Show n 1 1 i I What's jp- jp i THE THE THE-G GREAT AT OUTDOORS OUTDOORS I By By Stan Tain Taggart art Nine Olne horsemen made a trend count ot or East Canyons Canyon's deer last Saturday seeing Saturday seeing head boad on a square n lIe lle east of the creek There were deer on that section section sec sec- tion don of mountains a year ago ago approximately were counted there in 1951 That 51 count made was Just before our s second cond heavy winter In three thre years recalls recalls Gil Por Por- ter beer Deer forage was pore more plentiful plentiful plen plen- len Wul then too I r t Lately weve we've felt that East EutI Canyons Canyon browse brow plant plants were I gradually g back but back but the extreme dry dryness nets of 1958 seriously seriously seri lerl Injured our range It set let I Ur use back another five years ur asfar as al asfar far far as Im I'm concerned Highlights of or Saturdays Saturday's ride Leader Lender Porters Porter's big horse meandered ered onto a a patch of or Ice which was concealed by a layer of slimy mud mid floundered floundered for footing tooting tell fell fellas as u Gil grabbed for of oak oak- oak oak- rolled rolled over pr and over down Into a gulley The shaken beast re regained I Its s feet ret and was ok but Gil's Gils year old 30 was found beneath it ll in In ln two to two sized equal pieces Larry Porters Porter's mare also stumbled stumbled bled on the slick slope lurched I to regain its balance broke a cinch strap Its saddle I I I I I I I I Bob Dob Hinman regional game manager manager man man- ager aJer for tor the F G G. Department I lost his 50 camera backtrack camera backtracked backtrack backtrack- ed ed half halt a mile passed it twice before he finally spotted it I amongst the e sages r- r We aa saw deer In Norwood Canyon the next day reports report regional coordinator Jack Rensel Ren Ren- sel set of Ogden I think 92 were counted there last lut year Our range had ver very poor growth last I summer and Isn't In very good shape I The deer population on that East Canyon unit Jack continues continues con con- I I is about the same as aa it was a year ago and ago and we wo figure 1 i that's Just about the amount ot or deer it'll support Actually if ft we had no no deer deer at all the range would still be overgrazed ed sowe so sowe we have to draw a line Une somewhere somewhere some some- I where Other counts ot of the week w Ek Dig Big Hollow D Dry Dy y Creek Hell Canyon 30 er area Including Spring Hollow back backof of Croydon We weren't satisfied with our count on the area Think we might have got a bit mixed milled up there and counted high Well We'll check It again tomorrow That first East Canyon count countI was the only one one ne that was down from last lust y years year's ears ear's So says Hob Bob Hinman who adds From what hat Ive I've seen Id I'd ay there are area Ia a few rew more deer in Inthis this area than lel ere e were ere last spring CAT TALEThe TALE TALEThe TAlE i The The Killers Golden Morgan l let le e turkey rancher had a aI bobcat problem Month after atter month last summer the mischievous OIlS roue midnight marauders were moving methodically down o n from the the- mountains ant and lUel murdering Morgans Morgan's birds s Morgan and his two Mexican I herders didn't know just how r I I many turkeys were being taken they brood out In a I single batch but they decided I to do something something about about It it It was early September when they called Milton mink rancher Call Cail CallI j Allen lie In on the case cue I I The Tho Search Gall Gail w walked a l I k ked e d through the trees there along lower Cottonwood Creek and mind found dozens a and nd dozens of turkey turkey tur tur- key skeletons evidence skeletons evidence nce of or cus ells fowl rOIl feasts by bv tierce fierce filching felines Gail Gall set a u few traps that evening pening then spread his his sleeping g bag in the back of his jeep station wagon and prepared to lo the night lie He tied his stocky black do Chinook a Gorman German Sher She Labrador herd cross crOM n nearby e ear a r b by y Frau his old female femAl German Shepherd was was' left loose The he turkeys gobbled nervously nen that night twice when wandering wandering wan wan- dering rabbits appeared and once when a porcupine snuffled shuffled into sight Disappointed Trapper Allen Al Al' Allen len returned to to Millon home ut lit daylight daylight but but before noon Golden Golden Gol Gol- den Morgan roared roared Into his driveway driveway driveway drive drive- way Just a Some Came Running Seems one ono of or his herders herder had noticed the thousands p of 0 turkeys t trotting lup up into one big curious mass and hurried In to investigate There in the center of the circle Ircle he found round a fat cat dining nonchalantly nony non on one of Morgans Morgan's Leathered feathered tea Lea pets The Tho turkey taking tabby completely ignored the herder herder Pedro raced back to camp land and returned wl h boss his and a rifle rifle but the killer killer cat was cat Was gone Death In the Afternoon Bird I Rancher Morgan put Chinook and Frau In his hll car got some lome I last handling last point point- tern tera from Gall Gail then drove I hastily back to the mouth of oft t I Cottonwood I I I I I 1 i First thing off orr Frau flushed a rabbit and chased it half a a mile Morgan finally got the dogs onto the poachers poacher's trail and they took It up Intently Ten minutes later i ithe the men heard a II commotion over o on the tho hillside then could see that see that old od Chinook was In close pursuit sult of ot a bounding bobcat I dont don't remember your yourI name you black lo aon son gun of a gun yn Morgan bellowed to The the dog but I sure lure wish you'd bring that miserable able creature down here where I can get a shot hot at atIt atIt It I Ii Chinook used to rounding up escaped mink kept to the outside of the cat cat and and soon bad had it treed hardly ten feet feet teet from Mad lad Man fan I Morgan MO n Morga-n J n hot It dead th then n announced an noun d that be was going to take tako the afternoon off and ott-and and clean out Cottonwood Canyon He lie kicked up of quail and- and cottontails that day but no more varmints Morgann concluded that t there h to e r I l- l j weren't erent a I left Call of ot the 11 It tur tore t that n night ht but the following etc etOl ning was as clear Ilar and Gall Allen c camped once more beside Bide tare tiie turkey herd held Neighbor Pat Mee- Mee tin m joined him about ten o'clock k that night and to together ther the two tl men mn watched the moonlit side side- h hills III Right R off they heard head a corn com motion up the creek The Tle turkeys turkeys tur tur- keys key were separated ed Into groups according to size the size the largest gobblers gobbler's bunched yards yards up cup up the creek crek That's where the noise o came me from Ad As Pat and Gall Gan the upper flock th they tinned tuned the dogs d ig loose J se Chinook and ando Frau lit ore oft H Il kol OL the jump on tin an Ill Ill- bent bUlt bobcat Iu brought it to ba bay Seconds later latI on ona II a stump beside liE that creek erE Across the Creek runt and into the Trees Tres The rhe running g mEn watched In iu the pate pall as the cut cat t leaped over o the dogs dog rk-ed rk across aC the creek then scrambled ambled Into luto a u treetop yards ards later When hn they finally caught tap up the hunters found to Chinook and j Fran ran milling about bi a cluster of cotton cottonwoods T The The h e bewildered dogs moved mOHd from one tree to another another an an- I an-I i other a a. a bit from time to to time Kitty Foiled Even ven frith a a fullmoon full moon and a a. It took IaN and and I d Gall Gall se er several ii nu to loca cate- cate i j I I r r 0 r I a dark spot In 10 the top of Dr one ODe of or the trees Jre's Gall peered over hi his bu shotgun barrel and tired fired Down came the lire cat lIke cat like a sa sack k of or wheat The shot Just broke a bind hind l leg g though and the enraged little beast landed between the hounds hounds' swatting viciously with Its three good ones That cat cal pounced on one dog then the other Gall re reo calls calli wrap Its It paws pawl around one of em then em then claw elaw and bite ferociously I was waa try try- tryIng Ing to to get In position for s I tee sec second ond and shot when the cat broke away and darted In under tome some brush I shot ahot a chunk out of Its It I shoulder Frau jumped In and came out howlin My next shot finished finished the the thing off off off- r Tho filA Long Walt Wait The Tho Mexican lr turkey tender tInder had hall heard the en- en Iro chase thas Gall Gail continues and I Ire he became very worried lie He told mo me afterward that when my first shot hot was ivas as followed by howling and anti yelping he feared that Ill Id shot 1 my dog Tho The herder had become fund ond of or Chinook a and d was plenty plenty sad there thre for tor a while Then I when hEn there was c complete silence att after r rm m my third shot the old r fellow heaved hea a a sll relief reasoning that all was well Gall Gail Made camp mIJ again the next night Things were quiet and he went to sleep Then about 4 Rm am m Chinook became restless and fall roan Gall turned him loose The The Tho dog usually usually ally made a 5 minute round of ot the nr area area oa then returned This time Ume he didn't come back so Gall Gail untied untied un un- un tied tId Frau and wont went after alter him i I Track of ot the Cat He lie r found und where a bobcat had snatched a pound 30 turkey from the tho edge edg ot of the herd and slipped away with without out arousing the others Gall foll followed fol tol lowed Its cross country trail until daylight but daylight but his do dogs never lIe managed to get gel within n II mile of ot the clever lr cat at You can tell how how- hot a track is by a dogs dog's voice olce he hi explains When hes he's close a a. d dog barks both in and out c cI I To Have and to Hold Gall Gail returned re- re re returned i turned to camp and crawled back trio Into his sleeping bag Then he heI decided d hed he'd better I find the turkey turkey turkey tur tur- key carcass and lay some somo traps around it He followed the dogs I to the spot where the thief had hadj dropped its loot and made his j a l V r 17 flashlight Th Then Then n the tired trapper cr- cr dragged J back bacic a k to a camp J I and fell into the the sack Fifteen minutes later the backtracking cat ct walked walked hap liap lessly leall lessly Into two of the eti strong i. i steel trap traps And Anti Then Th There re Wore Were None Both tho those thole e bobcats were big ones onesI Galt Gall says One Ono was 60 I Inches from foot root to root foot and the theother theother the other 51 54 Inches itches Tho lazy cusses cunes Just figured move moye down downs down's l and rd enjoy a pension iI j i iI i iI I stayed two more nights and I trapped tout four more moro cats before winding up my work for Mr Golden Morgan i TROUT TROUBLES We had bad ao a bit of a IL problem here liere this past week says nays Leo Collins 1 boss down at the lard ilard Flair Fish Hatchery The water In lit our ponds got low the lowest low low- est St its it's ever bc been 1 In fact Because of f this we planted out rainbows rainbow from the upper ponds We We put the two ton of trout In Jn the Weber between between be be- tween Wanship W and the Echo Reservoir with of them being placed Jn In the reservoir itself 0 o That section Lee p points out Is actually the Scott A Avenue venue e Hatchery's planting area area so so those fish were planted on a loan loo n basis Scott Avenue will stock this Morgan area later on on- with h that same amount of ot trout trout trout- STAN |