Showing posts with label hunting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hunting. Show all posts
Friday, May 29, 2020
No More Fox Bounty Money in 1969
From the April 3, 2019 MidWeek "Looking Back."
1969, 50 Years Ago.
"The bounty paid on fox carcasses was eliminated by a ruling of the DeKalb County Board of Supervisors. The measure was taken because the amount of money paid to bounty hunters is in excess of the money appropriated for that purpose."
Was This Just Temporary? --Cooter
Saturday, December 28, 2019
A Fox Bounty in DeKalb County in 1944
From the March 20, 2019, MidWeek "Looking Back."
1944, 75 Years Ago.
"Enos A. Baie of Hinckley this week was awarded county bounty on several foxes, which, according to E.W. Joiner, county clerk, is the largest bounty paid to one individual so far this season."
How Much Is That Fox Pelt in the Window? --CootFox
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Illinois' Chain of Lakes-- Part 11: The Different Lakes and World Famous Lotus Beds
The lakes offer a variety of different activities as each is different. The two largest Lakes are Fox Lake and Pistakee Lake at about 1.700 acres each. They provide space for open boating and fishing.
Originally Pistakee was a shallow lake full of marshes and waterfowl, a great place for hunting. The creation of the dam at McHenry, Illinois,, increased the depth of the lake and made it navigable. Fox and Pistakee lakes were well-known for boating even back to the early 1900s. They were especially known for sailboat races and Pistakee still has a Pistakee Yacht Club, featuring sailboats.
Grass Lake (Grasslake) is the third largest lake and estimated to cover 1360 acres, but is considered the shallowest of the Chain of Lakes with an average depth of 3 feet. It was best-known to visitors in the early 1900s because of its world-famous Lotus Beds. Rising lake levels due to the dam fairly well caused their decline, but in the last few years they are making a comeback.
--RoadChain
Originally Pistakee was a shallow lake full of marshes and waterfowl, a great place for hunting. The creation of the dam at McHenry, Illinois,, increased the depth of the lake and made it navigable. Fox and Pistakee lakes were well-known for boating even back to the early 1900s. They were especially known for sailboat races and Pistakee still has a Pistakee Yacht Club, featuring sailboats.
Grass Lake (Grasslake) is the third largest lake and estimated to cover 1360 acres, but is considered the shallowest of the Chain of Lakes with an average depth of 3 feet. It was best-known to visitors in the early 1900s because of its world-famous Lotus Beds. Rising lake levels due to the dam fairly well caused their decline, but in the last few years they are making a comeback.
--RoadChain
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
The Babe and Mrs. Ruth in Goldsboro, NC-- Part 2
"'We are taking back almost a car load of game in a refrigerator car out there. Game that Babe, Bud Fisher and some of Babe's friends killed, and my duck is in the lot,' explainedMrs. Ruth in a soft southern voice. She was born in Georgia. "I tyhink I'll have it mounted by a taxidermist, and labeled 'killed by Mrs. George Herman Ruth at Davis, N.C. and give the date.' Don't you think that would be a good idea?
"I'm sure it would,' said the Babe. 'I had her in the blinds with me all day, and she held up pretty well. It's rained ever since she got down here though, and I believe she brought the rain with her.'
"Ruth, off a few pounds from what he was his last visit to Goldsboro, said he was going to begin indoor training in earnest when he gets back to New York.
"Goldsboro people and admirers of the Bambino trooped in and out continuously to shake his hand. Miss Hazel Nasekos presented Mrs. Ruth with a box of flowers."
Mrs. Ruth here was the Babe's second wife, Claire Merritt from Athens, Georgia.
So, the Babe was popular in North Carolina and bit heavier during the off season.
A Chance to Meet the Babe. --DaCoot
"I'm sure it would,' said the Babe. 'I had her in the blinds with me all day, and she held up pretty well. It's rained ever since she got down here though, and I believe she brought the rain with her.'
"Ruth, off a few pounds from what he was his last visit to Goldsboro, said he was going to begin indoor training in earnest when he gets back to New York.
"Goldsboro people and admirers of the Bambino trooped in and out continuously to shake his hand. Miss Hazel Nasekos presented Mrs. Ruth with a box of flowers."
Mrs. Ruth here was the Babe's second wife, Claire Merritt from Athens, Georgia.
So, the Babe was popular in North Carolina and bit heavier during the off season.
A Chance to Meet the Babe. --DaCoot
The Babe and the Mrs.Ruth in Goldsboro, NC-- Part 1
From the March 30, 2014, Goldsboro (NC) News-Argus "Mighty dogs and hunters of bygone days" by Sherwood Owl Williford,
Seventy-three years ago a famous hunter passed through Goldsboro en route to his favorite hunting grounds at Camp Bryan near New Bern. That man, of course was none other than George Herman Ruth, better known as "Babe."
The following is a 1932 News-Argus story about him and his wife, "Mrs. Babe." The artricle was written after the hunt when they were waiting for a northbound train.
"DEMURE BRUNETTE TELLS OF BAGGING A DUCK: Goldsboro got its first look at Mrs. George Herman Ruth Tuesday night, and liked her. Numbers of times Goldsboro has seen the Yankee slugger himself going to and from Camp Bryan near New Bern on his annual hunting trips, but it was the first time that Mrs. Ruth had accompanied her famous husband.
"Arriving from New Bern the couple had supper at Williams Cafe, greeted scores of Ruth fans and departed for New York on the 9:45 train. Mrs. Ruth, a demure brunette with a saucy red hat, confessed that she got only one duck in a day's hunting with her husband while the babe, whose shooting eyes are as good as his hitting eyes, was getting the limit,"
More to Come. --Cooter
Seventy-three years ago a famous hunter passed through Goldsboro en route to his favorite hunting grounds at Camp Bryan near New Bern. That man, of course was none other than George Herman Ruth, better known as "Babe."
The following is a 1932 News-Argus story about him and his wife, "Mrs. Babe." The artricle was written after the hunt when they were waiting for a northbound train.
"DEMURE BRUNETTE TELLS OF BAGGING A DUCK: Goldsboro got its first look at Mrs. George Herman Ruth Tuesday night, and liked her. Numbers of times Goldsboro has seen the Yankee slugger himself going to and from Camp Bryan near New Bern on his annual hunting trips, but it was the first time that Mrs. Ruth had accompanied her famous husband.
"Arriving from New Bern the couple had supper at Williams Cafe, greeted scores of Ruth fans and departed for New York on the 9:45 train. Mrs. Ruth, a demure brunette with a saucy red hat, confessed that she got only one duck in a day's hunting with her husband while the babe, whose shooting eyes are as good as his hitting eyes, was getting the limit,"
More to Come. --Cooter
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