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Show WORLD OUTDOORS THEY SAID it couldn't be done but a West Virginian did it, and he can prove it. Harry Magruder, Ridgeley, West Va., brought his turkey back alive ... his wild turkey, that Is, not one that he picked up at the supermarket supermar-ket for his Thanksgiving dinner. Magruder picked up a wild bird with his hands in Hampshire County. Coun-ty. Sam Saville, county conservation conserva-tion officer, will back up the story, for he reports that Magruder brought the bird into the game checking station. The hunter explained that he had shot at the bird and that it had alien over. While starting to pick it up, the bird got to its feet and began to run. Apparently dazed, the bird ran in circles. Magruder managed to pick up the bird, tie its feet and bring it alive to the checking station. He said that he could find no marks or wounds on the bird. As far as conservation officer Saville knows, this was the first wild turkey evr checked alive at a West Virginia Checking station. Federal aid funds totalling $21 million have been apportioned for Slate fish and game restoration programs during the current fiscal year. Derived from Federal excise taxes on sporting arms, ammunition, fishing rods, reels, creels, and artificial baits, lures and flies, the money it set aside in two special funds for the purpose of aHshtinu the States in wildlife and sport fish restoration projects. The money is distributed to each Stale on a basis that takea into account ac-count the ratio its land area and paid license holders bear to all the States. Each also is required to match every three Federal dollars with one of its own. |