Now every body
gets 50% off.
Now through October 5, every body who joins the
Y gets 50% off the initiation fee — and that includes
tennis memberships.
The Eugene Family YMCA has the most complete
facilities in town, with 2 pools and a spa, 4 racquet
ball and handball courts, instruction,
and special programs for you.
Call us at 686-9622 for more
information, and get
half off the regular price,
now through October 5
at the YMCA
There’s something
for every body
at the Y.
Eugene Family YMCA
2055 Patterson • 686-9622
Tape duplication
instant cassette copies!
Quality stereo or monaural duplication.
Check the prices today at your
Bookstore.
Hunting: is it necessity or slaughter ?
It s slaughter,
say opponents
.. We take the
belief that every
American is a natural
born hunter. And every
fall a great number of
men set out to prove
that without talent,
training, knowledge or
practice they are dead shots with rifle or
shotgun. The results are horrid.
. . . Somehow the hunting process has to
do with masculinity, but I don't quite know
how. I know there are any number of good
and efficient hunters who know what they
are doing; but many more are overweight
gentlemen, primed with whisky and armed
with high-powered rifles.
John Steinbeck in “Travels with Charlie’’
John Steinbeck’s words written in 1960
are no less true today — many people
share a feeling of revulsion about hunting.
For some it follows naturally from a
pacifist point of view and for others it is
simply a disgust for the bloodletting which
must accompany killing.
Wendell Wood, president of the Oregon
Natural Resources Council, is
“philosophically" opposed to hunting.
Even if it could be proved that for every
deer shot there would be one to take its
place, “some people would want to kill it
and others would say no way,” he says.
Wood is one of the ones who wouldn't
touch the gun.
Keith Nelson, associate coordinator of
the Outdoor Program, agrees.
“I do not hunt and never will,” says
Nelson. “I don't think it is an appropriate
use of the wilderness."
Recreationally, Nelson doesn't like the
restraints it places on him.
“It makes a large part of the wilderness
off limits,” he says. “I’m leery to go out
when there are individuals who will shoot
at things that move I’m not saying they're
wild or careless, but I am apprehensive In
this way, it impacts on me I’m selfish. I
don't want to get shot."
Those against hunting do not view it as
a sport at all.
"Hunting is a euphemism for a killing
game where one of the contestants is arm
ed and the other is not,” says Barbara
Kelley of Save Our Ecosystems.
"It’s not sporting to use a high powered
rifle against a defenseless animal,” says
Nelson. “There are so many things going
against wildlife — the loss of habitat, con
tinual development of metro areas — that
wildlife doesn't need another thing against
them."
Continued on Page 6B
\
t
It s necessary,
say supporters
Jim Greer, a state
wildlife biologist, calls
it the “brown-eyed
Bambi syndrome."
Marvin Caine, a local
hunter and vice
president of the
Emerald Empire Gun
Club, believes it panders to an
emotionalism that denies reality.
Both are referring to the anti-hunting
mentality that glorifies the wide-eyed
innoncence of the forest’s creatures and
slings mud on the “blood-thirsty savages"
that stalk those creatures.
“It’s an emotional thing for the general
public,” says Greer, who is the state
wildlife biologist for all of Lane County
except the coastal areas. “The general non
hunting public is often uninformed, and
they don't understand that we have to have
a hunting season if we are going to keep
the overall herd balanced and healthy.”
Although Greer says he can understand
people making a personal choice not to
hunt, he wishes they understood why
herds of animals like the deer and elk have
to be "managed."
There are two major reasons, says Greer.
One is the fact that nature follows a
“boom or bust" cycle in which deer herds
often starve to death during bust cycles.
“If an animal isn’t going to make it thru
the winter, then you have to ask how he
going to die," Greer asks. “What are some
of the things that can be done to prevent
that animal from dying."
Part of the answer is looking at the herd
as a whole rather than individual animals,
says Greer. With a well-policed hunting
season, you can prune some animals from
the herd to insure that the animal
population as a whole is compatible with
the land resources in the area, says Greer.
That way, only 20 percent of the herd
might be reduced selectively instead of 80
percent of the herd through a difficult
winter.
“We’re trying to take that annual winter
loss and put it to some use, which would
be the hunter’s refrigerator,” he says.
The second reason for hunting,
according to Greer, is to reduce a herd’s
impact on land resources — both
agricultural and timber.
Because of the current variety of forest
areas — ranging from clearcut areas
brimming with undergrowth to old-growth
sections with little undergrowth — herds
have more forage, feed and cover than
before, Greer says.
Continued on Page 6B
PRE-WINTER SALE
Heavy duty Ramar cloth
covers this ultra warm
parka by Woolrich. Car
go and hand warmer
pockets (sorry no
hoods).
Reg. $140.00
NOW $7995
—ALSO—
Cross country sox —
keep your feet and legs
warm in the coldest
weather (slightly im
perfect).
Reg. $12-$ 15
NOW $4"
* Magic Card Participant *
^MCKENZIE
“Eugene’s
Professional Outfitters
UTFITTERS-'
771 Willamette
and Valley River Center
LUNCH - DINNER
SUPPER
Happy Hour
Rob Roberts
9-12 Bete Noire
Home & Tailgate Catering
CARRY OUT ORDERS TO GO!
756 V\ . PARK STRKKT
SMKKDK HOTKI. BUILDING
ORDKR TO GO - 345-9587
Key duplication
Make a spare.
65*
at your
Bookstore
Learn how to play
DRUMS OR GUITAR
Special rates for U of O students and their families
mi
M-F 10-7 (Closed noon hour)
Sat. until 4
LTD “Fox Hollow" Bus
Park at our front door
380 E. 40th, Eugene
345-8289
McKay’s Open Pantry Delicatessen
FEATURING
Broasted Chicken - by the bucket or the piece • Party trays made to order
Fresh home-made pizza • Fresh bagels and pocket bread • San Francisco style sourdough bread
31 varieties Imported and Domestic Cheese • 35 varieties lunch meat and sausages
Full line salad bar • Hot food to go • Fresh sandwiches made daily
Hot or cold. Imported or Domestic foods with old-fashioned service
19M Franklin Bird. S & H Green Stamps, loo / 655 w Cenl(.nnja| Blvd
343-6418 0e°" 8 am lo 8 pm daily 747-3023
GET TH«O0G}}h
frorr\
t easy all ter". W'th “if* a^ P
up
-on>y
sa^ Ma:::::;tne «*«• ^ an
55r-:fS=—
sc take it easy «*
Easy PaSS
9o«
andgettmou9Ptne
THE!