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Page 10 - Rutherford Weekly 828-248-1408 www.rutherfordweekly.com Thursday, April 14-April 20, 2016 FARM GARDEN G ALLIS CHALMERS farm trac- tor with cultivators and bottom plow. $2500. Please call 704- 629-4780. FARM GARDEN BACKHOE FOR 3 POINT trac- tor hitch. Nice condition. Only $1,400. Please call 704-466- 2671. FARM GARDEN PINE SHAVINGS AND SAW- DUST, dump trailer, 18 yards de- livered, $185. Pickup truck shav- ings, $20. Trailers filled shavings, $10 yard. 1 yard = about 7 of Tractor Supply bags. Bags of my shavings, 42 gal, $5. 828-443- 0534. LEASING 3 - 3.5 ACRES FOR FARMING. Property is on Stage Coach Trail, close to New House, outside of Polkville. If interested call 704-538-3582. WANT TO LEASE HORSE PAS- TURE in the area of 1110 Toney Road. 5 to 10 acres. We are a non-profit. Please call 828-245- 0546 or 828-447-9232. LESSONS RENAISSANCE SPORTS CEN- TER. Swordsmanship, Fencing and Traditional Archery Instruc- tion. Group Lessons available. Archery Range open 10:00am- 12:00pm Monday-Saturday. Please call Louis Liounis at 828- 287-4541. OUTDOOR TRUTHS I was unable to scout before opening day but I knew where the turkeys loved to roost. So, I proceeded to set up my de- coys with a little bit of faith and a little bit of reason. As daylight approached I tried to wake up a nearby gobbler with a soft yelp. Nothing answered my call until a few minutes later. It was a hen who decided to join my motionless pair of a hen and Jake. Shortly thereafter, I heard a gobble from an unexpected direction. He was quite a distance away so I was unsure as to whether he would make it to me before he was intercepted by another hen. What I didn't realize at the time was that my lone hen was on her way to do just that. They met about two hundred yards away but within eyeshot of me and my decoys. For the next hour this tom would chase the hen and then stop and posture for my decoys, hoping his fl exing would entice my fake hen over to his side. His strutting looked like a pose- down at the Arnold Classic. We got the view from the front, back, and sides. Of course nothing worked to his dismay. About an hour later the live hen that had led him away was now leading him right toward my setup. After a few minutes of follow- ing her, with intermediate fl ex sessions, he fi nally got to about thirty-fi ve yards away. He ultimately landed in pieces on my grill – brushed with butter and lightly salted. What I will remember most about this hunt was how my set- up allowed me to see the action from so far away without being spotted. I felt like I was watching it all transpire from some sort of lofted position. In my hunting world it's rare to be able to take in so much of the pre-shot activity. Normally the action and reac- tion time is short and to the point. This was just the opposite. In fact it took so long, and I had so much time to plan my shot, that any nervousness was negligible. I was as ready and prepared as possible and therefore there was nothing else to do but to trust my shot. I fi nd in most other venues this works as well. If I am well prepared the chances of missing my goal are minimal. And thor- ough preparation takes time. The problem for most of us is that we give our time to things that move at breakneck speed and to things that can be accomplished in a minimal amount of effort. If you think about it, however, the most important things in life call for the greatest preparation and thus for the greatest amount of our time. Let's spend our time wisely. By By Gary Miller Aiming Outdoorsmen Toward Christ ller ller ller ller GARY MILLER gary@outdoortruths.org ~ www.outdoortruths.org We Want Your Outdoor Photos! We Want Your Outdoor Photos! Hunting, Fishing, Playing Ball, Etc. Hunting, Fishing, Playing Ball, Etc. 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Each youth hunter must be accompanied by a licensed adult at least 21 years old. An adult may accompany more than one youth during a particular hunt, but the adult cannot harvest a turkey. Each youth must report a harvest to the Wildlife Commission through a Big Game Harvest Report Card. License-exempt youths should report their harvest using a Big Game Harvest Report Card for license-exempt hunters. The daily limit is one turkey and the possession and season limit is two turkeys per hunter, only one of which may be taken during youth season. The Wildlife Commission's Home From The Hunt™ campaign reminds turkey hunters of basic safety guidelines, such as identifying a target before pulling the trigger. "Whether you're hunting turkey or any other game, you should always remember to positively identify and know what is beyond your target before pulling the trigger," said Chet Clark, the Commission's eastern outreach manager. "If there is any doubt in your mind, don't shoot." Top 5 Turkey Hunter's Safety Tips Never stalk a turkey, which only increases your chances of being mistaken for game. Leave the area if you think another hunter is already there. Alert another hunter to your presence by saying "Stop" in a loud voice. Never wear red, white, blue or black in the fi eld — the colors of a tom's head and body. Make sure your decoy or harvested turkey isn't visible when you transport it. Top 5 Turkey Hunter's Regulatory Considerations Report harvests using the Big Game Report Card. Use of pistols, rifl es or black powder rifl es is prohibited. Dogs are not allowed for hunting wild turkey. Hunting is not allowed where bait has been placed until 10 days after all bait has been consumed or removed. Electronic or recorded calls are not allowed for hunting wild turkey. Regulations and restrictions on turkey hunting, including information on youth season, are available in the 2015-16 Inland Fishing, Hunting and Trapping Regulations Digest, beginning on page 56, and available at www.ncwildlife.org. YOUTH TURKEY SEASON OPENED YOUTH TURKEY SEASON OPENED APRIL 2, REGULAR SEASON APRIL 9 APRIL 2, REGULAR SEASON APRIL 9 Article provided by: http://www.ncwildlife.org Email: Email: photos@rutherfordweekly.com photos@rutherfordweekly.com Mail or Drop-Off: Mail or Drop-Off: 369 Butler Rd • Forest City, NC 28043 369 Butler Rd • Forest City, NC 28043 *Publisher has fi nal decision of which photos appear in print, per available space. We Want Your Kids Sports Photos! •Basketball •Baseball •Softball •Soccer •Archery •Equestrian •Etc! Not Just Oil, Pennzoil Brought to you by: Brought to you by: 828-245-0434 293 S. Broadway St., Forest City FAST FAST FAST FAST WAY WAY WAY WAY ©Community First Media Community First Media SPORTS SPORTS What a fi rst week of Major League Baseball for Tyler White! The former Chase High grad went 9-for-13 from the plate. White smashed two homers, two doubles, picked up 7 RBI and had a batting average of .692. It will be tough to keep up that kind of hitting pace, but I guarantee he has grabbed some early season attention around the league. Of all things, White gets his fi rst MLB home run at Yankee Stadium. That's just crazy! High School Baseball East Rutherford, R-S Central and Thomas Jefferson split for the week. Chase fell twice. Softball R-S Central and East Rutherford won twice this past week. They remained tied for the top spot in the SMAC, but East holds the overall advantage due to head-to-head competition. East beat Central 2-1 a couple of weeks ago. Chase snapped a six-game losing streak this past Friday, despite an earlier loss to start the week against East Rutherford. Girls Soccer Thomas Jefferson split for the week in a highly competitive Southern Piedmont 1A. The Lady Gryphons sit tied for third in the standings. East Rutherford split their matches this week. Chase lost twice this week, but they're still not giving up many goals. R-S Central won twice this past week and stay second in the SMAC. Schedules: April 15 R-S Central at Crest (baseball/softball); Chase at Draughn (baseball/softball/ girls soccer); Bessemer City at Thomas Jefferson (baseball/ softball). April 18: Pine Lake Prep at Thomas Jefferson (girls soccer). April 19: Burns at East Rutherford (baseball/softball/girls soccer); Crest at Chase baseball/softball/ girls soccer). As for The Masters, Jordan Spieth has played some great golf over the past couple of seasons. Sunday, it looked like his day again to repeat a Masters championship. Meanwhile, Danny Willett fi red a 67 in the fi nal round and picked up his fi rst Green Jacket instead. Speith, who had a fi ve shot leading heading down the back nine, showed that he was actually human. Spieth hasn't shown any sort of a collapse in his career to this magnitude. He was spectacular at Chambers Bay a year ago and answered every challenge he had to that day. The same happened a year ago in The Masters. Every professional athlete has a day that they don't want to ever talk about. Jordan Spieth had his Sunday. NASCAR: Can anybody stop Kyle Busch? He has won four events in a row. He swept Martinsville (Truck/ Cup) and Texas (Nationwide/Cup). Busch has 5 Bristol Cup wins and fi nished eighth in August there. However, he has not won a Bristol Cup race since 2011. R u t h e r f o r d W e e k l y R u t h e r f o r d W e e k l y By KEVIN CARVER White has incredible first week in the BIGS! Ads Work! Ads Work! FARM & GARDEN LESSONS FARM & GARDEN FARM & GARDEN

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