Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27

the breath inhaled and the element
of safety will be impressed upon
you. Thought with simultaneous
action is the big thing. The eye,
brain, nerves and trigger finger must
act in unison. The eye locates the
object; the brain estimates velocity,
height, distance and lead, both of the
target and your load, and the point
where the load and target must
meet. The same modus operandl
is carried out in the field, when game
is flushed or passes IN transit.
l have presented here a few prac-
tical trapshooting hints that has
served me we'll in many contest as
1 hope they will you. From time to
time l will add to them in this de-
partment of the paper. l do not
want to close without mentioning
the health angle connected with
shooting and fishing. With these
sports is a positive guarantee of a
bill of health, issued and signed by
Dame Nature. Every day you are
drinking from the fountain of youth
and longevity. You have answered
to the "call of the Wild" which
, means health, wealth, prosperity and
desire to love your fellow man. As
last proposition. your gun must
fit you.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
QueStion-What has become of
Andy Meaders, the veteran trapshot
of Nashville, Tenn?
CHARLES MQUINTON.
Answer-Am glad to advise you
| that Andy Meaders still is in the
game and just as popular as he was
in bygone days. He is certainly
shooting, as his scores will verify.
He entered the recent Grand Ameri-
can handicap. He has been a con-
testant since the G. A. H. became a
feature shoot
Question-Do fish suffer when
hooked or taken from the water?
Do they feel pain?
JAMES BROWN.
Answer Fish have sensitive
nerves, therefore feeling. Almost
every angler remembers when he
caught fish which had a hook, which
| had recently been taken from his
| line, in its mouth. Yet the continu-
Gus seeking for food after injury is
no evidence that the fish does not
suffer pain. Members of the human
race frequently go in quest of food
VIXEN suffering.
The brain of n fish has never been
developed in manner that would
indicate much intelligence. They
| simply feed and breed. There are
no nerves in the bony structure of
the mouth of a fish, hence the inn
| planting of hook at that point
would occasion no pain. but instincr
Woulo induce the fight which fish put
| up.
Forest and Stream says that the
! fish suffers most when taken from
| the water and permitted to die in the
a ~ ffN1g l., &c. fe.
should be dispatched as soon as pos
sible. If through laziness or care
| lcssness the fish is allowed to die
in the sun, the man is no angler and
does not belong TO the chosen
brotherhood.
! Yes 1 think fish suffer pain.
Question-How large will a bIacl,
bass he in three years, also in -four
| years? Tell me about the pike in
three and four Years. What do they
feed on and what kind of water j.
best for them?
ZION MILLER.
Answer-The following is based
upon propagated bass. The size OF
bass depends very much upon the
water and feed. A conservative esti-
mate for thr ree-year- bass would
| be ten inches in length, weight IL
| to IA ounces A four-year-old bass
would weight 16 to 1S ounces and be
IL to IA inches in length. Pike in
three years would weigh IL to ID
ounces, about IL inches in length;
four years old, 16 to IS ounces. In
case the water was warm. the fish
would show more rapid growth
Pike usually resort to deep water
while bass are very partial to the
moss beds. Bass feed upon min
nows, frogs, bugs and crawfish. Pike
! feed on the same diet, but eschew
the crawfish 4"