Hungry Horse news., 1954-10-15
Hunting Takes FIathead Spotlight

There is a frontier air about the
upper Flathead this week as men
prepare for the start Of the regular
hunting season Friday.
The whole area is IN the bloom
of autumn with Colds Of cotton
wood and larch interspersed In
spots and dashes through the ev-
ergreen forests. There is also the
desired new white on nearby
mountain tops, and the healthy
feel of frosty mornings.
WEARING RED
Men and boys are about in red
jackets and hats, and there has
been a flow Of trucks and trailers
with horses bound for the back
country.
Tents pitched by hunters are
found at nearly every creekside UP
the Flathead's South Fork waiting
for the seasons start, Oct. IS.
Detectives are elk of either sex,
buck deer, black and grizzly bear
with virtually all of the Flathead
open. There is a special closed
area on grizzlies up the South
Fork, shown on hunting maps.
Elk open areas include Tally
Lake district that was not open
in other years.
In the roadless section of the
upper South Fork there is final
Oct. IS through 10 open season on
Rocky Mountain goats.
HUNTERS FLOW IN
BY Thursday noon, game war
dens Jay Penney and Dick Mo-
tichka at the east side road check
ing station on the South Fork had
counted 286 hunters in since Tues
day afternoon. BY Thursday mid
night they expect a total Of over
400.
One elk out from the early sea-
son checked by Penney and Mo-
tichka was shot by Wayne White,
Burlington, Kan. on Helen creek
near Black Bear.
At the checking station on the
west side road are Mr.. and Mrs
Ernest Hatton who had checked
in rs hunters by Thursday noon.
Trucks and cars are having diff
Guilty getting through mud in the
Wheeler creek section of the west
side road.
A change in checking station
setup is that all hunters are being
asked for the lower jaw Zone side)
of each elk killed. This is part OF
study to determine age of ami
mails.
MILLS SLOW DOWN
In Columbia Falls, Martin City
and Coram, lumber mills and
woods crews are observing the an
nual hunting holiday.
Superior Buildings Co. mill was
down Thursday until Monday TO
permit its men to get winters
supply OF meat. Plum Creek saw
mill will be down Friday and Sat-
urday, and the planer undergoing
repair will be down conveniently
Saturday.
Stoltze Land and Lumber Co.
will be down Saturday, and Rocky
Mountain Lumber Co. viii have
curtailed operations as men hunt
their elk.
F. X and L mill at Martin City
shut down Thursday noon, and a
similar curtailment Of activity ex-
ists at Rex Browns mill, Glacier
Coram Lumber Co. and the other
operations.
Principal Carl Launer at Column
bia Falls high school is permitting
two days absenteeism by boys 60
ing hunting, if they make up work
beforehand, have parents permis-
sion and a hunting license. Six
weeks tests in progress this week
were given somewhat earlier TO
avoid Friday, the first day of the
hunting season.
Absenteeism is also expected to
affect construction Of the new An
aconda Aluminium Co. plant.
Elk hunting on antlered bulls
started Sept. IS in the upper
South Fork and then Oct. l in
cluded all elk. Oct. saw open
season start in the upper Middle
Fork on antlered bulls only. There
were also goat seasons. See Spot
ted Bear column, page 4.
Schafer district of the Middle
Fork saw at least six mountain
goats brought down. Successful
hunters included DR.. c. E. East
void, Mineota, Mimi; ]. W. An
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