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Show Winter Field, Stream Sports Still Available With most regular hunting and fishing seasons at an end for the year, the department of fish and game this week reminded that there are many "off season" form of recreation still available. Fishing enthusiasts can take advantage of the numerous opportunities op-portunities afforded by many waters open to all year fishing as well as the four major streams open to whitefish fishing. For the fourth year in a row a long season is now open for trapping beaver, mink and marten. mar-ten. Populations of these fur-bearers fur-bearers will be found in most mountainous sections of the state and a $6 trapping license entitles any citizen to trap the animals. All furs are coming into prime condition at this season. For the shooter, the waterfowl season continues through Jan. 5. The lowly jack rabbit and the more sought after cottontail also will afford prime outdoor pleasure pleas-ure during the weeks ahead. In many areas rabbit hunters can be of valuable assistance to landowners by reducing pests of jackrabbits. Hunters should always al-ways obtain permission before trespassing on private property. For the less hardy outdoors-man outdoors-man there is always the highlight high-light of the winter season to look forward to, a trip to the department's depart-ment's Hardware Ranch, winter feeding grounds for the Cache elk herd. I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. Oliver Wendell Holmes. i |