Milford chronicle., 1957-09-20
Game And Fish News
Waterfowl Hunting

The Delaware Board of Game
and Fish Commissioners has an
nounced special rules for duck
hunters wishing to hunt its Wood
land Beach Wildlife Area.
A. On the South portion of the
area, hunting will be only from
blinds built by the Commission
The procedure here will be as fell
lows:
1. A registration will be held
from Monday, September 30
through Sunday, October s.
2. Blinds will be allocated to par
ties of two or three on a daily
basis.
3. Each party may apply for as
many as five days of shooting.
4. A representative of each party
desiring to hunt will apply in per-
son at the headquarters between
9 a. m. and 6 D. m. on any of the
designated registration days. Hunt
ers are advised that they will have
equal chance of being assigned the
days they desire regardless of
which day they register. When
more applications are received
than there are blinds, space will
be assigned by lot. Assignments
will be mailed to all applicants.
5. This registration will cover
the period November 1 through Mo-
vember 30. After November 80
hunting here will be unregistered,
but from State blinds only.
B. Sportsmen desiring to hunt
the northern portion Of the area
will have to build their own blinds
and adhere to the following rules:
1. Hunting is to be from stake
blinds or boat blinds only. No jump
shooting.
2. Stay well clear of private
blinds along the West boundary of
the area.
3. Maintain reasonable dis
tance between blinds within the
area.
4. Observe area boundary signs.
Maps and tide tables of both
northern and southern units of the
area are available at the headquar-
ters building upon request.
The Woodland Beach Wildlife
Area consisting of 5000 acres of
marsh land is. located along the
shore Of Delaware Bay between the
mouth of the Smyrna River on the
north and the community of Wood
land Beach on the south. Head
quarters for the area may be reach
ed by driving toward Woodland
Beach from Smyrna on Route for
approximately five miles and then
turning North towards F'lemings
Landing for one mile. Anthony Flo
rio, District Wildlife Manager for
the Commission is stationed at the
Headquarters.
Duck hunters are advised that
the area is difficult to hunt. During
part of each day the marsh goes
almost completely dry for an hour
or two hour PERIOD also, during
stormy weather portions of the
marsh are exposed to strong winds
and currents. All hunters who wish
to hunt this area should arrange
for seaworthy boats and outhoard
motors. Mr.. Florio will assist per-
sons to make such arrangements.
Official Scoring System for North !
American Big Game Trophies
The Game and Fish Commission
has recently received an ANNOUNCE
ment of the eighth North American
Big Game Competition. This COM
petition is sponsored by the. Boone
and Crockett Club which was
founded by Theodore Roosevelt.
After looking over the official
scoring charts we feel certain that
some of the deer killed in Delaware
during previous open seasons have
trophy qualifications. Some of the
pertinent points in scoring are as |
follows:
1. Only antlered deer are con-
sidered. Size and/Or weight do not /
necessarily influence the scoring, |
which is based on antler measure
ments.
2. Trophies taken during any
year are eligible for the 1857 COM
petition if they have not been en-
tered in any previous competitions,
and provided they are not listed |
in any edition of Records of North /
American Big Game" 1t is not /
necessary that the trophy be
mounted.
3. A medal and/or certificate of
award is given each winning entry |
provided the trophy was taken in
fair chose. No medal will be given /
for any trophy taken prior to 1852 |
Trophies taken priCr to 1852, kill |
ed BY accident, pickIps, purchased |
trophies, or those of unknown |
methods of capture are not eligi-
BILE but may qualify for a certifi-
cate of merit,
A. Minimum score for a typical /
white-tailed deer is $50. All mea-
surements must be made with a /
flexible steel tape to the nearest |
one-eighth of an inch. Official mea-
surements cannot be taken for at |
least sixty days after the animal |
was killed. There is a separate /
category for nOn-typical trophies,
for which the minimum score is
100.
The official scoring chart and
directions are reproduced below /
It's The Law
Waterfowl regulations for the
coming season are essentially the /
same asN last year with one i'm /
pOrtant exception. The use of re-
corded goose and duck calls is now
illegal. The following is taken from |
the Federal Register, Vol. %, pp |
6S74-6S75, Aug. 25, 1857, Title so, !,
Chapter l, Subchapter Blunt
ing and Possession of Wildlife. |
Section 6.3, entitled Hunting |
Methods" and Prohibited Meth |
DDS" The Prohibited Methods are
not changed hut fhprp is ono addi