Hunting Outlook for 1961
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- ... Tftl~LJ -0 10' OCT 12 1961 oll 1e 20 October, 1961 Number 10 h~ farm ~lan: ma:: HUNTING OUTLOOK FOR 1961 HARVESTING lOWA 'S WILD FOODS ter' harle-. (But<'h ) Olof-. on food so it would be edible during 1&:: Con-.c nntlo u Offi('t.> r the long periods of storage. e the beginning of lime, man A good example of this was the m imals began early in autumn Indians use of "Pemmican", made itil1i: n and speed their activities by drying thin strips of deer or ltiO!l. paration for the cold winter buffalo meat mto "jerky" (a meth 'di s to come. od of preserving meat l After the 1 jther ~~ample, the bears \\hO have meat is made into jerky it is pul eoun:: "eeding all summer long on verized by pounding. Then bear or Des ~dents, grubs and insects now buffalo tallow is melted and poured d to feed on the wild blueber over this meat. Bluebe111es, black ,nd blackberries. He must berries or any berr1es of their up that layer of fat which cho1ce were added. This was nuxed ~et him through the long together and put into skin bags · hibernation. made from buffalo stomachs o1· - n rels, muskrats and beave1 thin deer skin. These bags became BUG hurried collections of seeds, hard and could be stored all winter ( • ·oats and bark for their win and even mto the warm summer ·~f ad caches s ince Mother Na months Th1s provided a very nu oes not fu1 msh any natural tlttlonal diet during the winter lit • leather food for them. months easily transported long dis JUD Shennan Pho~ ' t may have learned to pre- tances without spo1lage. Birds like this Mallard d rake and Blue Goose will be the t a rgets of Iowa hunters when the duck and goose season get s unde rwa y this fall. feed • for the productless months As the white man progressed Ul ter by watching the animals west, he had to adapt himself to E. T. Ro!oe The November 11 opening date vill never know. We do know I this climate, conditions of the for Chief, FJ~ b. nud Gnme which has been accepted for many Jid practice the harvest of est, the plains and the mountain Hunting prospects are good in previous years as about the best Ll foods to survive durmg areas. H e was quick to see the Iowa fot upland game m 1961 dale was again selected since it is cold periods of want and star or U American Indian was good at lh1s, Quail, pheasant and squirrel popu late enough to give farmers time He had to know what ani beas;... and the first pioneers patterned lations are up, deer have increased to harvest their corn It also gives . 1e could depend on during the time for young cocks to mature their their life after them. They learned at least 8~" c over 1960, and the At the same time, man ;gs. I from the Indians that many of the rabbit population is average. sufficiently to be distinguished from !aJt l'~' d he could not live on meal wild plants were used for food; and hens. I r He had to supplement his A quick look at the general sant many are used today. picLure follows: DEER: The deer population is otiet.: ·ith grains, dried roots, fruit the highest in Iowa since 1947 with ther plant life. Here are some examples of wild ~... P IIEA ANT: The prospects for a 25' i' increase over the past five ~ edible plants: again man had to learn what pheasant hunting this season are so!ll Wild onion, wild leek, dandelion years average and 8% over last rvesl and how to preserve very favorable. Good populations ct. and water cress: Used for flavor year. The population is anticipated are present in the pheasant range lfe as mg. seasoning or as greens. to be 23,000 deer th1s fall; the with lhe highest levels in the teed Common m i 1 k weed· Young wmter population was 14,155 north west, north central and west shoots used and cooked like aspara Twinning is very common this year central portions of the state. gas or soups. Indians made a crude for Iowa deer. sugar from the flowers. The nesting season this year was DUCR .. : The local duck popula Chicory: Young roots and leaves two weeks later than p1 eceding tion is good due to plentlful rain are cooked or used raw for salad years m most areas. Many late fall enabling water levels in Iowa and greens. The root can be dned, broods were observed by conserva marshes, sloughs and potholes to ground and used as coffee substi tion officers and b i o 1 o g i s t s in hold up well Unfortunately. the tute. August brood counts Highway big duck factones m the Dakotas, Stinging nettle. (Wear gloves right-of-ways, pastures and other Northern '\Imnesota and much of while gathering them). Boil to re permanent cover was very heavy Canada suffered from extreme move the sling and cook like this year. drought conditions gravely affect spinach. Favorable nesting weather, the mg the major production. Conse Cattail: Flowering ends while new A.S.C. diverted acres program quently, the production is poor in still partly covered by sheaths (nearly three million acres of near these areas. from upper leaves are eaten raw, ly ideal pheasant nesting habitat) The hunting outlook appears stewed, steamed, roasted or put and the delayed mowing of high good for locally produced ducks. into soup. Young shoots are peeled way right-of-ways, all contributed It's difficult to leU at this time and cooked raw like asparagas. toward the good pheasant produc whal shooting can be had from the Hickory Nuts (Continued on pasre 171) tion. (Continued on page 176) Page 170 IOWA CONSERVATIONIST Iowa Conservationist Clayton County recei\"ed apprO\' THE lOWA CO-OPERATIVE al to acquire H 1 2 acrl s b\ 25- Vol 20 October 1961 No. 10 year license from the tT S Corps HUNTER SAFETY PROGRAM ot F.ngineers to he en lui \\'illie r uuaiShCd ty • by InC O:)lo;l{Q ~W.JU i v a• P aul I ... f'a\ erton lion Commission, East 7th a nd Couct, D<'s Landing bordering tht• .!\1ississippi. Momes, lowa. Address all mall (subscn p '-upt. l.u ntl :lhtnaA"t•nH•nt hons, chango of a ddress, Form 3579, manu· Greene County was given ap- scnpts, ma 1l items) to street address above. proval to accept, as a gift, 80 acres Realizing that Huntc1 Safety could play an important part in rna Subscnptlon price: two years a t $1.00 from :Miss Bm·dena Drulias to be hunting recre~tion mucr n :>re safe an? enjoyable, the Iowa .c?n Second class postage paid at k . All •., 0 . l \r·ea t10n Comm1sston adopted n Co-operative Hunter Safety tramtng Des Molnas Iowa llO\\ n as en r 1es J • • N . · h th N t' R ·a I{ , k 1 c t ,. 1 ., 1 cr·es ad- 1 gmm m ovcmbcr 1960, m co-opemllon wrt e a tona1 .t c (No Rjghts Reservool co u < oun :\ . .~ a , 1 • • f . d bl' · t t 'I h lt Bti '"', the soe~atron o An ettc , volunteer organtzaLlons, an pu rc sp NORMA N A. ERBE, Governor JU<'l'll o •' an .t an c l"o c 011 . GLEN G POWERS. Dlt<'ctor bank of the Skunk River were ap- mdlvtduals m the State. JAMES R. SHERMAN. Ed1tor DENNIS L. REHDER. Managmg Editor proved b) ~grPem ent with the Th.e p~1rpose \\as to . ~.ake Hunter Safety trammg avatlable to an\ ROGER FLIGER. CAROL BUCKMAN, Board of Rupervisors for a fi shing len ) ears of a~c or ~\ cr · . STAN WI NEY, Col J d1 and boating access. To a.ccomph~h thts Wlt~out adding any additional personnel MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION Sioux County was giwn apprm·- pi'Ogr~m was mtegrated mto the present Conservation Commi CL YDI ' .....,.lJDDEN < 1 no A. N... _;M IS:'ON, Vic., ..., ..a ...n a u ....... al tor a roadside park on an 11 orgamzatlon: . ... ..... .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. Cedar Ra pids act·c area at the junction of Ihgh- The Supermtendent of the Lan~ :\tanagement Section was destgn SHERRY R. FISHER .. ...... .. Des Moln<'s way o and 3, mile north of to act as Hunte1 Safety co-ordmntor for the state to head up EARL E JARVIS........ Wilton Junction 1 3 1 GEORGE H MEYER... .. ... .... .Elkader Alton. program in add it on t) his regular duties. ROBERT E. BEEBE...... .. .. .......... SIOUX City Dubuque County: Permission An Exccuti\"e Committee was formed from members of sLx E'' • ~INHE 1 "'-1 F" Jl • .. •..... Fon tanell<' was grantld for a cquisition. by 25- s tate and na tiona! organizations, including the Conservation Com• CffiCULATION THIS ISSUE .................. 50,000 year license, from the Corps of :;ion aud the Xntional Rifle Association of America, to help fonnu Engineers, of a ll-acre area , .Mas- the policies fo1 · carrymg out the Hunter Snfety program in the stat COMMISSION MINUTES scy Landing abo\'e lock and dam The Conservation Officers have always conducted Hunter S f training as part of their public relations program. Also, many N Gen c.> ral 12 of the ~Iiss iss 1ppi. s Franklin County was given ap- Hifte Clubs and Sportsman Clubs were holding regular Hunter Travel authority was granted proval to accept, as a gift, a _ classes, but the progress was slow, the training v..·as limited, an Joe Brill, Prison Labor Supervisor, 6 to attend the 91st Annual Congress acre park area from Richard Gal- records w ere kept.