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The Clarksville Times, Thursday, October 15, 1970, Page 4
Point System for Duck Hunters
Due to Protect Scarce Species
LT. GOVERNOR VISITS CLARKSVILLE--Ben Barnes, Lieutenant Governor of Texas,
stopped In Clarksville last Wednesday to greet the public and to seek support for himself
and the democratic party In the coming election. (Times Staff Photo by Boyd Hurt)
Texas UIL Observes 60 Years of
Distinguished Public Service
Sixtieth anniversary of the
University Interscholastic
League of Texas is being ob-
served during the 1910-71
school year. A brief history of
this organization, reprinted
from the September edition of
the Interscholastic Leaguer,
follows:
The basis for the present day
League was the Debating and
Declamation League of Texas
Schools and the Interscholastic
Athletic League.
The Debating and Declama-
tion League held only debating
competition In May, 1911. El
Paso High School won first place
and Honey Grove High School
won second.
Broadened Scope
In 1911 the combined groups,
under the title, University In-
terscholastlc League, added
track and field events and the
UIL was a working organiza-
tion. In that first year the
State Meet was an Invitational
meet sponsored by The Uni-
versity of Texas. Beaumont
took first place with 45 points.
Temple took 36 points and sec-
ond, with Orange winning 17
and third place.
Houston Heights and Cle-
burne kicked off the first state
championship football game In
1920, playing In a muddy field
to a scoreless tie.
' More Contests Added
In response to school needs
the UIL added more and more
contests until now It conducts
competition from grade school
through high school In many
areas.
Contests are: Debate, In-
formative Speaking, Persuasive
Speaking, Poetry Interpreta-
tion, Prose Reading, Oral Read-
ing, Journalism, Number Sense,
One-Act Play, Picture Memory,
Ready Writing, Science,
Slide Rule, Spelling and Plain
Writing, Story Telling, Type-
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writing, Music,
Football, Boys’ Basketball,
Girls’ Basketball, Swimming,
Tennis, Volleyball, Junior
Boys’ Track and Field, High
School Track and Field, Base-
ball and Golf.
Curriculum Based
“All League contests grow
out of the school curriculum,”
said Dr. Rhea H. Williams,
League director. “The UIL Is
governed by the schools.School
representatives vote for all new
contests and pass on all rules
and policies.”
Former Director R. J. Kidd,
now treasurer of the Texas In-
terscholastlc League Founda-
tion and consultant for the
League, said, “No one could
have dreamed that this League
would - grow so large, and I
think that growth will continue.
Our program Is of great value
to the competitors.”
Foundation Scholarships
The Texas Interscholastic
League Foundation, started In
1959 to provide scholarships
for academic and literary win-
ners, has grown until It now
awards more than $150,000 each
June to Texas top students.
“These scholarship winners
are our Blue-Chip students,”
Kidd added. “We Just can’t be
proud enough of their accom-
plishments.”
Williams said, “The
League’s only business Is work-
ing to help Texas youngsters
grow Into fine, responsible,
capable citizens. The kid who
learns team work and coopera-
tion and dedication from being
a part of an athletic team will
work well as a citizen. The
student who puts In thousands
of extra hours In preparing
himself for competition In any
of our literary or academic
contests will be ready with
knowledge and ability to con-
tribute In later life.
Time to Consider —
“Our 60th anniversary Is a
time for us all to pause and
consider the thousands of Tex-
as youth who have taken part.
Their records as citizens are
Inspiring. We hope to continue
to aid In producing Texas finest
citizens,”
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Spike Buck
Kills Help
Deer Herds
Austin -- Since the Texas
Parks ahd Wildlife Commission
standarlzed the definition of
legal bucks In most regulatory
counties In 1959 to Include spike
bucks, some landowners and
hunters have expressed fears
that the spike buck harvest
will jeopardize future hunting
for trophy bucks.
Just the opposite Is probably
true, according to Pierce Uz-
zell, wildlife coordinator for
the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department.
“Our biologists contend that
killing spike bucks will
strengthen the deer herd and
even Increase the chances for
production of trophy bucks In
the future,” said Uzzell.
Nutrition, or the lack of It,
Is usually the factor which de-
termines whether a yearling
will have spike or forked antlers
with three or more points.
Spike bucks are deer which got
shortchanged during the forma-
tive months of antler develop-
ment and body growth, although
some undernourished deer do
develop a forked antler.
Uzzell said biologists have
found, by studying the results
of public hunts on wildlife man-
agement areas, that spikebuoks
consistently weight less than
other yearlings with more
points.
Another factor favoring the
killing of spike bucks has to do
with breeding since the spikes
compete with older bucks.
“The extent to which antler
form Is Inherited Is not known,”
says Uzzell, “but If It should
be Inherited, then the elimina-
tion of spike deer from the herd
would be desirable. The selec-
tive and extensive killing of
trophy bucks In place of spike
bucks would have the opposite
effect of resulting In herds with
smaller antlers and body size.”
“Our Information points to
the fact we aren’t harvesting
as many deer as we should In
many areas. Game managers
are generally agreed that It’s
safe to harvest around 25 per
cent of the herd when It Is at
or near carrying capacity of the
range. In most cases we aren’t
havesting more than 10 per cent
In heavy-populated areas, and
In some Instances .the kill Is
much less,” said Uzzell.
“It doesn’t seem logical to
protect the spike, which Is an
inferior animal compared to
others of the same age with
multiple points, when our
ranges are heavily over-
stocked,” he said. _,“To do so
would, In effect, be maintain-
ing an unwanted condition that
helps to aggravate Itself.”
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Austin -- In the nation’s
younger days, waterfowl were
largely taken for granted.
Skies over the flyways often
were blacked out by uncounted
millions of dueks and geese.
But greedy hunters slaugh-
tered the wildfowl for meat and
sport, and by the early 1900s
a decline had begun In the
numbers on the yearly migra-
tion flights.
Even as hunters were taking
their toll, waterfowl habitat be-
gan shrinking In the face of
Increased drainage and cultiva-
tion of nesting and wintering
areas.
Early Federal regulations,
too, were lenient and uncompli-
cated. The annual duck seasons
from 1918 through 1929, for
example, lasted three and a
half months and had bag limits
of 25 ducks, eight geese, eight
brant and 25 coots per day,
according to U. S. Bureau of
Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
records.
By 1934, however, the danger
signals had been heeded, and
Texas and other states set their
bag limits within tighter federal
guidelines. The dally bag limit
for Texas gunners In 1934 was
12 ducks. It dropped to 10
ducks by 1937, and remained
at that number through 1945.
After World War n, the situa-
tion had worsened to the point
that the bag limit was lowered
to seven birds In 1946 and to
only four In 1947.
The bag limit fluctuated from
four to five birds In the next
few years, but hit an all-time
low In 1962. That year, only
two birds were allowed each
hunter daily.
During the time of scarcity,
regulations became more strin-
gent and complicated. In addi-
tion, some species of ducks
such as the wood duck — were
given full protection of the law.
Since 1962 biologists have
noted an Increase In most
species of ducks, thanks to
International efforts at habitat
preservation and hunting
control. s,
The dally bag limit In Texas,
set annually by the Texas Parks
and Wildlife Commission, re-
mained at four ducks from 1963
through the 1969-70 season.
This year, the Commission
departed from tradition by ap-
proving a new point system for
duck bag limits. The system,
called the most liberal In 25
years, offers a possible dally
bag limit of 10 ducks.
However, the point system
places a low numerical value
on common duck species and a
high value on species fewer In
number. This was designed to
allow hunters a liberal harvest
of the plentiful species, but give
much-needed protection to the
others.
The point system already has
been adopted In several other
states with good result.
The duck season opens In
Texas Nov. 4, and continues
through Jan. 12.
Under the new system, 90-
polnt ducks are the mallard
hen, black duck, wood duck,
redhead, canvasback, New
Mlxlcan duck and hooded mer-
ganser, both drakes and hens.
Ducks rated at 20 points are
mallard drakes, pintail hens,
both drake and hen ring-necked
ducks and mottled ducks. All
other ducks, not listed above,
count 10 point! each, except
for the closed season oh fulvous
and black-bellied tree ducks.
The proclamation explains,
“The dally bag limit will be
reached when the point value of
Record Set in
Sales By Ford
Dallas -- Boosted by Intro-
duction of 1971 models Includ-
ing the new Mercury Comet car
line, Llncoln-Mercury automo-
bile sales hit record September
levels last month In the Dallas
sales district.
John J. Collins, district sales
manager, said dealers In the
two-state area sold 2,400 cars,
up 15 per cent from the old
September record of 2,078 set
a year ago. The district super-
vises dealerships throughout
Texas and In all of Oklahoma
except the Panhandle.
“The luxury Mercury and
Intermediate Mercury Montego
led the Increases over last year
for our established car lines,”
said Collins, “with gains of 14
and 12 per cent, respectively.
But sales of 92 Mercury Comets
— although the car was In
dealerships only part of the
month — helped considerably
In setting our new sales
record.”
Nationally Llncoln-Mercury
Division sales of 33,966 cars
were seven per cent over Sep-
tember of i?69 and Included
an all-time, any-month record
of Continental Mark m sales
at 2,584.
the last bird taken during the
day and added to the sum of the
point value of other ducks
already taken during that day
reaches or exceeds 100 points.”
For example, a hunter who
has taken nine ducks of 10 points
value eachjor a count of 90 may
fill his dally bag with one more
duck of any value. "'On the other
hand, a hunter with one 90-point
duck In the bag who then takes
a second duck of any species
has also filled his limit for the
day.
Amendment to
Be Discussed
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and comfort for budget-minded buyers. ___
DUDLEY T.CAMPBELL
Amendment No. 3 on the No-
vember 3 election ballot In Tex-
as will be the main subject of
discussion at a special meeting
to be held at 7:30 p.m., October
20, at the Clarksville Livestock
Exchange, sponsored by the
Real Estate Owners Associa-
tion of Red River County.
Campbell, whose home Is at
Refugio, Is widely known In
livestock circles throughout the
country. He Is a special rep-
resentative of the Texas and
Southwestern Cattle Raisers
Association. Prior to Joining
TSCRA he was secretary of the
American National Cattleman’s
Association in Denver, and also
served as a director In the Tex-
as office of National Livestock
and Meat Board.
Campbell, a native Texan,
holds a bachelor of science de-
gree from Texas A&I College
and master of science degree
In animal breeding from the
University of Colorado.
Local Riders
Top Winners in
Cycle Contests
Two local motorcycle racers,
Cliff Kay and James Paul Har-
vey, took trophies In races held
at Texarkana this past Sunday.
Races were held at the Pleas-
ant Grove Motocross Track.
Cliff took first place In the
125cc class and James Paul
took second In that class. Both
were riding Yamahas.
Gerald Townes, another
Clarksville entry, failed to
place due to mechanical prob-
lems.
Approximately twenty riders
met despite the heavy Sunday
afternoon rains. Motocross
races will be held again In
Clarksville on October 25 at
Red River Raceway, seven
miles north of Clarksville.
REFRESHMENTS AT GAMES football games at New Century
SOLD BY BAND BOOSTERS Club Field; Refreshments of
corny dogs, hot dogs, chill dogs,
The Clarksville High School homemade sandwiches and cup
Band Booster Club sponsors the cakes, coffee and cold drinks
concession stand at the home are offered for sale.
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Sheriff M. E. McGuire and
Deputy Jim Williams of Bo-
gata spotted the burglars who
entered the Lassiter Hardware
In Bogata several weeks ago.
Two youths, one of Bogata, the
other Johntown, were Indicted
by the grand Jury Monday.
Bonds of $2,000 In case were
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POSSESSION OF DEER
CARCAS COSTLY
Two men apprehended over
the weekend by Wayne Chappell,
game management' officer, In
possession of freshly killed
deer meat, were arraigned be-
fore Justice of the Peace Lu-
cian Reed. He fined one $203
and the other $53.
And In addition the ventkon
was confiscated.
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