The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-31

trOlleQ areas - camp Pickett, Ca.
owned Gathright property.
TIE season in tn e three
places will be open April 24-29
and only bearded turkeys may
be taken. Shooting hours will be
from one-half hour before sun
rise to IL moor and no dogs o.
organized drives will be allowed.
The possibility Of an open
season on gobblers is an inter-
esting one and would be appeal
ing to this Sideliner. Alabama
has successfully had a spring
season on gobblers for 80 years,
and if Virginia adopts the idea,
the season will be patterned after
the Alabama plan.
In Albania the theory followed
is that there are too many male
turkeys anyway, especially the
older gobblers. These old COB
blers are not killed in the fall
season, because they are too
smart. The gobblers are too old
to properly service their flocks.
yet are strong enough to run If
the young gobblers. If the old
gobblers can be harvested in the
spring season. the overall turkey
population will increase rather
than decrease.
The theory makes sense in
Alabama and has proven sue
cessful for some 80 years, SO
there is no reason it won't work
in Virginia
A study in Alabama shows it
takes an average of rs hours Of
| hunting for every gObbler
bagged, so it will be mandatory
that close supervision be given
to keep the impatient hunter
from harvesting a hen instead OF
the old gobbler. However, the
laws are reasonably effective in
preventing the killing Of does, so
/ there is no reason that the law
will not be respected equally in
regard to the killing of turkey
hens.
GOOD HUNTING
TURKEY hunters had an ex-
ceptionally successful season this
past year. They bagged 1881
turkeys, according to the final
\ kill figures released by the Game
Commission.
This record kill is 25 per cent
higher than the previous season
and 1856 per cert higher than the
statewide kill Just ten years ago.
Bath county was the leading
turkey producer, with $50 report
cd killed. In this area. Bucklng-
ham was the leader with 276 tur-
keys killed. Amelia was well rep
resented with 239 Other area
counties were as follows: Apo
mattox lOl; Charlotte "a, Cum
berland 1874; Lunenburg IS. Not
toway 81; Powhatan 1873; and
Prince Edward o6
THE DEER KILL was another
remarkable feat. Final figures or
this phase Of hunting show rec
ord breaking &c. !66 deer killed il
Virginia last year, also an in
crease of Is per cent over the
previous season.
BUCKINGHAM again led area
counties in the number of deel
killed with an astounding 35l
That is quite a harvest. Other
counties were as follows. Amelia
l55. AppomattoX 1879: Charlotte
10: Cumberland 2I0; Lunenburs
al: Nottoway lO5. PoWhatan 1877
and Prince Edward 2l.
WHAT NEXT
THE REDSKINS are in no
: water with the federal govern
) ment because there are no Ne
! groes on tho Redskin team. Sec
! lctary Of Interior Stewart L
Udall has warned George Pres
, ton Marshall, owner Of the pro
fesslonal football team in Wash
ington, D. G.. that the skins ma,
not be allowed to use the nev
; District stadium that was bull
4 on land leased from the Nationa
I Park Service. Marshall was ap
] parently surprised by the warn
ing. He said. we have had
!. Samoan. a Hawaiian, Indians
J, and a Cuban in the past. All tn
j other teams we play have Ne
groes. Does it matter which team
has the Negroes?" OH Boy
What Next?
GET YOUR TROUT LICENs
ES polished UP. as trout seaso
starts April ]. and that s no Apr
foolin'. Too bad there are y
trout streams in this area, bu
for the fisherman who Is deter
mined to catch trout. the seaso
starts Saturday. Amherst court
is the closest county that ha
any stocked streams. Most of III
counties in western Virginia ar
stocked and afford some exec,
lett trout fishing