European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 25 feathers by Jamie Walton i was about As cold As a Well Digger in Montana when our Hunting party finally reached Rettber Sau a six Kilometre stretch of swamp and Fields Between the Confluence of the Rhein and main Rivers just West of last weeks a group organized by overfors Meister Zahorka of the Forstat had gathered at the sche Steiner Bridge crossing the Rhein at in the afternoon for what promised to be a most interesting shooting the temperature was about 20 degrees but the swirling Snow and the Rushing Waters of the River did nothing to Dampen our spirits As the Hearty Little Jae Germeister explained to us the objectives of the afternoons we were to reach the Island by walking the main Bridge until we reached the buttress a distance of about one descending the stairs to the our 27man group was to Divide into three parties of nine and spread ourselves along the Banks of both effectively covering the Island Banks of both our Quarry Wood pigeons and Wing shooting at its absolute now i have shot the Mallard Duck All my adult and frankly consider myself to be one of the experts at the Wood were another and it was this aspect of the Hunt that intrigued Bob an old time German Pigeon Hunter and 10year Veteran of the Rettber Sau Island Pigeon filled me in on some of the details of the Bird we were after that two species of Dove hunted although there Are Only four species of the Taube Pigeon in Only two Are hunted the collard Turtledove and the Wood the Wood Pigeon is the largest of the wild species found in and is similar to the band Tail found in the Western United the Bird weighs about one Pound and has a Wing Span of about 30 it is a very handsome game bluish with White Borders on the edges of the wings and a Halfmoon of White feathers around the in summer the Birds Range in Sweden and but Migrate to Germany and Points South in the the Island in the Rhein River is a favorite roosting and during this time of year they flock to the Island in literally tens of if anyone has Ever found and been privileged to Hunt a roosting spot for the mourning Dove in the then you can equate to the Hunting experience i had that the Wood Pigeon is just As fast As its american Cousin and comes sailing into its prospective sleeping site at speeds exceeding 60 Miles per the big difference is that the pigeons flock in in groups of 50 to 100 and Are virtually heedless to anything on the ground shooters excessive movement on the ground by a Hunter will cause them to veer before they get within Shotgun but the camouflage and concealment normally practice by the american Dove shooter is not the biggest difficulty a Hunter has is in selecting what of the countless numbers of Birds to we were spread on the Island by but shooting began Long before the last of us had reached our my trusty old had already pointed and flushed one cock pheasant As we trudged the Snow to our and Herr Zahorka told me to take any More that i might find on the with great reluctance on my but to pistols sheer i had three of the ring necks weighting my game Vest before i reached my appointed spot later about one hour before the pigeons began piling a casual stroller on the Banks of either or a passing Motorist on the Bridge would have sworn that world War Iii had erupted on the Small seemingly unshaken in their quest for an evening sleeping the pigeons would virtually ignore the sound of the guns beneath them and drive right through the Hurricane of shot to their Refuge in the 50meter High Oak and Willow sitting where would have found out even though i was Miles at the Days a number of the Juicy Birds joined their pheasant Brothers in my Bob picked up four Nice mallards that unwittingly flew too close to his As Well As a hefty take of the Wood the Streckel Egen toted three 24 mallards and almost 100 pigeons when we gathered at the Bridge at for the the dogs and the not a bad afternoon raiders ease up in practice Harvey to conduct Safe baseball clinic compiled by boo Odem staff writer baseball the annual Safe baseball clinic will be held 24 at Lindsey air station in Wiesbaden and 78 at Mildenhall air eng former major league player and Man Ager Roger now the pitching coach local Roundup of the Detroit and National league Umpire Doug Harvey will conduct the those interested in attending the clinics should Call the Safe sports office at Ramstein military 6598 or wrestling three command wrestling championships Are on tap this saturday and they Are v corps at Lee Barracks in Mainz Vii corps at Conn Barracks in Schweinfurt and 21st support come at Klaber Cavern in saturdays weighing Are v corps 9 to 11 Vii corps 8 to 10 and 21st support come 9 to the 21st support come will hold a team managers meeting at the Start of Competition each Day is v corps 12 Vii corps and 21st support come 10 freestyle and Greco roman comprise the Competition for each for v corps competitors the freestyle is sat urday and the Greco roman each v corps Community May enter one participant per weight class in each style of command winners in each class and selected others will Advance to the Usa eur scheduled at Jan for the Vii corps More information can be obtained by contacting Jerry Weydert at Schweinfurt military Plunkett Blind Mother May attend super bowl up the Oak land raiders Are taking it easy these but that does not mean they will do the same with the Philadelphia eagles in the super bowl in new Orleans the champions of the american football conference worked out for Only an hour on tuesday As coach Tom Flores eased slowly sharpening his team for the climactic finale of the National football league sea after How much practice do you need if you have been beating the Odds All running up a record Good enough to get you into the playoffs and then winning three straight games you were supposed by the Odd makers to lose does Ray Guy need to practice punting does Ted Hendricks have to practice his pass Rush does Lester Hayes need work on pass interceptions if Jim Plunkett passing is in need of what Are the raiders doing in the super bowl any Good team needs to prac Tice enough to keep its but the time for slogging work on fundamentals should be Over by the time it is getting ready for a trip to new some observers think the key to the super bowl will be the same As it has appeared to be throughout the playoffs the team with the Best pass Rush does not and in the three playoff games the raid ers have Plunkett has been Given time to throw while the Oakland defense has been denying the same privilege to Ken Stabler of the Houston Brian Sipe of the Cleveland Browns and Dan Fouts of the san Diego the other part of that denial is coverage of receivers by the Oakland cornerback Lester with 13 interceptions in the regular season and five More in three playoff thinks the new or leans outcome depends on his coverage of Eagle Ace wide receiver Harold Oakland a Jim Plunkett thought about retiring from football in and he knew his Mother would like the four or five years ago she reached the Point where she wanted me to Stop she was getting tired of visiting me in hos Plunkett said discussing his career and the coming trip to the super bowl As starting quarterback for the Oak land she Doest ask me about football just about whether i got Plunkett Ive had eight operations three three shoulders and two some Good doctors put me Back his Carmen is a widow and with one of his Mary in nearby san she is so has followed his career mostly through the words of radio play play announcers Don Lon Simmons and Bill Klein does the broadcasts for where Plunkett ended his College career in 1970 As a Heisman trophy Winner and Rose bowl Simmons described plan Ketts playing with the san Francisco King handles the raiders from 1971 to 1975 Plunkett played for the new England so his Mother heard his play described Only she paces up and Down a lot when Shes listening to says Geneva another of the quarterbacks Plunkett Hast been to one of jims games in a few Grijalva said a trip to new Orleans and super bowl Xiv is being considered but that a doctors permission May be necessary since her Mother has High blood an injury to another Dan thrust Plunkett into the role of Oakland starting quarterback Early this he had not started a regular season game since his last year with the i think its one of the great stories in pro says coach Tom you  put More pressure on a Quad asking him to step in when he haunt started in three to face the san Diego chargers then the Pitts Burgh Hes taken us to this which is a great tribute to a Fine gentleman and a great the 49ers released Plunkett before the 1978 season began and he signed with the raiders after considering offers from other including the Green Bay packers and new York 1 always thought he was a said Al managing general partner of the sports on of nov for 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