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Show Nice Sum Realized From Hunt Tags ' ! That a pheasant population, j however tame they may have become be-come from a long period of protection, pro-tection, needs only a little shooting tc make them just about as scarce as the proverbial hen's teeth, was proved last Saturday in the South Milford area, when open season on male pheasants was declared for the first- time. With shooting underway only a short time, the birds showed an uncanny ability to hide out and "hit for the high country." A cold turn in the wer.'ther also served to keep them under cover, the combination of circumstances bringing about a smaller kill than had been anticipated. antici-pated. A large part of the South Milford Mil-ford section was opened as a "posted hunting area", under state law, purchase of a special $1.00 permit, in addition to the regular state license, being necessary neces-sary before hunting within the posted area. A check of special permits issued is-sued show that 205 were sold and some 350 birds are believed to have been killed, according to Howard Gospill, president of the posted district association. This organization was effected March 2 at the annual "get-together social" of South Milford residents and members of the Milford Wildlife Wild-life Protective association. Other officers selected under the area setup were as follows: Ivan McKnight, Mc-Knight, vice president; John Loft-house, Loft-house, serretary-treasurer; and William Baker and Parley B. Fisher, additional directors. Amos Jackson, deputy warden and checker located at the road junction nearest town, checked 270 birds, while Arthur O.' Williams, Wil-liams, located on what is commonly common-ly known as the Cates road, checked check-ed 20 birds. It is estimated that (Continued on last pnf:&) Pheasant Hunt i j (Continued from first page) ! i some 20 unchecked birds were j taken out on other roads, and that some 40 birds were killed by resi-! 'dents of the area. At a meeting' ; of South Milford residents, held the evening before the season i opened, it w-.s voted that resi- j , dents of the area shou'd purchase ! the E'pecial permits, as required of ; non-area residents, and this Ws done almost without exception. j Proceeds from the sale of the ' special permits go into a com- munity fund as is done in other i ptrts of the state, and it is under-j j stood that the nearly S200 realized i for South Milford will be used for ' ! improvement of the Community club house and grounds. The state t jfish and game commission fur-' ; wished the printed signs for post- ing and the special permit tags, j also the services of three paid wardens, and the area officials j.fnd others did the posting quite ! a job of itself. Attorney Sam Cline, president of the Milford j club, dev'Pted much time and professional pro-fessional ability to the job of setting up the district, and other ; officers and members of the local ! club g:."ve considerable time ar-. ar-. ranging for the open season. All this was done without charge, so, except for a single expense deduction, deduc-tion, the whole $205 will be i j avai'able to South Milford for ' , community improvement. This : j single deduction, according to Mr. I Gospill, is the commission taken by a local store on the sale of the special permits placed there for the convenience of sportsmen. ' . V |