OUTPOST.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Junior hunters join: The Department of Fish and Game and Youth in the Outdoors - a partnership of state and federal organizations - is co-sponsoring special waterfowl waterfowl, common term for members of the order Anseriformes, wild, aquatic, typically freshwater birds including ducks, geese, and screamers. In Great Britain the term is also used to designate species kept for ornamental purposes on private lakes or ponds, while in hunts beginning Jan. 23 for junior hunters. The hunts take place at various private duck clubs throughout the state. Two outlined to date are in the North Grasslands and Tulare Lake Basin out of the DFG's Fresno-area district. To participate, youths 15 years old or younger must have completed a hunter-education course and possess a valid resident junior hunting license. One nonhunting licensed adult, 18 years of age or older, is required to supervise each participant. To register, applicants can mail or fax the following information: hunt of choice (North Grasslands or Tulare Lake Basin; names and 1998/1999 hunting license numbers of all hunters in the party; and addresses and phone numbers of all persons in the hunting party so they can be notified if successfully drawn). If applying by mail, applicants must submit a standard postcard with no more than two licensed hunters per card and send the information to: Youth Duck Hunt, California Department of Fish and Game, 1234 East Shaw, Fresno, CA 93710. The fax number is (559) 243-4022. Successful applicants will be selected in a random drawing and be notified within one week of the drawing. Information: (559) 243-4005, ext. 133. Elk dinner: The San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) is a conservationist organization, founded in the United States in 1984 by four hunters from Troy, Montana (Bob Munson, Bill Munson, Dan Bull and Charlie Decker) with the mission of ensuring the future of elk, other wildlife, and their will host its fifth annual Big Game Banquet Feb. 27 at 5:30 p.m. at Knights of Columbus Knights of Columbus, American Roman Catholic society for men, founded (1882) at New Haven, Conn. (where its headquarters are still located), by Father Michael J. McGivney. Hall, 21433 Strathern St. in Canoga Park. The fund-raiser benefits the conservation and restoration of natural wildlife habitats, especially that of the elk. Tickets are available at the door for $55, which includes RMEF RMEF Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation membership fees, annual subscription to its magazine, a barbecue dinner and door-prize ticket. Information: (818) 709-0577. Fly-anglers unite: Fly-fishers Mike and Christine Fong are scheduled to speak on Northern California angling at the monthly Sespe Fly Fishers on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Ventura Senior Recreation Center, 420 E. Santa Clara St. in Ventura. Admission is free and children are encouraged to attend. Information: (805) 646-0593 or (805) 646-6648. Anglers' reminder: The International Game Fish Association has joined the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame in keeping state-by-state angling records. For California, standards will be kept for largemouth and smallmouth bass, rainbow trout rainbow trout Species (Oncorhynchus mykiss) of fish in the salmon family (Salmonidae) noted for spectacular leaps and hard fighting when hooked. It has been introduced from western North America to many other countries. , channel catfish channel catfish see ictaluruspunctatus. channel catfish virus disease acute herpesvirus disease of young catfish fry. There is ascites, exophthalmos and hemorrhage in the fins. Widespread in North America. , bluegill bluegill: see sunfish. bluegill Popular game fish (Lepomis macrochirus) and one of the best-known sunfishes throughout its original range, the freshwater habitats of the central and southern U.S. It has been introduced throughout the western U.S. and striped bass (landlocked landlocked adj. referring to a parcel of real property which has no access or egress (entry or exit) to a public street and cannot be reached except by crossing another's property. ). Unlike the Hall of Fame, the IGFA IGFA International Game Fish Association IGFA International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research IGFA Indiana Grain and Feed Association IGFA International Guild of Fine Artists IGFA inert gas fusion analysis IGFA Intergovernmental Funding Agency will keep line-class records, along with all-tackle records. For rules, record applications and additional information, write to the IGFA at 300 Gulf Stream Way, Dania Beach, FL 33004, or call (954) 927-2628. A real hero: The bad guys thought they had made a clean getaway. Wrong. The convictions and punishment of two deer poachers announced Jan. 4 ended one of the most extraordinary wildlife cases in years in California. It was crowned by a chase scene in which a ranch caretaker, after hearing a suspicious shot, hunted down the trespassing suspects into deep forest and then made a citizen's arrest. The caretaker is Donald Chaix, who oversees a private property located directly adjacent to a ranch owned by Clint Eastwood, set along the Rising River near Cassel in remote Shasta County. He found and confronted the trespassers, who promptly gunned the engine of their pickup truck and roared past Chaix, who was able to spot a large buck deer in the bed. The violators bashed through a locked metal gate during their escape. Chaix eventually caught up to them, but the deer was gone and the bed washed clean. A neighbor found the deer stashed in brush amid the timber, with a path to it marked by a long, red surveyor's ribbon. Chaix then placed the suspects under citizen's arrest and delivered them personally to the Shasta County Sheriff, where they were jailed. Three rifles, one handgun and their truck were confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. . ``If it hadn't been for concerned citizens who wanted to do the right things, these guys wouldn't have ever been caught,'' said game warden Dave Szody, who handled the case after the suspects were booked. ``We make our best cases when we get public assistance, when the public steps in to lend a hand to give assistance. to give assistance; to help. See also: Hand Lend ,'' Szody said. ``We can't do it without the public's support.'' |
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