The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-05
Outdoors
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Arrowhead
+" MARTY" Says
Don't Catch Fawns-It's Illegal.
Ely Guide Nationally Known.
The Tourist Caravan is Coming.
A Tribute to Fishermen.

If you've had your mind set on
catching a fawn somewhere in the
woods and taking it home for pet, you
might just as well save yourself the
trouble. The law says it is illegal and
and you'll be prosecuted. Permits have
been given in the past where it was
known the mother of the animal was
dead but the new ruling forbidS this
practice and all fawns known to be
motherleSS are to be turned over to the
game wardenS who will turn it over to
a park or ZOO until such time when it
will be able to take care of itself So
if you want petit can't be fawn.
No part of a sportSman's equip
ment receives more hard use and
less care than his cupboard motor.
Better get busy if you want to en-
joy your fishing trips.
Ronald Ericsson, professional guide Of
Ely, has been coming in for lot of
good publicity since giving up a pro-
fitable position in Chicago and devot-
ing his time to the study of wilderness,
taking movies, writing for outdoor mag
azineS, and guiding. Ronald numbers
among his customers some of the out
standing SportSmen in the country and
has gained wide reputation as a
guide who really knows all the answers.
His outdoor movies in color are some
OF the best ever taken in this state and
when shown at the outdoor shows in
Chicago and Minneapolis attracted
more attention and favorable comment
than any other display of the Arrow
head country.
There may be a world wide de-
preston, but these game and fish
poachers give our wardens plenty to
do.
John Hultgren, warden from Apple
ton, was rushed up into this territory
in a hurry by the conservation de-
partment recently when it became
known that beaver were cutting down
some of the choice shade trees of resort
owners. Hultgren is an experienced
beaver trapper and is making quick
work of the landscape destroyers. Who
said the conservation department off,
Gals weren't obliging?
Did you know that the wall-eyed
pike was the most popular fish in
the state? And sometimes the most
elusive!
Did you ever see coal black wood
chuck? Well, we did. o. A. Knudsen
Eveleth's crack-Shot warden, came ir
with a chuck the other day that wa.
dandy. The animal was coal black
and the only white on him was the tir
Of his nose. The warden shot him neal
Brittmount with % rifle and the
fact that he plugged him in the heac
at quite distance speaks well for hi:
craftsmanship. He turned the ANNA.
over to the Aurora schools where it will
be mounted and put on display.
We wonder just what Minnesota's
famous girl guide did to arouse the
ire of a staff writer on the Min
neapolis Journal. After giving her
a nice bit of publicity he topped it
off by running an old photograph
that was far from complimentary.
Bert Claflin, outdoor editor of the
Chicago Herald and Examiner, who has
had bad habit of losing his tackle box
is never stumped for want of tackle
He says: Here's lure I have made
number of times right in the woods:
From piece of rotten wood taken
from an old stump have whitfield out
rough looking minnow. Then to it
have wired heavy hook and tied
on a bit of red cloth. With this lure
I have caught northern pike and black
bass by giving the lure jerky move
ment through the water. 1t had no
other color than the natural brown of
punky wood" Yes, but that won't
work in Minnesota, Bert, our fish are
educated.
Sig Olson, dean of the Ely Junior
College, has published number of
articles on the Superior QueticO