. Frank
Sherrell and V. d. Lii left Saturday
for Wyeth from which point they
Ruabad inf a tho tungt pE
tains. MIR. Noble has been in this
region on former occasions and has
always killed deer The men felt
sure that they would return this season
with some venison.
Judge A. j. Derby and f.. j. Young
were fishing on the Hood River near
fuckers Bridge last Friday afternoon.
A nice basketful Of trout was landed
Robert Leasure, one of the best
known of the Hood River Valley hunt
ers, was in the city Saturday. :" 1t is
little too early for bears now, says
MIR. Leasure. "a little later Jake
Lenz and expect to go to the woods
and bring back bag worth while.
Ralph Root, whose home is in tn G
Middle Valley on a small brook that
flows into Neal Creek, says that the
fish are thick in that vicinity. Mr.
Root hasn't yet cauhgt any in his
orchard. However, he landed ten
and a half inch beauty in the little
stream that runs through his lawn.
Buruette f.. Duncan, who has Just
returned from the Mackenzie, where
he went with the state Fish Commits
sion, of which he is a member, tells a
good story that was told to him by NJ.
l.. Hickman, superintendent of the
Mackenzie hatchery. MIR. Hickman
says that one of the most eccentric
fisherman to visit the Mackenzie each
year is an old physician from Califor.
MIA. He usually spends about tive
weeks, and fishes daily, taking a boat
puller and his kit of tools. 1t is a rare
day on which he gets more than three
fish. And no matter how small the
catch is, he always plays il for about
an hour The fish is then reeled in L
the boat and caught in a landing net
The doctor next opens his tool kit anC
takes from it a small steel mallet, anC
when the tired fish is in just the right
position he gives it the proper tap OF
the head. A small pair of nippers il
used in eXtricating the hook. Othe
delicate instruments are used in tn,
cleaning the fish, and all is done will
the skill and precision of a practicinl
surgeon.
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