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Show Trim and Magpie Derby tow Underway for $10 and $5 prizes, there being 0 banded birds for the bger awards and 20 for the lesser $200 of the prize money being put into the magpie division. All this, Mr. Leonard said, is in addition to the bounty being paid at the rate of ten cents for a pair of feet for both crows and magpies and five cents each for eggs of either bird. Bounty will be paid only in those counties in which the local sportsmen's group is participating par-ticipating in the contest participating, partici-pating, Mr. Leonard said, to the extent that they furnish one-half of the bounty monies. Bounties will be paid i the county in which the crows were shot. Because of the safety factor for both livestock and humans, hunting hunt-ing crows and magpies during the contest will be limited to shotguns only. The state director has already al-ready sent out an appeal to the sportsmen's groups urging them to leave their rifles at home. The duration of the contest, it j was decided, will be until December Decem-ber 31, 1948, after which time all Bonded crows and magpies were released at "unknown places and unknown times" this week as the state launched its crow and magpie mag-pie derby. One of the banded birds will be worth about $550 irt cash and merchandise mer-chandise prizes, according to Ross Leonard, derby director. This big black bird will be known throughout through-out the contest as "The Big Crow," Mr. Leonard said, and his worth may be graduated as the contest progresses. In Utah county, Gene Miner, together to-gether with state game commis- sion officials, turned loose 28 more banded crows and 18 magpies. These derby targets have been let loose in various parts of the county. coun-ty. "The Big Crow will have a cash prize of $250 on his list and such other prizes as top-rate shotguns, hunting dogs, household appliances appli-ances everything that one can think of in the merchandise line. And more prizes are being solicited solicit-ed by a crow committee comprised of interested sportsmen, to raise I his worth into the big money I prizes and monies not used up for I banded birds will be regrouped and new bands placed on other birds and the contes for 1949 started anew. As soon as, the state is able to trap all of the birds needed, a drawing will be held and the worth placed on each band number, Mr. Leonard explained. Hunters bagging bagg-ing banded birds before that time will receive their prizes when it is determined what their banded brackets," the director , said. It was decided at a special meeting meet-ing of the Crow Derby committee Thursday that all of the merchandise merchan-dise awards would be placed on The Big Crow. This, it is planned, will eliminate much of the confusion confu-sion and make the game more interesting. in-teresting. However, Mr. Leonard pointed out, other banded birds will be worth $100, $75, $50, $25, along with ten $10 crows. Magpies, Mag-pies, it was decided.- will come in bird is worth at the drawing. f.c While the state is completing its trapping operation, the derby will a move on. There are banded birds 1:3 in the. air and the Big Crow may be soaring aloft right now, Mr. ;. Leonard said. It's worth $550 and r-Vt it s anybody's bird. |