The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-11-26
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Ato iioDody uuSliCoS that
right . but beginning next Tues
day your Uncle Sam will be in on
the deal and looks as if there's
no kidding this time j. 81. Sunday
will ring down the curtain on the
| big joyride, probably for the dura-
tion =. I. and they'll rush the gas
pumps Monday with the high sign
to FILL 'er up" s. and if some of
the forehanded boys have an extra
supply stored away in the garage
better notify the insurance company
-. and the state law requires it to
be in one-gallon cans anyway
gas rationing didn't interfere with
the pheasant season this year !.
and shells were best sellers Friday
+. one dealer put it praise the
/ Lord and sell the ammunition" !.
and Bluffton retailers generally had
one of the best days of the year last
! Saturday everybody buying
/. ;. not boarding, we trust :. and
! best of all paying cash =. and
here's hoping you get the wishbone
on Thanksgiving +. and your wish.
With the hunting season occupy
| ing the center of attention of so
many people in the Bluffton area
! it was a sure bet that some of the
experiences of local nimrods would
break into Mainly Personal, the
column devoted to the odds and
ends of small town human expert
| ences.
The prize story unfortunately
i happens to be hard luck story
about how two Bluffton deer hunters
lost their deer. We've often heard
stories of losing deers that never
had chance of being bagged but
this is story of one that was al
ready bagged and strapped to the
car and then stolen on the way
home. DIR. Steiner and Hiram
Wenger were returning home from
their deer hunt in northern Canada
with one fine specimen strapped on
to the rear of the car.
They arrived in Bluffton and were
about to show the deer to friends
here when they noticed that the
ropes were cut and the deer was
gone. Reconstructing their trip
home the men last saw the deer
when they stopped at a sandwich
stand on the highway. 1t was dark
when they got in their car again
and they didn't check to see if the
animal was still there.
Deacon Moore and members of his
radio proadcasting dance orchestra
were reported to have been hunting
in Bluffton area last Saturday morn
ing.
Richard and Robert Oberly and
David Smucker had the experience
of bagging two rabbits at a consid-
cradle distance and then missing one
that actually ran between their legs
from a nearby bush.
Jim Lewis tells of some out of
town hunters who had a perfect
set-up for some pheasants and then
lost the chance because their guns
jammed both at the same instant. A
half dozen beautiful birds flew over
the hunters in the Ira Slusser woods,
the boys took a quick aim at the
birds and were dismayed when the
only report was a disappointing
click.
Three junior high school boys had
the identical experience Saturday of
going hunting and never firing a
shot. All three of them went with
their fathers who are crack shots.
Before the boys could even think of
shooting, the old hands already had
the shot whizzing thru the air. The
boys and their dads were: Frank
Gunther, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Gunther; Richard Kohler, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ruel Kohler; James Ewing,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Ewing.
Then there's the story of the
hunter who was unable to shoot at
the bunnie because it persisted in
running under and near his nearby
parked car.
Carl Burkhart, of North Lawn
avenue, was mighty surprised when
he got home Saturday night and
found the pheasant he had shot was
still living. He thought he had
killed it and it appeared to be dead
when he put it in his bag but it had
almost completely revived when he
arrived home.
So
Gid Schumacher, residing west of
town, permitted some out of town
hunters to hunt on his premises on
the condition that they give him
pheasant. Business took him away
from the house and when he return