The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1945-11-15
Valley County
Outdoors Notes
BY MARK WATSON

Ducks unlimited have been Visit
ing us the past several days and tn,
take has been very good, "Swede'
L~andsverk, recently returned from
the Obi area, reports that ducks are
as thick in Montana as the JapS in
the east and that he has had almost
as much luck on them. In any event
the hunters have had very pleasing
results.
The maybe traps are haywire. AT
least the state fish and game de-
partment tells us so. They say that
instead of the overhead trap we will
have much better luck with a fun
mel built out of an Is inch square
1-inch mesh chicken netting which
shall be placed inside the trap, large
end flush with the outside of the
trap, small end extending into the
trap with an opening of about 2
inches, the funnel to be flush with
the ground. In any event, with the
traps you can have both openings
with. little work.
The state fish and game depart
ment has rescued some 5000 crap
pies from reservoirs that will freeze
dry during the winter, dumping
them in Les Hanson's back yard at
Fort Peck. More power to the de-
partment which is doing its best to
keep fish in Fort Peck lake for us.
The best luck we have knowledge
of was a SiX-man hunting party
composed Of Mark EayrS, Eric JAEGER,
Bert Nelson, Marcus Handley, Web
Dolson and John Mcdonald. They
ventured into Phillips county from
the south Etchart ranch and re-
turned with a deer for every MEM
Der of the party. Nelson's buck
weighed 222 pounds dressed and
Jager's vas 189 dressed, the only
two that we weighed.
The poorest luck that we heard of
was the hunting party consisting of
our genial highway patrolman, Bill
Wolden and our Sheriff Bud
Richter. 1t seems that Bill got an
antelope permit, Bud didn't Che's a
too so Bud agreed to help
Bill get his game. Bud left Bill on
guard while he rounded up the game
but in the absence of convenienceS
Bill wandered into a coulee at about
The time Bud ran the antelope over
he hill. Bill being highly excited
made a wild scramble, got the gun
eveled off on Mr.. Antelope and
pulled the trigger; no shell, no |
antelope. 1 don't think Bill told this
tory so it must have been Bud. In !
my event, I tell it as twas told to
ne.
Tom Horn, the fellow we all look
o for good fishing at Fort Peck lake,
insists that we are missing a bet if
We don't try the ice fishing. We
that this may become pop
liar if we can drag out some wind
reaks, but we r afraid there is
lot enough Paul Bunyan in most
f us to try it in the open.
Jim Brooks and E. j. Heller tried
ne coyotes Sunday. They sighted
Dur and hit 2 but didn't deliver any
T them to town. However, their trip
hows that the coyotes are to be had
18th a concentrated effort by the
unterS.
The suggestions to the United
tates engineers for recreation facil-
les at Fort Peck were very elaborate
nd are no doubt covered fully else
here in The Courier. However, we
ant to call attention to Governor
ord's promise of cooperation from
he state and we think that every
ne interested should join the i
portsman's association, help with
lie suggestions, and from what we
.uld gather, help with the main :
ainance and operation of the facil-
les when requested to do so by the
authorities in charge. Our idea is
nat they are going to give us a lot
7 convenienceS if we ourselves show
n inclination to use and properly
ire for those conveniences. If we
lrselves are indifferent we can
ardly blame them for net being en-
lusiastic.