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CONTEST
HUNTERS & FISHERMEN
BEST STORY OF 1972

BLACK LAB RETRIEVER

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Mr. Phillipson, in Saska-
toon , Saskatchewan, was well
known across Canada for his
breeding and training of black
Labrador retrievers.

An avid hunter living near
Floral, Saskatchewan, bought
one of these dogs for the sum
of $350.00.

This hunter and his friend
proceeded on a hunting trip
On the weekend. taking their
expensive retriever with them.
Upon arriving at the local
duck hunting pond, they set up
to await the arrival of the
ducks.

It was not long before an
approaching flock was depleted
by the expert marksmanship of
the two hunters. The proud
owner of the retriever gave
the command: for the dog to
bring the ducks. The dog took
off at a dead run across the
Surface of the water, picked
up one duck and returned to

his master.
Both hunters

looked at each other in amaze:
ment but without speaking.
The owner repeated the com~
mand and once again the dog
ran across the surface of the
water and returned the second
duck.

Upon dropping the duck at
‘his masters feet, the owner
grabbed the dog by the collar
and started dragging him
towards the station wagon
exclaiming "I'm going to
return this dog. When I pay
$350.00, I expect the dog to
know how to swim!"

Ron Reeve

AGGRAVATION

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It was about one vear ago
when Dad and I went deer hAunt-
ing in the St. Paui, Alberta
area. This was approximately
nine miles at a little lake
south-east of junction 28A.

Dad had parked the car at
the junction, and we walked
in. After four hours of walk-
ing we came upon a deer trail
by a field of hau.

We planned an ambush, but
we had to wait until finally
it got the best of us. Fast
asleep we were, not a car in
the world when I was awakened.
by the cracking of a branch.
Like a flash I got up, there
in front of my own eyes was
the most beautiful deer I had
ever seen. Carefully I lined
my Sight and pulled the tri-~
ger of the 303, Clickii; it
failed and the deer was gone.

I could have kicked my
rear to the top of my head
when I found out the qun I
had, had not been loaded:

Jessy Bisson

A new twist took place in
the Safety Orientation Class
" How NOT to handle fire
extinquishers'' - the demon-
stration was unintentionally
given but aot the point
across effectively!

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With the beqtnning of
winter and the worst of the
seasons weather ahead, we
feel that the following
article by Harrts Fdward
Dark of the Nattonal Safety
Counetl would be of consid-
erable interest.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

ABOUT STUDDED TIRES

A studded tire is a req
ular highway or snow tire
that has had several dozen
metal shafts imbedded in its
tread. The studs when new
are about half an inch long
and have heads approximately
the size and shape of a
thumbtack. They are all-metal
having a head and jacket of
stainless steel or alu-
minum and a core (like the
lead in a pencil) of tunqsten
carbide, and extremely hard
metal that can scratch a
diamond,

Typically, about six dozen
studs are installed in a
tire, though this will vary
somewhat according to tire
size and tread desiqn. Holes
@ small fraction of an inch
in diameter are first drill-
ed in the tire's tread
nubber - less than a half
inch deep, not enough to pen-
etrate to the cloth carcass.
(Most tires have molded-in
roles, made at the time the
tread is formed.) The studs
are installed by means of a
special aun that ''shoots'!
them headfirst into the holes
where they are firmly held
iby their flanged heads,

The purpose of studs is
to give the tire qreater
traction on ice and hard-
packed snow, the places
where driving ts the most
dangerous. On ice and packed
gnow, studs have proved
tremendously effective. Th-

augh they can't provide as