Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-06 | Page 10 | Ducks Abound; Shooting Good

UGKS ABOUND SHOOTING GOOD Scarcity Only in Utah Lake Region, Where Carp Devour Feed. ! I !;i nil vu r i'i'-i:o ororl kwl:iinl v.- 'l ions 'if j ilifs y-;ir, Mtt 'the o-xapUon ut the I'Liih l.-ik- fr:f,'lo!i. ther .u-: her., plnrit:,' i ut' wilii tan.k hit1, tluiir condition has bdn j vr-fllent, it U reportc-rl by fi. H. Sid-Io-i ji v , Hlnln fish a. iid K"irm uomrnifiHioni-r, i.'O ;idd.s tliiit the (ieaaon ki n an ex-c.-piir(i;illy Kunrfjinf ul one from the sonu-fti sonu-fti ;n'M viewpoint and uronti.sta to oontinut. m to tl-o end oi" this munlh, when the --.'son closes. 'r.irp iu-e 'fifOiifMbk for the mmi-'-Uv 01 rlin-kH nr I'tah Ink-," Mr. Si-hlo '.:iy h;l h. "Th fHh, I it; u si t'xplu in. are VK.:i;.ri;uiH and tlu-v ear..-: all or W: uild du.'k f.'.rl I'riiin the utirf.'KM- of ihd wat-r. W'tuu 1m cniumonly failed f : 1 1 r ,ti,,.-,m is th. .rilK'ipal feed of duck's on Ctah lake, and it m this that the wwitrni of i;arp have df-vuured alinouL tu its eimtlele e.tli.ulU.n. Circumvent the Carp. "Ah a rr-nn-fly for this condlLton, and one wiiieii I hope will hnvn the el'fecl. ol' replenishlncr the duck (;d and hrinliitf lln- Ka in i"; fowl u It to I'tah lake, we iiiiall sow m ihi; inarhlicH there, a lot of seed of the wild nee i-'!- bayonet grass, ay It U known locally.. This makes good fetfl for (lucks and Is not so easily neeeKHible to litH carp marauders. 1'Jlnewuerts duekrf hnvfj been plentiful. "On account of the federal rule prohibiting prohib-iting sale of wild ducks the hospital at J'"ort. iJoughis has been benefited. Many ot the birds ."hot In this vicinity anil on tho grounds al. flic mouth of Hear river have, been sent to that Institul ioti for patient pa-tient s. There are two notable personal exarnpleh of this sort of public benefactors v. ho Hhouhl be mentioned in this connection. connec-tion. They are William A. tloiid and Al-crt Al-crt It. JHarnes of OiIcrki-. These sports-iTit-u come to I'tah every fall for the duck shooting and this year they have contributed contrib-uted most of llioir bags to t lie fort hospital. hos-pital. Hours for Shooting. "While I am on the subject of. ducks il will bo proper for mo to again call attention to the fact that there Is sti!! some dlMrgard of the hours during which duck shoot ing In prohibi ted. The slate law says that du.-ks may be shot, during dur-ing tho open season, from sunrise to sun-swt. sun-swt. The federal law fixes the time at half an hour before sunrise to sunset. When this season opener! I had a ccn-I'Teneo ccn-I'Teneo with presidents of rhiek clubs and told them that the more liberal federal regulation would be permitted to prevail, provided they would exercise their influ- : euro in havipg that regulation observed to the letter. "The club presidents gave me their promise that members of their respective ! organisations should confine themselves ; to shooting within tho hours prescribed, by the federal law. My deputies report to me (hat (he must frequent infractions of the law as to shooting hours occur at! the private clubs and they have made. : several iirrests ten within the past week. I "In all fairness, the members of duck 1 clubs should, above all others, observe the regulations, because they are better informed as to their details. I have concluded con-cluded thai in such cases there can be no reasonable, excuse for infraction of the law, which will be more rigidly enforced (ban ever during the remainder of the open duck season."