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Show AVOID HUNTING ACCIDENTS. Only a few days remain until the hilU and fore-ts of this district will ring with the crack of rifle nhots. Once a sportsman enters into the yet of the hunt he views it as an incomparable sport. And the b'g Kuine and bird hunting of this region is truly an asset that, coupled with; the unique scenic attractions of the :.:eu, should be cultivated from the economic standpoint. j View'ng all of these pleasurable aid profitable angles of the hunting season, one cannot but remember the comparatively few but tragic acci-ts acci-ts chalked up against the careless or thoughtless hunter and hope with not too great a degree of certainty that we will get through this hunting, .Wilson without any casualties. True there are unavo'dable accidents, but sometimes we pacify ourselves with the word "unavoidable" when we really mean only unintentional. Let all hunters observe this year, tin? rule, of wearing hunter's red, waiting to release the trigger until they kno what they are shooting at, and by praetic'ng other rules of .safety outlined by the forest service and game commission. A little fore-J thought saves so much afterthought and worry for everyone involved in an accident that it is well worth the time and effort. j |