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Show flBy JIM RHODYr- New Ammunition Big game bullets give their best performance when used on game for which they are specifically designed, de-signed, and at ranges within the limitations of the particular cartridge. car-tridge. Sportsmen, especially big game hunters, will be interested in, and will find useful, the following table released by Western -Winchester, divisions of Olin Industries, Inc., on their new lines of Silver-tip Silver-tip and Soft Point big game cartridges. car-tridges. A wealth of correspondence and field reports were drawn upon, and remaining energy and velocity, flatness flat-ness of trajectory, accuracy, sighting sight-ing equipment, and average hunting hunt-ing ability were considered in establishing estab-lishing the range and game recommendations recom-mendations shown. The new Silver-tip Silver-tip and Soft Point bullets have been designed to give their best performance perform-ance under conditions covered by this table. Maximum Jtange Caliber yards Reo. for 250 Sav .. 200 D 257 Rbts 300 D,A 200 D 270 Win 400 D,A,E ' 300 E,M 30-30 Win 200 D 300 D 30 Rem 200 D 300 Sav 300 D,A 300 D,E 30-40 Krag 300 D,E 200 D.E.M 30-06 Sprfld 400 D,A,E 300 D,E 400 X 300 X 300 H&H Mag 400 X 300 X 303 Sav 200 D 32 Win Spcl 200 D 32 Rem 200 D 348 Win 300 D.E 300 X 200 X 35 Rem 200 D,E 375 H&H Mag 300 X 300 X Legend: D Deer A Antelope E Elk M Moose X Largest North American Game AAA Big Buck A monstrous 412-pound deer was shot by Henry Hayden, Po-catello, Po-catello, during the 1949 open season. The huge muley was bagged in Montpelier canyon, and is one of the biggest deer ta be recorded in Idaho. The buck had nine tines on one rack and eight on the other, with a spread of 30 Inches. AAA Excellent Cover The up and coming multiflora rose, hailed by upland bird biologists biolo-gists as a major cover plant to aid wildlife populations, is a hardy plant, but cultivation will assist growth to nearly double their size in one season. Cultivation during the first year or two will materially aid the rose in its start toward becoming a refuge re-fuge for many forms of small wildlife, wild-life, the technicians advise. Field checks have shown this simple practice more than pays with increased in-creased plant growth and all co-operators co-operators are urged to benefit by the findings. AAA Fishermen, here's a tip from Herb Fisher, of the University of Missouri wildlife research unit here, on the use of catfish fat. Herb finds that some commercial fishermen use catfish fat to help in frying fish, in removing tar from hands, and as an agent in hardening hard-ening and eliminating the stickiness of tars used on their nets. AAA Dingell Bill Sportsmen everywhere will be interested in-terested to hear that the Dingell bill which would provide for federal aid to state fish restoration and management projects is to be introduced intro-duced again before the 81st Congress. Con-gress. The new bill is substantially the same as the old one which was vetoed by the President during the last session. Two changes have been made that should affect the objections objec-tions made by the President. One stipulates that the bill would be effective ef-fective July 1, 1950, and not retroactive retro-active to 1947. Another provides for an authorization of $2,000,000 to carry out provisions of the act from July 1, 1950, to June 30. 1951. Thereafter, There-after, the entire sum earmarked from the excise tax on fishing equipment during each fiscal year would be available for allocation to the states to carry out the program. AAA Fast Salmon The fastest tagged salmon recovered re-covered to date is the salmon caught last summer 20 miles up the Columbia river by an Astoria fisherman, fish-erman, William M. Pice. The fish had been tagged on July 21 by the California bureau of marine fisheries fish-eries near San Francisco and was caught 22 days later in the Columbia Colum-bia river. The fish had travelled a distance of 600 miles or an average aver-age of 30 miles a day which is good going for a fish. |