weapon and then proceed to on a blanket and the weapon
The bullet ricocheted
clear the b a rre l. That’ s the fire d .
proper and sensible thing todo. around the car wounding two
other hunters, one tn the foot
But not this hunter, who care
lessly tried to poke the packed and one tn the leg.
mud out of the b arret with the
Here’ s another sm art one who
forefinger and BINGO— off go a was placing his loaded rifle In
couple of fingers.
the pickup when the hammer
Here’ s another dandy game caught on the gun rack, causing
of Russian roulette, a stupid It to discharge.
Hts hunting
stunt which occurs fa r toooften. companion was lucky, because
This v ic tim , probably through the bullet fragmented as It tore
long custom, placed hts loaded through the cab door and only a
shotgun on the car seat butt piece of It smacked him in the
fir s t and with his hand over the
le ft shoulder blade. But If the
muzzle.
The result—a badly bullet hadn’ t broken a p a rtfirs t,
mangled hand and a near miss this victim would have received
'to the midsection.
the fu ll charge right in the mid
How about this group o f b r il dle of the back.
lia n t hunters riding along, all
We’ve had a number of quick-
with loaded firearm s? One of draw a rtists out hunting this
the hunters moved hts rifle . fa ll—probably in Wyatt Earp
As he did so thehammer caught duels with blue grouse, jack-
6 —Port Orford News, Thursday, Novem ber 13, 1969
rabblts, o r some other critte rs
—who pulled the trig g e r before
the pistols ever cleared the hol
sters. What a painful way to
learn a lesson, one which could
be a c rlp p le r fo r life .
We can point a stem finger
at parents fo r a number of ju
venile-caused accidents, se lf-
inflicted o r shooting someone
else, who have allowed th e ir
youngsters
to hunt without
parental supervision o r d ire ct
ion o r adequate training In the
safe handling of fire a rm s.
We’ve had a rash of such i r r
esponsible acts this year.
One juvenile was Illegally
hunting quail on his parent’ s
property and wounded him self
in the process. Another young
ster shot him self while hunting
deer with his parents; he had
no hunting license, deer tag, o r
hunter safety ce rtifica te . Two
other se lf-in flicte d woundlngs
Involved a boy with no hunter
safety training and another
youth hunting with his parents
with no hunting license. One
youngster hunting close tohome
shot at a movement a fte r dark
on the assumption that It was a
deer. His shot h it another hun
te r through the legs as this hun
te r was hiking back to his car
along a road.
Of the 38 fire a rm s accidents
this year while hunting, 21 have
been se lf-in flicte d . Nine acci
dents have Involved pistols, I l
legal
fire a rm s fo r hunting
game. The only m lstaken-for-
game "accident” was the after
dark shooting. Only five of the
incidents can be classed as " a c -
cldental” and these were ln -
lln e -o f-flre , with neither the
shooter nor the victim knowing
of the other person’ s presence.
Four accidents have resulted In
death.
Although hunting continues to
be one of the safest of a ll sports,
with fewer accidents than occur
in such activities as picnicking
Hiking, golf, and others, hunters
can and must improve on th is-
record. A ll they have to do Is
quite being lam e-brains. Quit
playing Russian roulette with
loaded fire a rm s. And parents
must make sure that th e ir kids
receive adequate training In the
safe handling of fire a rm s and
that they hunt under proper
supervision. Parents, too, must
abide by the same set of hunter
safety rules.
Shâtât#Sfa 'Zi tm
BATTLE ROCK'S football team ended their 1969 three-game season against Langlois
with two losses and one tie. Members of the team include (front row, left to right) Ron
Coble,GaryFrankovich,Bill Cobb, Don Alexander and Billy Carr. Middle row (1-r) Randy
McCune, Brock Bean, Roger Fry, Ricky Lambert, Allen Rhodes, Eddie Peterson and Tony
Pepper. Backrow (1-r) Scott Still, Andy Belcher, Mitchell Harper, Jim Wills, Dale Dahrens
and Billy Pepper.
Reedsport Tips Pacific
16-0 In Final Contest
REEDSPORT — Reedsport, port was repulsed at the Pa
geared on offense by Clif Win cific four but got the ball right
ters and Mark Boggs, and an back on a punt and proceeded
chored on defense by lineback to march it 33 yards for the
ers Frank Hakki and Terry clincher
Shrortridge, capped the 1969
Boggs, again from the one,
football season by mudding past scored and then passed to Rick
Pacific, 16-6, Friday night.
Franzen for the points-after. For
Both (he winning Braves and the game, Boggs gained 51
the losing Pirates finished the yards in nine carries.
season with 4-won, 5-lost rec
Pacific threatened to get on
ords.
-the scoreboard with two minutes
Reedsport pieced together a left, but the Hakki-Shortridge
66-yard drive in the second per led defenders were halted inside
iod for an 8-6 halftime lead. The the 15.
one TD stood up until midway
While the Braves were rolling
through the fourth period when up 243 yards and 12 first downs,
the Braves matched it for the the Pirates maneuvered a total
clincher.
of 96 yards and seven first
The running of Winters — 9- downs on the sloppy field.
for-84 for the game—and Boggs,
Reedsport, 16-0
whose 19-yard stint carried to
the one, propelled the first Pacific
0 6 0 0- 0
drive. Boggs scored from the Reedsport
0 8 0 8-18
a— ■„
one and then passed to John
R-Boggs, 1 run (Lawson pass
Lawson for the bonus points.
from Boggs). R-Boggs, 1 run
In the fourth period, Reeds-1 (Franzen pass from Boggs).
Some Hunters Play
Russian Roulette
BY M ILT GUYMON
»Some hunters are downright
stupid.
In fact, I think we
sould tali these Individuals as
lam e-brains Instead of hunters,
because a true hunter wouldn’ t
think of pulling off the stunts
these people try to get by with.
At least, these Individuals must
leave th e ir brains athomewhen
they pick up thetr fire a rm s
and head out on hunting trip s .
F o r throughout the hunt they
pla> a dangerous game ol Rus
sian roulette w ttli thetr fire
arm s, endangering th e ir own
lives as well as the lives of
th e ir hunting partners.
We’ ve just checked the hunt
er f i r e a r m s casualty re
ports fo r tilts year and we can
come to no other conclusion.
Amt we w ill have a few more
of these stupid accidents before
the end of the year.
If you don’ t think that some
hunters are playing this dan
gerous game, Just take a look
at this. Here’ s a hunter who
w ill have a pretty tender place
on which to s it fo r quite a spell,
fo r his " s it te r ” Is exactly
where he got it, at two-foot
range.
It seems that he and
his partners had just shot a
deer and one member, sitting In
the bed of the pickup, started
to reload hts rifle when It
discharged, hitting the victim
you know where. Now anyone,
In this w rite r’ s opinion, who has
a loaded fire a rm tn a vehicle,
o r allows one to be there, be
longs in this lam e-brain cate
gory of hunters.
And fo r this one, it won’ t
make much difference about
loaded fire a rm s in vehicles be
cause tie’ s dead, the victim of
M A R G A R IN E
Deer Hunts
To Open In
Selected Areas
The Game Commission re
minded hunters today that deer
hunting fo r general season tag
holders w ill be open in only
one area of the state. This
hunt is the Northwest A g ricu l
tural Area scheduled fo r Nov
ember 8 and 9 and again Nov
ember 29 through December 7.
The bag lim it Is one deer of
either sex.
Special perm its
are not required fo r this hunt.
In general, deer hunters par
ticipating are restricted to hunt
on o r within one mile of es
tablished a g ricu ltu ra l lands,
mainly In and adjacent to the
W illam ette V alley. T reefarm s
o r private tim ber holdings are
not included tn the open area
nor are Isolated o r abandoned
homesteads. Hunters in te r
ested w ill find details of the ag
ric u ltu ra l season on page 12 of
the big game regulations book
le t.
A November perm it season
which has caused some con
fusion among hunters is the
North Side John Day Area
scheduled Nov. 15 th r o u g h
30. This hunt takes in a very
lim ite d area of the Northslde
Unit between Mt. Vernon and
Franks Creek. The season is
open to only those hunters who
obtained the North Side John
Day Area perm its In the draw
ing held tn late August and who
also have thetr unused general
season deer tag.
Hunters holding Northslde
Unit perm its who were not suc
cessful when this unit was open
during the general deer season
are not eligible to participate
in the North Side John Day Area
hunt.
one. This hunter’ s loaded rifle
was leaning upright In the front
seat. He leaned across the rifle
to open the off door fo r hts
partners. As he did so the r i f
le slipped and began to fa ll out
the door butt fir s t. The ham
mer caught on the floorboards,
and that’ s all she w rote, a bullet
right under the a rm p it.
Here’ s two hunters in widely
separated areas ofthestatewho
trie d to get by with the same
tric k , shooting from a public
road and using the car as a
rest. In both Instances thebul-
let hit the car and ricochet«!,
wounding a hunting companion
Inside the vehicle.
And how about this bright
hunter?
He and a companion
were d riving slowly along with
die
" b rig h t” hunter’ s rifle
esting muzzle-down on hts
boot. F or no apparent reason
lie fltp p « t off the safety and
the rifle fire d . F o r the rest
of this man’ s hunting career—
if he decides to continue hunt
ing—hts partners w ill be c a ll
ing him "O ld Three-Toe.”
What would you do If you
suddenly sltpp«l and pok«t the
barret of your shotgun down in
the mud? Sure, you'd unload the
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