The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-06-03


permanent outdoor range. The
members are invited to make sug-
gestions for an outdoor location that
would be suitable for this purpose.
New members will be received at
the meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Bluffton Community Sportsmen's
club will be held next Tuesday at
500 p. M, at the town hall club
rooms. Silas Diller, program chair
man, announces a question and
answer program will be conducted
during the evening program. Tall
stories will be told by the sportsmen
present and awards given to those
that win the honors.
Here is your opportunity to go
your neighbor one better on a fish
ing and hunting story and earn
prize for your efforts! Motion pic
lures on fishing will be shown at the
meeting.
Maynard Coon, home for a vaca-
tion after teaching all winter, show
ed the local anglers how to catch
fish one day last week. Coon, unable
to seine minnows due to the high
waters, used Trix-Oreno artificial
silver minnow and had lot of fun
at the water works quarry. Nearly
every cast produced a strike, and
although bass season is out and he
had to throw every bass back in the
quarry, he still had a great time
snagging them. He did manage to
hook several large crappies and
blue gill which he promptly took
home for the frying pan.
Sounds like the local nimrods will
have a small stroke of luck next fall,
particularly those fellows who were
unable to purchase an extra box of
shells for this falls hunting.
Fred Brint, Federal Game Man
agement Agent, stated that 25 per
cent of the total shells released last
year will be released for hunting
this fall. During 1912, 500,000,000
shells were released and this means
that 125,000,000 will be available
this year.
The shells will be largely 16 gauge
and II gauge although there will be
a few metallics for the deer and
other big game hunters. No shells,
according to Brint, will be released
for trap or skeet shooting.
The fact that the hunters obtained
an estimated 255 million pounds of
food last year, according to the Fish
and Wildlife Service, was big fac
tor in getting the WPB to release
the shells.
j. F. Harris, employed at the
Triplett machine shop, says the
sportsmen at the shop are concerned
over the great number of low hang
ing limbs at the Buckeye quarry. 1t
is next to impossible to cast plug
or spinner at some of the choice
spots and the boys all wonder if it
would be possible to get permission
to have some of these limbs sawed
off. In contracting R. A. Shumaker
of the Central Ohio Power plant
concerning the problem, Shumaker
stated that it would be 0. X. for
the club to do little tree trimming.
We are urged to use good judgment
in saving off the limbs and to make
a clean cut in each instance. This
will facilitate healing of the wound
in short order, and in no way cause
a tree to die because of improper
trimming. So you fishermen who
are particularly bothered by some
low hanging limbs, arm yourselves
with a saw some evening, drive down
to the quarry and take care of the
matter before bass season rolls
around June Is. As the limbs are
sawed off, let them fall into the
water, as a small amount of brush
in the quarry is a protection for
minnows and smaller fish and gives
them chance to attain at least the
legal length before being gobbled
up by some of the large bass lurk-
ing along the ledges.
At this time of the year in all
streams and quarries a yellow grub
makes its appearance in the flesh OF
fresh water fish. The grub is the