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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 15 Sep 1960, p. 4

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TROUT SEASON, with exception of rainbows and lake trout,| will end Thursday of this week, September 15. I It seems only a few weeks ago we were looking Iorwardfi‘ to a new season and now it is gone. Thus time passes .40, quickly we can hardly keep up with it, let alone take adu-eJ tage of the various seasons. Only three good trips did we manage in the whole season, the last one with Hal. Beaupre being the most outstanding in big trout caught amd the exploretion with Bill (Chelliew being the most unusual. | In a matter of aboeut three NOC months we will be cuasing ourâ€" PHEASAMT ABASON i6 »NOW self for not taking maore time | epen en ‘the sgame famms, hbaut to take more trips. ‘Unfortunâ€"| mest eperators rhave done AMYâ€" ately, when you get into a posiâ€" | thing but encourage shooters tion where a few days fishing | to take advantage of the seaâ€" means about .two weeks work | son. at night so yeu can S#t @WaY,| ‘There is a good .reason LTor much of the #lamour is lost. |this Te weather has been L ©ou a o o uqo However, ameother wear awill come and again we wwill pre pare for the treut season anth, all the anticipation of a kid looking forward to Christmas morning. Now next year we are going to . .. PROJIKECTORS TRIPODS METERS 42 KING ST. W. e gis /6 ts * J. C. JAIMET & CO. LTD. PHEASAMT ABASON i6 ‘»NOW apen en ‘the sgame famms, hist, most operatoxrs rshave done ADy! thing but encourage shooters to take advantage of the seaâ€" this The wesather has been} ‘far too het to enjoy if gressed) ‘for hunting, naany of the pheaâ€" t are in meor plumage and ‘the dogs would have one heck of a time finding them either before or after they were hit. '-l:l;; ‘in-otâ€"“w'réaihex" has also © * w6 with Merb Scaith M Scenicâ€"Dome rail travel M Allâ€"inclusive fares lincluding meals, berth, etc.) K Reduced fares for group travel M Overseas Steamazhip. services B Great Lakes and Alaska cruises 4 Hetels and. reserts across Conado B ‘Airline service across Canadaâ€" linking 5 continents. .Information and reservations tdom Mr. V. L. Dykeman, City Passenger Agent, 120 King St. West, Kitchener MMUT..o 120 Aing 13l. YY CS Phone SH 5â€"5635 Writers FILTERS EXPERT .DEVELOPING â€"== When You Photogragh In Glorious Colour ‘With on Either Still or ‘Movie Camera #ll Of Your % ‘Exciting iExperiences. P k Why Not Consult ‘Us, If You Are In ‘Need Of Photographic ‘Equipment. ~AM GO@OTIWG PHONE CALLS cuse for having three different duck seasons in one province. We all know that the northern section rfreezes 4P belgu the LAN BE EBNJOYEDP OVER AND sontherm geis .good .sheeting, hut so athat. Fow men intentionally break the zame lams. Thoese who gdo are not jjust lougy exeuses ffor sportsmen, but thieves of the worst kind. In killing birds YOR HUNTHNG TRNP about season. heck of FILM the se 9 P PCM young of game bindks amil aniâ€" als, ‘they also sestwey the breeding stock and then leave the mangled remains to rot in the bush. Unless the Department 6f Lands and Forests changes them before this is printed, the duck season are; Northern zone, Sept. 15th, Central zone, Sept. 24th, and the Southern zone, that includes us here, is Oct. lst. Aill femm degs sheuld be tied when not heing used to bring in cattle or for whatever gurâ€" We srecently witnessed the destruction wrought by dogs en pheasants that had been released before getting _ all their flight feathers. The dogs went kill crazy as they always do. In this case it was a large black mongrel. In most cases \it doesn‘t matter what the tbreed, the destruction is the pese their owner keeps them. Presently, oven though the law â€"says they may be destroyâ€" ed if found running game durâ€" ever are. There is some justification for the light, gauge guns if used on upland game or Over decoys for dweks. In the hands of a good wing shot a 20â€"gauge ‘Magnum will kill nearly as far and â€" effectively as will | a WE HEAR A LOT OF TALK these days about light gauge shetguns and â€" syper speed, light caliber guns. _ _ twelve gauge. The reason of course is that the light gauge magnum has ~been souped up until it is throwing about the same amount of shot .as the twelve. By the same token the 12â€"gauge, is now <throwing about the same amount of shot as the old ten gauge. The twenty is a nice little the closed season, few KITCHENER un 4o carsy and in the gas bres and their abilityy to do things is even mere pronounâ€" ced than in shoiguns. In recest yeass, the lean has been tesmands dast light bu!â€" lets. EKven some magnums have been magde with the idea of bulet at terrific speed. Uniferturately, muzle velo city impresses many shooters more than it sheuld. ‘The fact that a certain calibre can atâ€" that a certain calibre can atâ€" tain 000 fs. with a medium weight bullet, is in the eyes of many shooters, the only gun to own. Frouble is that they lose sight of the fact that speed and blowâ€"up en light object go hard in hard and that speed can actually render some medâ€" ium weight bullets almost useâ€" less on game that at a medium speed they would kill. Two â€" bugbears haunt the highâ€"speed fan. Blowâ€"up on light to medium big game aniâ€" mals and deflection by small obstructions such as twigs. We actually had the experience of shooting at a jackrabbit with a syper fast wildcat gun and cartridge. The jack was cuddled down in some dried grass and we thought we were missing him until the chap with us watehâ€" ed with the spotting scope. I was right on the jack alright, but the fast, light bullet was blowing up on the curtain of Knowing of the guns perforâ€" mance, the chap who bought it, undertook to use it as an all purpose weapon. He shot a number of groundhogs with it. Then he took it deer huntâ€" ing. Being a goed shot, he hit three deer all of which wanâ€" dered off after losing a leg, hide or lots of bloed. {le fix‘]â€" REEOIC OR ETA C ally got so disgusted he left his gun in camp and help the guides "dog" the bush for the other <bunters. On ‘the other hand you have the uman who likes big calibre guns such as the 300 or 375 magniuyun. . Now we‘ll admit there is mightily little excuse for a gun of this power 0N deer, although you won‘t have to chase them as you do when hit andl bear, we suggest these magnums seri0us eration. Personaliyv. w W i. aditihetine. > esntE eration. Persomalivy. we e@nioy shooting ‘them. They kick a littte more, ‘hut they have .2 lot 6f authority and at the end For for securt tomorrovw Sawe seoday TNE IMPERIAL AIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY (Gontinued on Page 9 JOE STHRVUB & R.R. 3, Waterloo 3â€"1362) SH. 24529 you won‘t have as you do when . bullet. who hunts bigâ€" AS me<se, e‘k uggest you give weight

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