The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-12-02
The Wet. /.
and the
Hungry
b DON KNOWLES

By DON KNOWLES
Sorry folks, but we have beer
off the air due to technical diff
culties this last week, but witt
the honkers flying high these
days it is time to get back ano
let you know a little about some
thing that you know something
of Ger, was that rightO
Speaking Of honkers, it seem:
that most of the local hunters are
in daze as to when, where, what
time one can hunt migratory wild
fowl this year. But in order
to find out just drop into any
sporting goods store, pick up a
pamphlet, take it home and after
dinner spend several hours going
over the leading paragraphs and
the '.fine print" at the bottom
where it says except Benton,
Franklin, and some other coun.
ties" Then add vanilla, q little
spice, mix well and toss out the
window. The odds are that no
matter when you shoot or what
time of the day you shoot, you'll
be wrong.
Now lets see if we can't
straighten this deal out just a bit.
In the first place, the before-men-
toned counties you may hunt
geese starting Thursday noon, De-
cember 3rd. However, you then
must knock it off until Saturday
sunrise and Sunday, and from
then on the season will run Wed
nesday. Saturday and Sunday.
The above is for geese only
and does not include ducks, which
you may shoot straight thru ev-
cry day for two weeks from De-
cember 23rd.
Now at this time, which is a
whole month ahead Of the season,
we will not print the shooting
hours, but on the week before the
season opens you may get your
exact shooting hours in this col
umn. noticed that quite a few
missed the boat on that durine
this past season. p. S. - The cost
is heavy.
The game commission of this
state is always glad, I know, to
welcome suggestions which are
constructive in nature. Several
weeks ago, we lamented the fact
that one hen was not allowed for
every two Chinse ROSTERS, bag
which has proven successful in
the middle west for the increase
of the pheasant crop. The game
commission this year will make a
study of this situation and may
act accordingly.
Locally, of course, another item
is that we did take a beating on
migratory birds this year, in that
the season was opened right on
top Of full moon, which bodies
no good for the honker hunter, or
ducks either for that matter. How
ever, with the exception -of the
Pacific flight, the ducks and geese
this year were down in popula-
ion and it no doubt was a move
IN the part Of the commission to
INIT the kill. Such hidden mea-
;ures have to be taken every now !
md then, or you and I would 60
seeseless and duckless perma-
lently or, that is, more often i
han usual.
We want to pay a late tribune
o the famous Larson brothers,
,ne's named Ward, we believe,
Who have for years proven to be
some of the best big game hunters
among the local woodsmen. This
asst season the Larson brothers,
along with two friends (four to-
gether). downed four deer and
four elk all on the same trip or
- in other words - hundreds of
pounds in beef savings. The Lar
,on boys go to HUNT =. period!
Fishing, which has been pushed
INTO the background during the
asst number Of weeks, is reviving. |
rhe Whitefish are running up
he Columbia and Yakima rivers,
md some mighty nice catches are
,eing made on both rivers in large |
,ddies and holes. / saw whole |
;ink-full the other night, ranging |
from eight to eighteen inches
long. The lure - salmon eggs,
single or cluster. The most fun =
l fly rod, naturally.
No1,roclroSc honov production