Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-12-30 | Page 24 | Extension of Duck Season is Necessary

MI OF DOCK i 1 Sportsmen May Continue Shooting- to Jan. 15 to t re-vent re-vent Malady Spread. ! Open weather conditions have caused ducks to tly out to Groat Sail lake earlv in the mornings t!",-i deprvung the 'hunters of their usual limit bags during the shooting season. Tins "as resulted in immense Hocks of the birds being loft iu this region beyond t heir usual time. H is known that " too manv of the game water iowl rt-main rt-main to congregate in a gn en N . for an unusual length ot time lnal',',, , develop which kill them oil b dreds an.l sometimes by thousands This unusual condition has brought about a feeling among sportsmen who believe iu obeying the law that the open season, which closes on December Decem-ber .".1, should ho extended this year to .lan.ii.rv lo. .the bag bind to be in force as usual. A movement is on toot to make application for this extension hut inasmuch as R. H. Siddoway, state fish and game commissioner, lott yesterday yes-terday for the coast, the application could not be made to him as tho proper official. , Jt. is understood, however, that, t lie sportsmen here niav proceed to shoot ducks until January 15 upon the assumption as-sumption that there will bo no objection objec-tion raised bv Mr. Siddoway, especially in view of the fact that it is almost an economic necessity in view of the weather situation. Tho sportsmen themselves, however, will see to it that the law- is otherwise obeyed in every respect.