The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-01
Wildlife
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many problems of deer hunting
would be eliminated. If we can
get these hunters away from the
roads. back into the woods, on
Old wood roads and power lines,
instead Of our highways. We
would all be safer.
The state, therefore. BY pass
ing this permissive legislature.
leaves it up to the individual
couEleS whether they adopt this
law OF not The state only gives
the counties permission to pass
the law.
Another Of the many questions
asked was, Will there be a sea
son-long doe season next year
Phelps answered this question
BY saying that it was entirely
too early to tell at present.
This depends mainly on the re-
ports we receive from our biolo-
glsts They must first get this
seasons data on the number Of
deer killed before they Will
recommend to us whether We
have a full doe season next hunt
ing season or not.
A third question dealt with the
prompt checking OF big game
after it has been Killed. Perks.
assistant chief Of the law en-
forcement division answered this
by saying, The law says thai
big game should be checked i'm
mediately after it has been kin
ed. but who can define immedi
ately. | think most Judges WOulC
decide such a case according tC
the circumstances # a man haC
Killed a deer. put him in hi:
car and gone back into the
woods To hunt. 81 course. hs
would be guilty, But. On tn
other hand, if a man killed a
deer a few miles from the high
way and had to carry him 70,
couple of hours, / think mos
judges and most game Waldens
would be understanding. This
purpose Of this law is to kaeE
man from killing two or three
deer in a day When he kills
that first one, his only job then
is to get him to a checking sta
ton. He has no business back
IN the woods with his gun.
Fine Sp0rtsmen
John Mclaughlin. chief of tha
law enforcement division. had
this 10 say of hunters and hunt
ing IN our state. Il think Viz
glnla has an excellent group of
sportsmen and we have fat
fewer pr 0 b e m than many
other states. The law enforce
ment officials can only catch 4
small percentage of those who
are guilty of illegal hunting
practices. II is up to the sports
men OF your county TO combat
this group Of poor sports. BY re-
fuslng them permission to hunt.
and by reporting illegal prac-
hces 10 our game Wardens, We
can eliminate lot of it,
Pennington, following alon 2
somewhat the same line as Nc
Laughlin, said, There are a
great many good sportsmen III
our area, far more than there
are bad. These good ones must
stick together and fight to keep
our game safe and to keep our
fields and woods full Of game
for hunting in years to come.
This Prince Edward Wildlife
CLUB is just a voice crying III
the wilderness unless you make
yourself heard. You can do this
by sending representatives to
the Virginia Wildlife Club meet
ings. If YOU have problem aid
an idea of how to solve it. send
your delegate to our meetings OF
make your ideas heard BY the
Commission. T he Commission
has power to cope with these
law-breakers, but you alone can
only talk about them"
Frank Coleman, president Of
the Prince Edward club, called
on Buck Wells, the county
game warden, to give a report
Of the deer kill this year. Wells
said that four times as many
deer were checked in Prince
Edward this year as last. Only
80 deer were checked in l96l-G2
and this season 125 we're check
ed. Pennington reported that
over 1000 deer were checked in
nelghboring Buckingham county
thic cpocnp