The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-11-12
WITH THE
SPORTSMEN'S CLUB

Mounting enthusiasm over the
coming bird season. prompts a few
facts on ohio's greatest game bird,
the ringneck pheasant. The ring I
neck, not a native of Ohio, was in
trodueed into the Z. S. from China
in 1884, The pheasants now in Ohio
are mixture of or more closely
related pheasants native to Asia. ID
The black pheasant, or melanistic
mutant, is product of the state
game ,farms-and is simply a black |
variety Of the ringneck.a4 The
pheasant is most abundant in the
northwestern part of this state. The
great number Of birds in this area
of the state is due, to the aid given
to the Conservation Department by
sportsmens clubs assisting in the
pheasant chick rearing program
launched each spring. SIS '
81 Opening of the hunting season
brings out the fact that there is no
closed season and no bag limit on
grey fox and red fox in this area.
Mink, muskrat,. oppossum, and
skunk, have no bag limit, but can
be taken only from Nov. 10th to
Mar. 18th.
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Rapid progress is being made IN.
developing the college campus game
refuge. In the past three, weeks
three large squirrel feeders We're
contributed ! in the. campus. woods.
Each feeder has floor space. Of
two BY four feet, slanting. roof. open,
ssides, .-and located approximately.
-four feet. off the, ground, The feed.
ing stations are loaded with ear.
corn. apples, walnuts, hickory nuts
and vegetables, Construction Of the
feeding platforms was, done through
the efforts Of Dan ,Tripplehorn,, Rev,
lie! n. Bigeloy, Dick .Mumina, Dean
Ferguson, Prof r. .A. Lantz. Robert
Blougslhi,D : Warren Sites. and Gene Ben.
roth. 81, .g,. - - ..,., 49,
Seven tdens We're also erected last
I Saturday afternoon in ideal trees on
the campus by Dick rBerky, Charles
shheeidler hheeidl rJnp and l49ps Paul sapder sapader obsror ID
The, sportsmen's Club viii IS supply
squirrel dens to those interested,
/ Some, of the fox and grey, squirrels
released on the. campus have been
seen scampering around the trees of
Bluffton and if dens are. placed in
/ proper places some of the animals
dleanl nlJRe be lcoaxed to stay up town, tow. sss
j "a huge, flock. of geese circled il
! the skies over the college the. latter
| part Of last week. Dick Mumma Of
/ Spring street watched the j powerful
birds, mill about, form a new wedge
/ and, head south again David Frick
j reports wild ducks j resting. on the
hatchery quarry .salnpddd9Q and 2 on lvfth the /. Ma N
flGnaaaih'a iliw sw = xod2tavon ,yab4uta
i Many years of coon hunting in
!. this area has convinced Albert Gar
matter il, takes, a. good hound te
TRACK down and tree !. the wiley
animals. nails For years Garmatter- -ehbaa has
j planned j to purchase a good hound
and lately journeyed to the Indiana
border and made q deal fora grand
i dog from John Kricks and Sons vet
rams in the dog business. His new
| dog aqtwo year, old male, fully
registered and pedigreed was ,,siree
j by Smokey Joe, one time Nationat
4 Field Champion .rand winner soi
$4,000 ,QqlQtollrii in. l., prize money. The, coor
i hound registered as Toe,'s Fleet Foot
is an ! 7,EI3p English breed from a 3litte,
raised by Little Queen Joe's9 Fleet
4 Foot is black spotted on j tan ane
/; white. In practice runs the, dog ha.
4 bee5nfIt NJ showing how plenty good Albeer1t
4 s'aees3 adt d'iw 2rsI aFs9w ont j
3F9 ,gaE !bnG .TI hrn 1edtoni q
i Wilford Geiger,4 sSilasr Diller, Eu
/ gene Benroth and Paul Sauder, rep,
resented the Bluffton ii qCommunits
{ Sporttssmlleelnf's Club at the Aller
] County Advisory Conservation, Com
mittee meeting held in Lima, Mon
ofS nisht.9mod af1 is batfsiv bne
,Es The committee requested the. Stats
| Department of Conservation to d.
{. every Txthing Z possible to- eliminat,
{ pollution in. the streams of Allef
/, Ecounty. 1t also recommends that .tht
old Maumee7Erie canal between
i Delphos fand st. .Marys be obtained
By the, Conservation Department FOL
the purpose aof, fshing,oH .dsarta
H. Wilford, Geiger acted as seeretar.
i pro TEN and Paul Sauder was elected
/ secretary to fill the vacancy, of R. G
Patterson wholis in the army. afer
II ~
4 Things went off with bang again
out at Gaiffe'sf Grove, Sunday, al
the third trapshoot of the season
q got under way. c. r. Tellman o.
Ada, shooting with $44S Ithac;
trap gun, shot high score with al
possible birds broken. Next Sunda,