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Show MOURNING DOVE SEASON NOW OPEN Chicken Law opens September 1 for l'luo mid Willow Grouse; Suge Hens. The open season for mourning doves In all counties of the state is now open and lasts .until August 31. The "chicken" law will not open until un-til September 1. Section 2 3 of the game laws of Utah set forth the open dates for the bird season as follows: "Sec. 2 3. Prairie Chicken, Grouse, Quail, etc. Sale of Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot at, kill or hunt, any partridge, penated grouse (commonly called prairie chicken), blue grouse, willow grouse, sage hen, pheasant, or mourning mourn-ing dove, or to rob or destroy any nest, eggs or young of any such bird; provided that it shall be lawful to kill quail in Washington, Kane and Garfield counties between the first day of September and the first day of February following and in Salt Lake, Davis', Weber, Utah, Sevier, Uinta and Carbon counties, during the month of October, and in Iron county between the first day of October and the 13th day of November ; provided further that it shall be lawful to kill sage hens, blue grouse, and willow grouse, in all counties of the state from September 1 to 15, both dates inclusive, provided however, that in Rich and Uinta counties, sage her.' may be shot from August 15 to September Sep-tember 15, inclusive; and that it shall be lawful to kill mourning doves ir all counties of the state, betwee:: August 15 a nd 31, both dates inclusive. inclu-sive. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill in any one day or have in his possession at any one time more than eight of such birds of one kind, or in the aggregate; except that a person may kill in one day or have in his possession, 15 quail or moarn-ing moarn-ing doves. It shall oe a misdemeanor for any person to sell, offer for sale or have in his possession with intent to sell any part or parts of any birdc mentioned in this section. Any person per-son violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor." mis-demeanor." I Sage hens and mourning doves may be killed in Rich and Uinta counties from August 15 until September 15, according to' information given out by Fred Jorgensen, Deputy fish and game warden. In all other counties the season for sage hens, ruffled grouse and blue grouse opens September Sep-tember 1 and closes September 15. The mourning dove law is that, in all other counties of the state they maybe may-be killed from August 15 to August 31. .The bag limit for sage hens is eight, while that for the mourning dove is fifteen. "Many sportsmen do not understand under-stand that licenses are subject to change from year to year," says .Mr. Jorgensen. "On the license issued and sold up to March 11 there was a synopsis of the old law to the effect that sage hens could be killed in all counties from August 15 to October 31. The law has been changed to read that they may be killed in Rich and Uinta counties from August 15 to September 15, and in other counties coun-ties from September 1 to September 15." With the approach of the open season sea-son for shooting wild fowl, the United States department of agriculture is warning sportsmen that the federal regulations as amended October 1, 1914, will be strictly enforced. Some misunderstanding has arisen from the fact that the various state laws do not always conform to the federal regulations. This is regarded as unfortunate, un-fortunate, but in such cases the department de-partment must insist upon the observance ob-servance of the federal regulations. The department will consider any recommendations submitted in good faith for amendment of the regulations, regula-tions, but will hold no public hearings thereon, nor will it amend the regulations regula-tions prior to October 15, 1915. It is the purpose of the department to conform the regulations to the wishes of the majority of sportsmen so far as it can be done and at the same time give wild fowl the necessary protection. protec-tion. While the United States government govern-ment is strong for the development of good shots in these days it also is on the lookout for the preservation of American fowls. During the past decade de-cade great raids have been made on them, so that not a few seem on the verge of extinction. As a remedy the federal government has made rules and regulations for shooting of migratory mi-gratory birds this year national in scope, and local shots will in addition to the necessity of observing the state laws, have to read over the national laws carefully. The national laws differ, however, but little from the state's laws, and what few changes have been made are onlv minor. ' Forest rangers are now deputized to make arrest for infringements of the state fish and game laws. FRED JORGENSEN. Deputy Fish and game warden. |
