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Show is only the present restvion which make poaching powibi. ?! profitable. l-Mble &H On the eve of the comin 'w seasons" Greater Utah VallevT wishes "good hunting' for ; o ir citizens. We admonish 'a ?' use proper precautions in th Pi firearms. " se x Especially do we plead for sob neiy during the process of acti , hunting. The mixture of and gunpowder is a dcacn ono1 bination. Think before you snool" It is far better to come home cm pty than to cause the death Z serious injury of a fellow' hunter GUV, Inc., Tells Of Unfair Hunting Practice The other afternoon a young matron ma-tron of our acquaintance called at our home to see the wife about something or other; During the course of the conversation she said that the "gang" was coming to her homo that evening for a pheasant phea-sant dinner. "Is the season open now?" said the wife. "Oh no", she responded, "the boys don't wait for that; they get them every once in awhile." No doubt this instance is but ono of many in which the game laws are flouted here in Utah Valley Val-ley and individuals and groups en joy the fruits of this wild life poaching-. While the boys mentioned above were young business men and industrial in-dustrial workers, they are not the only ones who infringe on the rights of the law-abiding sportsmen. sports-men. Farmers , and stockmen are frequent offenders, who justify themselves by pointing out that they fe'2d the birds and deer and thus "just gtting even." To make matters worse these same farmers often charge visiting hunters a fee ' during the season to hunt on their game-depleted acres. The Utah game laws were enacted en-acted in order to give every citizen citi-zen who likes to hunt and fish an even break. Any person who poaches is not only selfishly unfair un-fair but is also 'an open law breaker. break-er. What these men seem to forget is the simple ' fact that if there were no game laws there would soon' be no game for anyone. It |