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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-01-25, Page 17REAL ESTATE L1ST 7. Real estate for sale 7. Real estate for sale �oz1 All Points 1 56 East St., Goderich 524-6656 Realty Services Inc. YOU'LL LOVE THIS 3 bedroom, 4 level' split home with carport. Tastefully decorated throughout, finished family room, eat -in kitchen, dining area and many extras make this one of the nicest homes in the area. Priced in the $50's. OLD CHARMER 4 bedroom, 11,2 storey brick in excellent condition. Beautiful large modern kitchen with 24 ft. of cup- boards, 2. baths, den and large treed lot are just some of the features you'll find in this lovely home. Priced in the low $50's. DISCOVER THIS BEAUTY 4 bedroom. ranch with -spacious rooms, 212 car garage and breath -taking view. Priced, in the 60's. EASY LIVING in this older 11 2 storey home, 3 bedrooms, large kitchen with custom cupboards, 4 pc., bath and 24 ft. living room situated near playground. Priced in the $30's. OTHER TOWN PROPERTIES 3 bedroom bungalow with fireplace near Square...$40's Immaculate 3 bedroom older home with double garage...$50's Attractive 4 bedroom with rental income in West en- cl...$40's One bedroom close to Square...515,999 MENESET PARK 2 bedroom Iakeview, partially furnished, nicely land- scaped. Asking 512,500. 3.bedroom 12 x 68 ft. beautifully maintained home with Targe deck on treed. lot. Asking 514,500. We also have' a• good selection of building lots, good acreages, farms and businesses for sale...For more information call us today. MEMBER HURON REAL ESTATE BOARD `FOR TOTAL REALTY SERVICE CALL Ken Thompson Agnes MacKinnon Jim,McCaul 524-7514 524-6336 524.4175 Anna Melski 524-2768 Charlie Tyndall Gayle McCaul 524-7453 524-4175 MAURICE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1979—PAGE 17 Goose hunters upset ratepayers.... BYJEFF"SEDDON What's good for the goose also happens to be good for goose hunters and that upsetsa groupof Goderich township ratepayers. The ratepayers are unhappy with the habits of area hunters shooting Canada Geese coaxed to the ground by members of a group operating feeding stations in the township. Francis Powell has been feeding migrating Canada Geese for the past several years and last week he visited Goderich township council to ask what could 7. Real estate for.sale TWO BEDROOM house for sale, immediate possession, $22,000.00. Phone 524- 8449.-2-4 IN NEW subdivision, 3 bedroom home, patio, paved drive, family room complete with fireplace, 2 baths, priced- .to sell. 524-2567 bet- ween 4 and 9 p.m. Seen by appointment. -4-7 'be done to protect birds from hunters that he feels are taking advantage of his feeding station to bag geese. Powell told council he was not involved in an organized effort to prevent the hunting of the geese but rather was trying to see what, if anything, could be done to discourage the .prac- tice of some hunters. Powell said he was "not trying to stir up a stink" but was trying to protect residents of the township and the geese from hunters that he felt so far were just a "nuisance". Powell said the . geese have gotten in the habit of making his place, and several; \others in the township, regular stops on their migration route south. He said some hunters have discovered that the birds are coming down from their normally high migration altitude to eat and are using that to their advantage. He said the hunters are waiting on the township road in front of ,the feeding stations and when the birds land they are firing �nuumm�uuuuuuuwuuunuuuuuuulllulllluouuuuuuuunuuuuuuununnunuuuh their guns into the air to scare thebirds into flight. Once the birds are air- borne the hunters are "speeding around to the next road" and shooting the birds as they fly to the next feeding station. He said the scare tactics happen several times during legal hunting season ,on the geese which this year ran from September 28 to December 15. He claimed the area around the feeding station is too congested with homes and farms for that type of thing to be permitted. He added that hunters are not supposed to be shooting guns on town- ship roads pointing out night if the hunters are doing nothing illegal they are at least "disturbing the peace". THE ROUTE Powell said the geese arrive at his pond from the Hullett Conservation Area northeast of Clinton where the ministry of natural resources operates a feeding station. His home is west of Clinton and other stations located in the 53 West St. 524-$951 township take the birds BOLSI = across the township to the F. REAL ESTATE HURON REAL ESTATE = $ HeI said d the chain of BOARD MEMBER - = feeding stations across ver. the township seems to PLAN NOW FOR SPRING. `11VE HAVE THE FOLLOWING bring the geese closer to E COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES FOR SALE: _ the ground in their E. migration. He said some CLINTON: 1 1/8 Ac. on Hwy 8, good location. Fully ser- = Of the birds Will ndt go to viced. "85,000. Call David = a station because in past P. LUCKNOW: Cement block building on No. 86 Hwy. Ideal = years a social order has for boutique or small business. Will consider all offers. = been established by birds Call David. nesting and that order " = prevents some birds from. KIPPEN: Large property, formerly used for commercial n frequenting that station. purposes, on Hwy. No. 4. Asking '38,500. Ail offers con- c But he pointed.. out that sidered. Call David. _ there are at least half a 62 Ac. FARM LAND on mud creek.'Financing available at Et dozen places the bird's= can land for food in the current rates. Asking `32 500. Call Mrs. Bell. - township and that those =- ALUMINUM BUNGALOW 'on 'Huron"Rd.'Metal garage' - six combined causea lot of birds to stop and eat. with insulated area and workshop. Excellent location E ,for home occupation. Asking `35,162.95. Call Mrs. Bella = "Powell said the . habits of the •hunters have Build a cottage for; your leisure time on this 150' x100' = caused a fair number of _ lot, north of Goderich. Hydro. '15,000. Call Mrs. Bell. birds to keep right on E '19,500 delightful double trailer, 3 bedroom home = going. He said since„ the Meneset park, 12' x 20' living room with twothermal = hunters began their vigil pane window walls - log burning fire place - easy to own - lovely to live in. 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Small barn nd some equipment included.. -FREE BOOKLET AVAILABLE AT GARDINER REAL ESTATE WITH A PICTORIAL LISTING OF OVER 200 PROPERTIES FOR ALL YOUR REAL ESTATE REQUIREMENTS CONTACT ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: ' MAURICE GARDINER 524-6031 STEVE GARDINER 524-9985 BRUCE RYAN 524.7762 the number of birds landing has reduced to the point that at the•end of the season there were "hardly any birds lan- ding". He said he made . the ministry of natural resources aware of the hunting of the birds and that the ministry had dispatched a con- servation officer to look into the matter. He said the officer arrived early VI the hunting season and although there were no hunters around there were plenty of geese. "We counted 225 geese on the pond," he said. "It was obvious the birds were sitting ducks for shooters,"•he added. Powell indicated that the birds are getting a false security at the feeding stations because of the hunters. He said some of the birds trust humans enough to.permit him to walk right up to. them and feed them by hand. He said the feeding stations make the birds somewhat domesticated and that domestication tends to get them in trouble with hunters. It is not just the birds that Powell' is concerned with. He claims the area around the station is something less than open land. adding that he can't understand hunters shooting.. in ..that at- mosphe'r'e. He said he -had a horse hurt recently and a call to a -veterinarian indicated that the animal had been wounded by a stray bullet. . PROTECTED Powell would like to see the geese protected with " hunting restrictions placed on the 'areas around baited `areas. Federal law stipulates that_..no hunting is _..per:.... mitted within one quarter of a mile around a baited area and Powell said that' if the' Hullett Con- servation Area was deemed • a baited area there would. be "no problem". He said the restricted area would. practically border his feeding station and the geese would be protected frorn all hunters, Roy Bellinger, a ministry of natural resources conservation officer,' says it would be impossible to declare the entire Hullett Con- servation Area a baited area. He said the ministry operated feeding station is just one part of Hullett and has the quarter mile restrictions placed on it. But Bellinger pointed out that Hullett is 5,000 acres of public land and that the ministry simply could not put 'a hunting restriction on the entire area. Bellinger said the goose enclosure at Hullett is regularly patroled by ministry staff and any hunters within the quarter mile protected area are dealt with ac- cordingly. But aside from that there, is little the ministry can do. "There would be a tremendous public outcry if we attempted to restrict the area," said the conservation officer. He added that as far as the ministry is concerned hunters are free to hunt th„e•geese during the legal season adding that there is no concern thathunters are depleting the num- bert of geese. ",`There's more geese now than there ever was," he said. Bellinger - said that while the ministry could not consider ' declaring Hullett a protected area there is no reason Powell, or anyone else feeding geese, cannot get the quarter mile restriction on their own property. He said all that,, is neee-ssary is the signatures of alL lan- downers within a quarter mile radius of the property the feeding station . is located on. Once all the landowners have given their in - The 5,000 acre Hullett Wildlife area also includes a large Canada Goose feeding area that is out of bounds to all hunters, but geese can be hunted in season from half a mile away, should they fly over. (News -Record photo) dication that they will not permit any hunting on their land the govern- ment , will declare the area a legal baited area. Bellinger ' pointed out that of all the feeding stations located in Goderich township only one has been declared a legal ' baited area. He pointed out that despite the frustrations those feeding the geese have with hunters there is little tke ministry can do to stop the practice. "All we do is enforce the laws," he said. "We cover a huge area and can't be everywhere. Someone may be breaking a hunting law and- without some help 'from pirivate citizens there is nothing we can do. There are three of- ficers covering three counties and we can't be spending too much time at one place." Bellinger said that if a private citizen spots a hunter on his land hun- ting against his wishes or in a no hunting area he can make a complaint to the ministry officers and if he can identify the hunter have a charge laid. He said the citizen must then be prepared to take the case to court, He said ministry of- ficers do not attempt to ascertain if a hunter is actually hunting out of season but rather lay charges if a person is carrying•a gun out of its case during a no hunting season. "If a man has a gun in his car, in the ,case he is not hunting but if he is walking down the road carrying the gun out of its case we assume he is hunting and charge him if it is during a no hunting season or in a no hunting area,". said Dellinger. BAITING CAN BE A PROBLEM Bellinger said baiting is encouraged by the ministry but only if it is done properly. He said some people feed migrating geese too long and the birds tend to stay, at the feeding station rather than continue migrating. He said eventually the birds become domesticated and stay at the feeding station year round. The • conservation of- ficer, said too much feeding is discouraged by ministry officials and the Canadian Wildlife Ser- vice, which is operated by the federal government • and administers laws governing migrating birds. He said both groups want the,birds to remain in their natural habitat as much as possible which means they should complete their _migration each year. He pointed out that only one person in Goderich township has a permit to keep Canada Geese in captivity. 'Anyone else feeding birds year round is breaking the law if they confine the birds. He added '. that by domesticating the birds by overfeeding them people tend to put them in greater danger from hunters and predators than if -they just let them. migrate naturally. The geese are out of danger now because they ARLEATA PATTERSON 521-4608 PETE BETTGER 524-2865 PETER MacEWAN 524-9243 MARILYN MfacCUSPEY 524.6995 The Hullett Wildlife management area includes•a Giant Canada Goose feeding area, that includes a special viewing stand from which the public can see • the geese, mostly in the spring and' fall. (News - Record photo) are in the south but in March when they return the issue n- ay be rekindled. The March flight north will be- safe because there is no hunting season on the birds but th.e return flight in September could be a rehash' of this year's problems for both hun- ters and feeding station operators alike.' If enough 'feeding station operators got together to make their property a legal baited ,,area the geese could have a protected flight path across Goderich town- ship. That move would make it illegal for hun- ters to fire their weapons within a quarter of a mile of each , station eliminating the problems of Powell's group. Another avenue that could be explored by those feeding^ Canada Geese would be to ask township council to pass a bylaw limiting the number of birds that can be shot in the township. The best solution seems to be one that both the hunters and the feeders could come up with. Both should get together and make their concerns known to one another. The feeders could have the undesirable methods used by hunters stopped and the hunters could stalk the birds in a manner that assures them some success but does not irritate anyone. After all what's good for the goose may also be good for the hunter and the feeder. Needle point course offered Are you interested in increasing your knowledge of a craft you already know? Do you like to learn new crafts? If so, "Needlepoint for Beginners" is for you. This winter the Home Economics Branch, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, is offering a course to all women in Huron County on needlepoint. There is something here for everyone. For those who would like to learn to needlepoint, the course offers guidance in color harmony, selection of proper c'anvas sizes., yarns and needles. Step by step instructions are given for five popular and useful stitches which are worked on a sample. Once the "sampler is completed, members can go ahead with confidence to complete an item of their choice. For those who have done needlepoint before, the course offers advance instruction on professional'Iy blocking your finished pieces, designing your own patterns for needlepoint 'articles, as well, as learning "several new stitches. The course will take the form of a leadership workshop where each group (whether an organized group or in- formal gathering) will..., send at least one leader (two is the ideal) to the workshop to learn the information and get the supplies. These ladies then return to their community and teach the, course to the members. Leadership workshops will be held as follows: Wingham - Monday, February 12 and Thur- sday, February 15; Exeter, Tuesday, February 13 acid Friday, February 16; Clinton, Monday, February 19 and Wednesday, February 21; and Clinton, Satur- day, February 10 and Saturday, February 17. Fear. 4urther in- formation and ap- plication forms contact Miss Grace Bird, Home Economist, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Clinton (482- 3428 or Zenith 7-2800).