The Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-12-23, Page 13WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23rd, 1970
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO.
PAGE 'THIRTUEN
AND THE HUNT IS ON
By Mrs. Bob (Sheila Haldenby) Smith
North Bay
Fall H• ming 'Season In Northetn
Ontarioringsto our area, that
• well known species "The Hunter
Being as, I'm. only of the female
species, the male readers. can •
take this article any way they
choose. I'm writing from what I
have observe; and from what I''ve
been told :by some of the local
residentson the fall hunting sea-
son which
ea-
son.which is well underway up
here. With bear, d:eer.and ,
particularly moose as. their targets,
the human sla.mpede,'hhs begun.!
By the way, North Bay is one of
the few ,cities in Canada where
hunting is allowed inside the city.
limits. •
Hunting; enthusiasts come from
•aIl over; U,S. included. They
come towing their boats..(moose
love marshland) and some of the
most queer looking vehicles for
travelling in the .bush Some
are bought , but mostare of the
homemade Variety. One look
and one can tell who are the
locals andwhom are from out o,f.
r�
holiday time
agoin ...end we
take pleasure.
in wishing
you, and 'your
loved ones a
full measuree of..
good cheer!
LUCKNOW BOWL
Fred and ' Dove Horton
As.
Christmas..
comes,
here's u
wish that
true
merriment
i • may
endure' all
'through .the
holidays:
I
' O -Ibl ;the most festive season of -the, year, we express.
the sincere wish that your Christmas may be the .picture of great•"
joy and glad tidings. . Many' thanks for your loyal patronage!
GREER TV .and ELECTRIC
(Bill Bolt and 'Clarence Greer) •
town.' Thelocals watch the hun-
ters arrive
un-tersarrive with'their.expensive • •
•gear 'bombarding the bushlands
telling th,e hunted to head. for
denser cover. The hunters, fol-
lowing in their bushbuggies , Soon
ha-ve to abandon them and with ..
their .rifle and moosecall set out:
Being: that this' is rutting season,
after,the'h•unter has. blown the .
'mating -call "on:his horn he wants
• to be -sure- and have a -large tree
ora fair sized boulder between
him, and a 1500 l!l` ' bull 'moose,
charging ai. him like an oncom- .
ing'freight-train, Pot/ the novice.
this is no time to flunk -out but,
'shoot and . make that first --or= see --
ond.shot count. Now the. funis •
over and' the work begins. Dress
;the.;'meat; cut it up into carryfrble
pieces and�lujt o it tq,you-r bush
vehicle however far away that '
happens to be. , It's' ha rd •bac k-
breaking ;work even when there•-.
are four or 'more men in on .the.
hunt..
The fall rainy season is bad
time ih the bush because ofsoft
ground .: It is is tough getting
into the bush with one of these
bush -jalopies, how does a hunter •
figure he is going to `get his ve-
hicle out with all that extra load
of :meat on board? But' I' m not
condemning All hunters because
snowfalls for easier tracking. Most
of them don't and won't go any
further than a. mileat the most
away from home 'to •get their.
moose. And' it's•.always with -in .
easy skidding distance over hard'
snowy ground to home by what-
ever means they have with a.
winter's supply of neat The..
hunt isn't always, that easy; anim-'
als •when tracked cap elude the
'best of hunters .. = -
But. I'm not knocking hunters
their patronage. is .welcome.: The
more the; Merrier as long as they •
are sure thatewhatever• they are,
airning'at when out in the bush
has_foa r-legsa nd_is-riot_o theAw o-
legged ..variety: ' .
Yes sir;the traffic up here'frorn
Thanksgiving week -end on starts
the fall and winter season. 'Lod-
.ges and lots of cottages stay open
year round now: The people just
change from. 'boating to skiing and
snowmobiling.and our family is
•no exception. Yep! The vast
.bushland friendly people , the
color of the fall leaves is uncom
parable. Fishing, hunting,. boat-
ing ; skiing, icefishing , snowma-
biIi.ng -Sounds 1%ke I`m boosting
the North`.doesn't it? Then of
course there are the mosquitoes,
sandflies, blackflies. , and.the
subzero terriperatures in the wint-
er: But, we'vegrown to .like it.
uv'here and wouldn't trade it for
anyoth.er.part of O'ntario.,.
./ '.. .
-rthere-aTresthose•who are pretty
sharp in, the ways, of'the 'bush -
•country and it's.inhabitants and
Most of them .know what they are
they know-it-all' that give the
locals and:the experienced.
hunters the. headaches,.,. Now -a
days it is getting more popular
•(if one -can -afford it) for hunters
and..their guides to fly -in to re
Mot e'ale as and try their luck
there.
SGreace alifrreciAtt,eost.'-
At this Joyous time of year we extend
Mgr : greetings . to our friends, whose confidence
• we highly value. .Thank you.
C. E. MacTavish. Ltd.
Bill Hunter
But whether the'out-of-towners
are amateur or pro ;The evidence
is on the roadways for, all to see .
There they go'heading south -With -
their trophies of moose -heads and
racks proudly displayed; for all and
-sund-r -•see her-a-top..of car -and -
truck roofs and 'maybe there will'
"be, an unseen black be'ar's hide
salted down and rolled up in the
car trunkto be transformed into a.
soft fur rug for the front of the
home fireplace. They don't seem'
to/tzernember that week of wet and.
cold. I guess the excitement of
. ke,pttheni...w_arrn
that they have their .prize , it 'was
all worth theeffort.'
Boy!. ' What stories they'll have
to tell when they get together.
with the boys•baok home who
were probably ou.t,on trips also.
i'll bet that's -,some tall •tale -swap-
ping.party they'll have:
Meanwhile , the locals wait
patiently, for cold .weather to hardy
en the ground and a coup'Ie•o.f
radiant 'With the lightof peace,
joy and blessings for you and yours:
ahnstone-. Mob le_F LSen ..
GORDON A.' JOHNSTONE, PROP.
PURINA FEEDS
err, .� nn
Christmas is, made of snowflakes
-
and church hells andlauk,hter and dreams . .
ma' all of }'oars come hue. Have aMerry (:hris rna.S,
•
Eldon. and Shirley 'Wr�ith
' ..!'ll t tll I t t:Mt:Wit 1MLA RtaitOttitteit