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SUNDAY,NOVEMBERS,1987 DURHAM MORNING HERALD PAGE 15C
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<br /> i G=,m m le Hu n t em rs A r e Going Out In Blaze Of . . Oramme,
<br /> one is wounded or killed. that I would not have seen ex- deaths among hunters, there John Harris(544-3722 or 1-597-
<br /> By JIM WILSON Few hunters are killed each Outdoors/Notes cept for their blaze orange cloth- were 36 non-fatal accidents, one. 3183) or Bob Thompson (549-
<br /> Herald sports writer year in North Carolina,and not ing,"Fullwood said. with a muzzleloader and the re- 0611 or 1.467-9455).
<br /> all of them are deer hunters hunter does not have to wear "The thing that surprised me mainder with shotgun or rifle. Tickets will be limited to 200.
<br /> Tragedy can happen just as both unless he so chooses. the most was the number.of pea ❑
<br /> If you're a deer hunter,you've easily while hunting quail or Big game,in this instance,is pie wearing it I would estimate The Research Triangle Park
<br /> probably had it happen before.. squirrels or ducks.Deer hunting; defined as deer, bear or wild 85 percent of the deer hunters chapter of Ducks Unlimited will Max Sharpe and John Fletcher
<br /> As you're sitting on a stand, however, is the most popular boar.Turkey hunters will not be were wearing orange. That's hold its annual duck hunters' of Durham won the fourth an-
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<br /> you gradually become aware of field sport in North Carolina and required to wear blaze oran great. preseason tune-up Nov.21 at the nual Falls Lake Fall Team Bass
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<br /> the faint rustling of dead leaves thus has more o g Classic last weekend.
<br /> on the ground..As you wait,gun disaster. opportunities for Al a landowner,his:spouse The McLeansville Wildlife Durham County Wildlife Club,
<br /> and children are exempt from Club initiated the request for a This event,which is an alterna Sharpe and Fletcher landed six
<br /> poised,you begin to picture a Last year in this state,six Peo- the law while hunting on their blaze orange bill nearly a decade tive to the more traditional largemouth bass weighing 18.;<
<br /> buck of gigantic proportions.The pie were killed while hunting big own property. ago.The North Carolina Wildlife Ducks Unlimited banquets,will pounds,14 ounces and received
<br /> rustling grows louder; you're game. Hunters who use muzzleload-..Federation,the largest conserva- begin at 1 p.m.From 1:30-4:30- $1,325 for beating the field of 90
<br /> ready and.anxious to aim and This year,the North Carolina ers also must obey the new law, tion organization in the state,got the chapter will hold a waterfowl other fishermen.
<br /> pull the trigger.. Wildlife Resources Commission but bow hunters are exempt. involved the neat year. identification workshop,a duck Chester Rowe and`Earnie
<br /> Then maybe you hear a voice .hopes a new law requiring big- Charles Fullwood, executive. The blaze orange law will be .calling contest,dog trials for re- Hoover of Wendell were.second
<br /> or simply see your deer is just game hunters to wear blaze director of the N.C.Wildlife Re. treated in all cases as an infrac- trievers and skeet and trap with 11 pounds,,4 ounces:Fred
<br /> another hunter.You mumble to orange clothing will help elimi- sources Commission and a deer tion, not a misdemeanor, the shooting.A pig-picking begins at Flowers and Al Dillard of Ra-
<br /> yourself about the guy's mental nate hunting deaths entirely. hunter, has seen how blaze same as the seat-belt law.During 5 p.m.and an auction at 6 p.m. leigh were third(10.10),while
<br /> capacity and relax. The law,.which requires a big-. orange works in eastern North the first year,officers will issue Tickets are$35 each and are Durham's Larry Cates and Ar-_
<br /> That's the way it happens most:game hunter to wear either a Carolina,where the gun season only warning citations. After tax deductible.For ticket infor thur Ferrell were.fourth (9-6):`"
<br /> of the time. Tragically, some blaze orange outer garment,(vest for deer already has opened. that,violators will be subject to a mation, contact Ted Martonen and Jerry Goodwin and Joe Mor
<br /> times the hunter in the stand or jacket) or a blaze orange hat "I saw a lot of hunters over $25 fine. - (541-7875 or 1-968-1726),Tommy ris,also of Durham,were fifth
<br /> doesn't wait.He fires,and some- while hunting with a gun.A there along the edges of woods Last year,in addition to the six Baker(549-0611 or 1-847-3060) (5-11). -
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