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Show How are you doing on your Christmas gift list? You can take care of lots of people on that list with the greatest of ease and handsomely, tool Just check off the names of all your friends who smoke, either cigarettes or a p.'pe. In either case you have the gift that's just right in their eyes! For the cigarette smoker the gay Christmas carton of Camels contains con-tains 200 cool, mild,, full-flavored Camels. And for the pipe smoker or the man who likes his "makin's" the pound tin of Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco gives hours and hours of tongue-easy pipe joy. Both gifts are waiting for you ready-wrapped ready-wrapped in colorful holiday dress. There's even built-in space for your personal greeting. So, this season save yourself time and energy en-ergy by giving mild, good-tasting Camels and Mellow Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco. Adv. Save Your Game! II you want to prevent waste on that hunting trip of yours this autumn, it would be wise to follow these directions issued by the U. S. forestry service: GO PREPARED Take at least a hunting knife, belt-axe, 30 feet of yi-inch rope, some twine, several sev-eral pieces of clean wiping cloth, red flagging and four muslin sacks each large enough to hold a quarter of the animal you hope to get. A small meat saw and some black pepper will also come in handy. DRESSING OUT KILL Tag animal ani-mal as soon as it is killed and do not destroy evidence of sex. Open carcass from crotch to throat. Turn animal downhill so it will bleed freely. Be careful not to puncture the intestines or the paunch. In all operations prevent hair from com- Don't make a target out of yourself by carrying an exposed ex-posed hide or antlers. ing in contact with meat. Open chest cavity by spreading with a stick. Drain off blood and wipe with clean cloth. Do not wash with water. If the animal must be taken out of the woods before cooling and quartering, leave the liver and heart in the body cavity. COOLING Because the animal's body heat causes rapid spoilage, your kill should be completely cooled as soon as possible, preferably prefer-ably by hanging in a shady place. QUARTERING If state laws permit, it is best to quarter the animal before moving. The hide is worth saving and should be removed re-moved in one piece if possible. Place quarters in clean muslin bags and hang in shade. In warm weather, hang out only at night and wrap meat up during the day. ALWAYS KEEP THE MEAT COOL. TRANSPORTATION Don't make a target of yourself by carrying car-rying an exposed hide or antlers! Don't transport the animal on an automobile fender next to a heated motor. Transportation is, of course, easier if it is possible to pack the animal from the woods in quarters on a horse or in a pack sack. STORAGE Always unpack meat as soon as possible and store in a dry place. If weather permits, it should be allowed to "cure" for about a week or 10 days before storage. AAA No value in dollars and cents can be attributed to the recreational values of the sport of fishing and hunting. The fact that 50,000 fishermen and 70,000 hunters annually take to the field with rod or gun is proof, however, how-ever, that this type of recreation is considered valuable to a large seg ment of our population. AAA Picking Pheasants According to experts on the subject, sub-ject, many people who skin pheasants pheas-ants are destroying the fine flavor fla-vor of this game bird. Because of its tender skin, the pheasant is difficult to pick once It has become cold after shooting. They may be picked very easily without breaking the skin, however, by brushing off the feathers immediately im-mediately after the bird has been killed. In warm weather, the bird should be rough dressed in the field, and the cavity stuffed with coarse grass, cornhusks or newspapers news-papers to help the cooling-out process. pro-cess. After picking and dressing, the birds should be dropped into individual indi-vidual paper sacks before being placed in the hunting coat. Head and feet should always be left attached at-tached in the field for identification. AAA Under a new law, effective July 1, New York state game protectors alone may issue bunting licenses to minors under 17 seeking their first licenses and then only after the protector pro-tector has schooled the applicant in the proper handling of firearms. AAA Adirondack Deer Deer hunting prospects for the fall of 1949 will be better in the Adirondacks than they were last year. In the Catskills there will be little change, with some counties improving, others declining. In the western counties where bucks and does were legal last fall, the deer population is substantially sub-stantially less than a year ago, but In the other counties of the region a general Increase In number num-ber of deer will be evident. |