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presents Hints for Hunters By NICK NICKELS Mv, Nickels, an enthusiastic conservationist, has been writing about the Ontario outdoors for 25 years, Scratch an Ontario hunter and you will find a practicing natu- ralist. His wide range of interests extends to the provincial boundaries for a thousand miles in each direction, And he has the privilege of hunting all year 'round for some kind of wildlife, In season he shoots pheasants down temperate Pelee way, Geese in the sub-arctic around Moosonee, Moose among the wilderness hills of Algoma. Deer and partridge in the convenient Haliburton Highlands, Ducks from the cold reed blinds on Prince Edward County marshes, Wolves in winter from the cabin windows of sport planes swooping low over the ice-bound Lake of the Woods, He shoots rabbits everywhere, Your average Ontario hunter is able to tell you why controlled hunting has become one of the top recreations in the province. But he will find it harder to put into words the sheer bliss of hunting that will always be to him one of life's great experiences. To the deer hunter it means... { 4 A log cabin camp in a lakeside clearing of golden poplars, I'he busy hound kennels set back at the edge of the brush, The dawn trek of pairs of hunters walking to their watches through the frosty-misty bush, crossing fallen-tree foot-bridges over the creeks, I'he silent watch from the granite ridge above the draw, More silence, and then . . , the far-off tonguing of the blue tick hound starting a deer, Two-three rapid shots in the next valley, I'he hunters straggling back to camp for breakfast, The two successful shooters with a gutted buck swinging between them from a freshly-peeled pole. The lazy days and evening watches again, The night fun and horseplay in camp where a fellow can roll onto his bunk with his boots on and no one to say "Nay!" I'he refreshing bottles of O'Keefe in hand, Fellow hunters re- living the day's hunt as they prepare guns, boots and gear before rolling into the sleeping bags to dream of the next glorious day to follow, Man, hunting is REAL fun,