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Show Take It Easy! Middle-aged hunters, who warm desk chairs for some 11 months ol , the year are warned by medical authorities au-thorities to "take it easy" when they spend that other month in pursuit pur-suit of game or fish. Too many in 1 this category of sportsmen wind up i each year as woundless "casual-: "casual-: ties." The sportsman may have been a fleet back or have seen plenty of wartime combat, but if he is over the physical meridian, his best bet is to refrain from pushing himself at any stage of his outing. Extra exertion after a long period of physical physi-cal inactivity can place a dangerous danger-ous and too-often fatal strain on his heart. It has been estimated that up to 40 per cent of hunting fatalities are due to heart failure. Too, the admonition to "take it easy," is nothing more than plain, common sense. A man who spends 48 or 50 weeks in the year behind a desk is in no physical shape to walk 10 or 15 miles a day over rough terrain, lugging a rifle or, possibly, a take of heavy game. Neither is he in shape to wade five or six miles of boulder-strewn stream. As for hunters, there 'are several recorded instances where the sheer excitement of flushing game has proved too much for an overstrained over-strained heart. AAA Indoors-Outdoors The Parti-Chef Rrill, shown above, now permits sportsmen to enjoy the thrills of open-fire cooking right in their own homes, and all the year-'round, too. The grid swings in over the fire for grilling and ont over the magnesium griddle for removing remov-ing or turning foods. It Is easily cleaned after use. One can grill, fry, roast, broil and even bake on this important addition to sportsmen's gear. AAA Nature In The Raw . . . An example of what state conservation con-servation departments mean when they say to leave young wildlife alone is offered by a recent release of the United Press, the Wildlife Management Institute reports. According to this report, Mr. and Mrs. Seaton Barker, owners of a health resort near Colusa, California, Califor-nia, adopted a fawn four years ago and raised it on a bottle. All the children in the neighborhood made a pet of "Bambi," as the deer was called, and they delighted in posing for their pictures with their arms around the sleek neck of the now full-grown buck. Bambi was their playmate until a few weeks ago when a sudden change took place in his personality. A few days ago, the deer was seen with blood on his antlers, and one Nick Miskulin was found dead near his car, his body trampled and torn by hooves and antlers. A posse shot the buck as it tried to break into an automobile in an attempt at-tempt to reach two screaming women wom-en who had barely reached safety ahead of him. What might have happened if this instinctive, seasonal aggressiveness had overtaken the deer at one of the children's photography parties is not pleasant to contemplate. Leave young wildlife where you find it! AAA Watch That Line! Fly fishing lines should not be left on reels over the winter season, because be-cause they will take on troublesome "kinks." Instead, they should be loosely coiled in a newspaper, or hung loosely on a wide peg to avoid these kinks. Silk and nylon lines need no dressing dress-ing and should only be completely cleaned arid dried before storing. All angling equipment, including the rod and reel should be stored in a place with dry atmosphere and covered with cloth or paper. Avoid leaving tackle near bricks or metal that collects moisture. AAA Fly Technique A deep-fished fly is usually out of the angler's sight, so he recognizes a strike by a slight pluck on the line, or he sees a momentary pause in the motion of the line at the point where it enters the water. In either case, a quick reaction is a "must," else the fish will be gone long before be-fore a slow angler takes up the slack. A fly fished on or just beneath be-neath the surface remains in plain sight of the angler, who is thus able to see the beginning of i. strike. |
