this season, - you'll. probably

yun. ‘into Gary Dick, federal.
-En-~
Canada’ s

_ game . ‘officer. for.
vironment —

- 2 Canadian Wildlife Service.

And. tie’ probably hand
: you a summons.

| Dick. has laid 25. charges ;
under federal migratory bird
7 ‘regulations and. ‘provincial
since mid- .
October, and most of them)

-_game_ laws

~have been for hunting after
-degal. reference.
__ licences on them, account
_ for: most other charges. »
Dick says he has caught

LS hunters out as late as.10 or
AL. p.m...

Mainland, when hunting | is.
‘not only dangerous but. also_
- Hunters
‘can’t find the birds s they have .

pretty. pointless.

7 shot i in the dark.

. : “A doctor took k his dog for .
a ‘morning walk in’ Delta

' recently, after hunters had

‘been out the night before,.
and found. about 30 dead or :

crippled birds: along his
Q route,’ "he reports. _

~ People found ‘hunting in.

bird sanctuaries -are always. “living. room wall won t do the.

Bote

charg

“ify you re. ‘planning to doa.
i little bird hunting after dark

servant’ s.

-_ Delta.
‘permits |
Columbians |. :

’ scientific study. of migratory.
birds, taxidermy, or raising fo = t=

the birds in captivity. That foo. 2

‘amounts: to some 500 per- «.f) <="

mits, all of which have tobe f°

processed during the. height .

of the hunting season. on bon

dark, or more than one half- -
~ hour after sunset, to cite the |

"Hunters - ,

found in bird sanctuaries, or
_ who fail to have the required —

“and mounted

“Hunters. have
: where and. when- it is legal to.
“shoot,
- Femember. to: ‘have. all their.

licences on them when: they ~
are out with a gun. A’ licence.
, left on the kitchen table, in -
the office, or framed on the ~

ed, and it is-up to the.
hunter to know where he can...
or cannot hunt, Dick says.

When he’s not. out. in. 1 the |

field checking on hunting pone
violations, Dick has the civil | -

- full

load .of - a LS

paperwork’ waiting ‘for. him Poe
back at ‘Canadian. Wildlife ee

for”
involved |

-. Service — headquarters. in. foe
‘He issues = all” the 4 SBN y
British: | oon

‘Another part of his job i is- | eee

to investigate the illegal sale § °° |:

of stuffed. birds,
resulted ‘in the. conviction |
~ last: year of.a northern B.C.

which | |

man who had illegally shot . _

continuing.

a7

Al in ‘all, Dick. admits he

: would like it if hunters. would

make-his job a little easier.
‘to - know.

and. they. must:

~ Also charged are hunters —=—

who fail. to produce the |

proper licences - - when

requested to by a wildlife |”

' officer, and in many cases, .
* four licences are required. A |
and

hunter after ducks
Canada geese in the Lower
Mainland would need a

provincial hunting licence |

and ‘a permit to hunt in the.
Fraser Valley, as well as a
_ federal | migratory birds

_ licence and a special permit

for the geese, Dick says.

“Duck hunting season ends
- January 21, giving Dick a Six-

day break, since the early - |
‘snow goose season starts on |

January 27 and runs. until
March 10.

Singing

The Brownies, Guides and
Rangers of Grouse Division,
more than five hundred in
number gathered with family
members, at St. Catherine’s

Church on Tuesday,
December 5th for their
annual arol © Service.

Reverend Ian Grant con- |

ducted the Service, with one
brownie, one girl guide and
two rangers doing
readings.

Joining in the carolling ©

were guitar players, a flautist
and a snare drummer.

Several groups from
Grouse Division will be
singing in_ the community
during the Christmas:season.

together

the .

including -
trumpeter ‘swans. Dick says °
an investigation into. further os 2
aspects. -of that case is. + still

eee:

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