| Show iL DAMAGING FOREST IN GARFIELD COUNTY Max Forest the porcupine Is letting himself in for some serious trouble on the forested areas of Garfield sawmill operators and forest rangers are seriously concerned about the damage this rodent Is doing to the timber and forage resources and are urging hunters and sportsmen to give porky a dose of lead poisoning at every They even suggest an evening or two shooting porcupines before the hunt might condition you about right for that blue that always gets away Porcupines feed and travel both day and night but are generally most active during the soft light of evening and They do not hibernate and are the year Sometimes deep will hold an animal to an Individual tree foi several excessive daman- to Individual larne trees occurs during the Girdling of young trees is commonest in fall and early The greatest damage dono by porcupines Is to young forest They often completely girdle the main leader or bole of a young Their summer food Is Juicy buds and In fall and winter they eat mostly the bark and leaves of coniferous Damage to cultivated chiefly during the summer months and Includes the destruction of young fruit trees and the eating and wallowing of I The young porcupines are born In the spring and are generally although twins are not The young weigh about ono pound at birth which is larger than a newborn black He Is well furred and the which are soft at soon A few days after birth he starts to eat solid food and before he Is half grown he leaves his mother and starts on a self solitary life of his Control of porcupines Is accomplished through hunting and It is a common belief in the West that porcupines are protected by laws as an emergency food for people lost In the This belief has no In fact in this though apparently they have been protected In Borne They may be killed at any season of the year and without a fish and game except In those states that require a license to use They are Indirect-protected In on game preserves and National where firearms are Control by poisoning is usually accomplished by placing powdered strychnine and salt in their out of reach of livestock and the game The dens arc generally In talus slopes or caves and fissures In solid rock on Bouth and west Porcupines are now doing extreme damage to some of our forest destroy those you Bee while You can help save vital the scenic beauties of the and the protective cover of your watersheds by destroying the porcupines you see In the woods good |
