Show y I g 4 ll(W Mv XVt ' a&T2 f I 1 - fVvfc -4 &'4 V ' - mix & V'' w '’ ' ' - : - ' ' ” I''"' Hunters with old hunting dogs have few problems with the first few hours of the $'' ' ' w "s ' III s ’v'' I rtl' S'? 'll W fe! f lil It’s new dogs which stubble w ' - HIGHLIGHT OF THE HUNT—The best part of a hunt for the dog owner is when the dog makes the retrieve Here a spaniel and pointer team up to bring in the bird IDAHO PHEASANTS GET OCT 10 START Idaho will have a long pheasant season again this year The Gem State shoot will start Oct 10 in Boundary Bonner Kootenai and Shoshone counties In the pheasant hunt counties middle-nort- the hunting starts Oct 17 In all the south and eastern sections of the state Idaho hunters will have a noon opening on Oct 24 The bag limit this year has been set at four rocks per day In some of the counties one of the birds in the bag may be a hen pheasant The season for the south and eastern counties runs until Nov 22 The increased bag limit is due largely to the desire of the Idaho Fish and Game Dept to have a larger harvest made on the male birds It is contended by the Idaho experts that in many cases if the cockerels are not taken by the hunters they are lost entirely that it doesn’t take as many males as the hunters have left in the past to keep up the brood stock Sex ratio counts over the past several years in ' the Gem State show hens per cock when a ratio e give of seven or eight to one is plenty This means for one thing that hunters have been leaving more roosters in the field than are needed for reproduction purposes During April and May cock crowing counts are made They do not crow more than once every two minutes hence a couple of minutes at each station by listening field men are all that is needed Routes are established in major pheasant areas and these are run several times during the mating season field to send choice rooster pheasants flying out several hundred yards ahead of the guns That’s about the time when the dog owner wishes he had forgot the pointer and purchased a plow or a cabin in the pines or another share in some rest club Dogs are more excited about the hunts than the hunters They can sense the coming event Hence the task rests with the handler to see that Vs ? 3rtr v their owners the first rub Nothing breaks thq calm of a November morn like a mad man harassing his hound nor ‘a dog which has been turned loose 4b Sprint out across the V K4fcV&' 5 Don't Spoil Th’ Hunt With A New Dog the dog gets a sensible start that first day In fairness to all hunters some dogs should be kept in the car or the pen until the hunt Is a couple of hours old It is acknowledged that the first hour or so of the hunt is the best shooting of the day Usually dogs are not needed then — dogs at least After the shooting suubsides then hunters could bring out their dogs and start them on their hunt newly-traine- 1M WEST SO TEMPLE o o o You can now own this big GE 13 cu ft upright ' Results of sex ratio studies are linked to crowing count figures to get an indication of a spring breeding population For example a sex ratio of three to one has been determined in an area and SO crowing cocks have been heard Three times 30 equals 90 plus the 30 roosters gives a crowing count sex ratio index of 120 birds This is not multiplied by X number to get a census per acre section or square mile It establishes only a trend to indicate whether the pheasant population is up or down from previous yeard New Strotght-Lln- e Design 9 Tempera- ture Selector Stores up to 4S5 lbs Frozen Foods IMMEDIATE TELEPHONE 5 Freezing DELIVERY AT OUR EXPENSE Surfaces Positive Safety Latch PAY ABSOLUTELY NOTHING DOWN! YOUR FIRST PAYMENT IN 60 DAYS! ITflTIPFI li U 1 ItlsI BUY Y0UR GUNS' ammo CAMPING NEEDS INCLUDE THEM ON YOUR FREEZER CONTRACT tents stoves hunting and VISIT OUR USED DEPT Guaranteed Ranges Refrigerators Washers Freezersl SUGAR HOUSE SIM I 11th Eatf IN ROSE PAR 424 N 11th WM DA HIGHLAND DR 1155 Highland Dr IN TV Setsl TERMS |