Texas Game and Fish, Volume 9, Number 10, September 1951 Page: CONTENTS
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A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DE-
VOTED TO THE PROTECTION
AND CONSERVATION OF
OUR NATIVE GAME AND
FISH; AND TO THE IMPROVE-
MENT OF HUNTING AND
FISHING IN TEXAS.
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COVER ...............Orville O. Rice
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September, 1951
Vol. 9, No. 10
CONTENTS
Wildlife and Soil............................
By EVERETT F. EVANS
The need for food is the simplest link between wildlife and soil.
Have Whitewings a Future?....................
By P. B. UZZELL
Will the toll of the coming hunting season in conjunction with the poor
breeding season tear down the slight edge gained the past few years by
this persistent game bird?
Passports to Paradise .......................
By JAY VESSELS
The sound of banging scatterguns and whirring reels tells that the sportsmen
are using their passports to paradise which is outdoor Texas.2
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8Fisherman's Luck ........................... 10
By JOEL F. WEBBER
This will tell you why you didn't catch any fish on that last trip to the lake.
Someone probably stepped on your shadow!
Scar Tissue on the Range .....................1 2
By EDWIN ROBERT BOGUSCH
Mesquite brush means dollars lost in terms of grass converted into beef.
What Is Being Done About Conservation Education .... 14
By EVERETT T. DAWSON
Last in the series of articles on the basic needs for conservation
of our wildlife and other natural resources.
Premiere of "Outlaw of the Cameron". ........... 16
Thousands view the first showing of the Game Department's latest motion
picture production.
Texas Natural History- One Hundred Years Ago.... 18
By J. L. BAUGHMAN
Second article in the series which gives accounts of the state's natural
history one hundred years ago.
The Blue Jay ..............................22
By C. E. CHAMBERLIN
The jay is perhaps more versatile and interesting in its bird-habits than any
other bird.
Dove Banding, Family Style .................... 25
By JAY VESSELS
The Kallina family of Garwood helps Game Warden Tom Waddell band doves
which in turn aids the Game Department's wildlife management program.Let's Go Fishin'. .................. .
By MARION TOOLE
Late fall and early spring are the best times to catch fish. Checking fish
populations during the year will verify this statement.. 2.28
Marine Fishes of Texas ...................... 29
By J. L. BAUGHMAN
Seventeenth in the series about the marine fishes of Texas.
Fishes of Texas ............................. 30
By MARION TOOLE
Nineteenth in the series about Texas fish.SEPTEMBER, 1951
Ga > Fish
t` \The Cover
The whitewing dove, with the distinctive
white bar across its inner wing, is por-
trayed on this month's cover by Orville 0.
Rice. Unlike the mourning doves, white-
wings fly in mass formation and thus pro-
vide a deceptive target for hunters who are
tempted to flock shoot. It is slightly larger
than a mourning dove but is swift in flight.On hI Assue
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