The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-11-21
sPORTsMEN DISCUSS
 CAME REGULATIONS.
 PLAN DINNER, DEC. 6

g5 uIalAuua LOT the gDullub ) e44 aud made plans Tor tueu annual dinner tO be gwen soon. President .aI Che club. Lee Ellis appointed various committees To arrange tue dinner.
 Il Was decided to change tue GaJe uI the dinner from December [. lJs traditional date. to December 0 tais year as the itu comes on a sunday and it Vas telt Dy all members present that Saturday ught would be the better tune for H. Invitations are being sent t0 various IerltUral and Fedgtel oI- lleIaIs and Co the presidents of the ether Southeast Alaska SpUrtsmsu clubs.
 It Ia planned Co have the ban quet uI b=o0 or l.OU ltIme to be announced lalgrl, followed by pie tuIes oI WIdlIe animals aud Jirds. and wInu up the evening wish e4uee -for members of the Asso- eialiou and dinner guests.
 President Ellis Is donating deer Tor the occasion which WIll be a~l1eouad whole and sliced as it Is served in the dining room. lie appointed tred HaufUrd Kitchen committee chairman with Tom Ao8ruIes and Norman Whitak-r Jo assist. Mrs. Lee Ellis, Mrs Har- fy Coulter and Wmilred Williams were appointed t1e table committee and Che. Steear and Tom NoOrheis were appointed the committee 10 arrange entertainment Decoration chairman is Chuck Ealick with ar hold Fry, secretary OI the Associa- Lon. t0 assist.
 Sakiqe SporJsmen were fortunate in having II. R. Sarber. Wudlife Agent from Petersburg, at the meeting
 Iu answer 10 the almost annual Suggestion of opening the season on does, Mr. Sarber explained that 1ue Game Commission would be Sad L5 see all open condition on aoes il conditions warranted, suJ explained that conditions in ala#Aa ..re different IIoa those u Pennsylvania and other states aaere does are allowed al times to be taken
 ..e saIa oae ai Che man reasons ~. proceeding the doe ill Alaska
 .-= 8s-aass the aItka deer nurses a-r lawn until Reu along in Nov -mber and il does were shot the .....-a.ty rated on young deer not s~t Mgaued would be high. He also said that Pennsylvania and other states have d problem of Iced. h Alaska the deer population has not St far exceeded the availability of ot food.
 All hunters agreed that the sea son past was one of the worst for hunting they had ever seen and many related seeing bones and which had died during the severe weather last winter.
 The question was raised of selling deer hides. It was suggested that at the time deer hunting li- censes are issued the hunter be is- sued also two tags, these tags to be attached to the hide of his kill and then that he be allowed to dis pose of the deer skin. At present the game laws do not allow hunter to sell a deer skin and 1t pointed out that glove manufact- urers, especially, would welcome the trade Howard Baltzo display ed d pair of buck skin gloves he had had made from an animal he shot He said out of two deer skins he got six pairs of gloves at an average cost of $1.50 per pal. The same gloves retail Outside for around $500 per pair.
 Mr Sarber thought the sugga.- ton an excellent one and suggest- ed that the Sportsmen's Club send in a resolution to the Game Com mission advocating such move. 1t maa further pointed out that deer skin would be worth, at the most, dollar each so such 9 low figure would hardly be an incen- tive to hunt deer for the hides
 The skins could be sold to a b. cal or Territorial buyer and ship ped south in large lots.
 Baltzo said the anufactured ar. ticles could be returned to the Ter ritory to be sold at tourist attrac- tinos- gloves, jackets, etc.
 Chuck Eslick suggested a part of the revenue from sale of the skins be returned to the Territory to be used in furthering game management and feeding game ir severe weather. It was unanimous ly agreed. however, that soTre use should be made of the hundre Is of deer skins taken during the sea- son in Alaska instead of throwing them away.
 Migrate bird regulations came in for considerable discussion. It was pointed out that the Territory now gets the short end of the mi- gratory bird law. Washington, Ore