Show Deer Duck Hunters of Utah Utahn n Blast California Weather Pr Pretty i well ll beat eaf up p alter after chasing deer to the tops top of the mountains I In extremely warm weather Utah were turning turn ng their attention attention atten atten- tion to the marshes Monday I atten-I anticipating anticipating anticipating an an- the opening of duck season season season sea sea- son Tuesday at noon weather The The weather is lo lousy sy for hunting In any form and if the sun sun keeps i like it the shining was August i new limit set for ducks four is I going to be okeh An Anyone one who can g get gt t more than four ducks with the opening of the season set With for tor noon Tuesday will have to have more decoys and callers than a pooch has fleas After the first da day duck hunters can begin blasting early in the morning but were warned I It t to watch the opening times very ly On Wednesday the shootIng shooting shoot shoot- ing can st start rf at a 4 arid and on on Thursday the legal opening will iII be am a.m. Check the off of times every if d day fIsh the t fish arid and endgame g game I dep dep de de department p p warns Utah Good Spot I While b by now It is an accepted fact that there are less ducks generally generally gen gen- gen I In In the United States than there have ha been peen most who I know their waterfowl say that here the population is about the same In fact there ther seems seems to be bemore f more mor geese th than in ln previous u year years Na NatiOnal Na- Na I surveys indicate that this is true but it would be foolish I to tomake tomake tomake make the limit more on this flyway flyway fly- fly way than in the rest of the countr countr country coun coun- tr try for then everyone who could make the trip would jam into Utah t and td d I Idaho aho and really deplete the theA dUcks A Ir recent cent national l survey showed that the Bear river marshes at at- atthe the north end of ot Great Salt lake have had a great year and that the ducks are ar thick up there This being the case as soon as some good duck hunting weather arrives the shootIng shootIng shooting shoot shoot- ing should be g good od around these parts I B Beit t SP Spot UI Best spots spots' for those who have no no no affiliation with the private clubs will be at Farmington bay Ogden bay the public pubU shooting grounds in Box BoxElder Elder county the Bear river fed federal ral bird refuge Locomotive Springs Bicknell bottoms and Clear lake Hunters were warned again by tate state fish and game officials that the limit on ducks is four tour possession possession possession posses posses- sion limit is eight that the gun must must be plugged so that it wI will hold no more than three shells shells- and that persons over 16 years of ag age must have a federal duck stamp The season will last 35 55 days or until Nov 24 M Meanwhile the deer hunters were having so-so so luck Naturally there were a lot of deer killed but it was rather obvious ous that the first week ends end's take was not near as as' great as u it has been in past years The warm weather drew most of the blame but many of the were convinced that the deer just arent aren't as thi thick k as as they used to be Ski ki Shoot A couple of ski enthusiasts found o nd the shooting good right up up at Ecker hill Frank and andRoy andRoy andRoy Roy Dahl Dahi went up to the hill hUl Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- morning walked 8 a few h hundred hundred hun hun- n- n dred yards up the hill from the take off of the ski Jump and bagged their game One of the deer weighed in at pounds a sizable beast In any league George and imd his two sons Bill and Richard came back from roin T Tooele oele canyon with Ui their lr three hr e bucks including Including- a hefty one going well over the pound mark DwIght King who who has been hunt been hunt hunting ing lag the Fish lake area for more years than he will admit says it was the poorest opening he ever has seen Ten hunters and only three deer picked up King got his Grant Hansen got his and Carl Sevy got one with the horns still in the velvet King blames the lack of sn snow w and the and the heavy foliage pointing out that the heavy pines and quaking aspens high up will hide the deer too good for lor any h hunter |