Show THE THE I t tR R REEL E E L 1 DO DOPE P E 1 Iy y v COLTRIN I PanE for the c getaway of ot th the i crow derby the event whereby I some acm om lucky hunter will win enrich him him- elf elf to the tune time of many hundreds hundred of dollars dollar w were re given a slight aUght setback setback setback set set- back recently due to the enterprise of a youn youngster ter down In Utah I county i See r-See Seems S is as If it the wardens of ot the fish and game gam department who built and set act out the trap to catch the crows for tor the banding purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses should hD have e built another r to catch the kids who saw a good thing and took advantage of it Six Crows-All Crows Dead Anyhow one ODe morning recently th the tho wardens went back to t inspect their r trap and sure enough they had caught some crows Six of em In fact tact Trouble was wu they were of no use to the crow derby derby all al were dead dud Clues Clue revealed that some kid had loon scon the birds in In the trap and had killed them and cut off the feet of each Those feet teet you know arc are worth tOo lOc per pair on the e b bounty ty arrangement While the setback to the tho derby Is 11 unfortunate e. the wardens will have some lome more more soon oon and you yon cant can't be too critical of the youngsters who V sa saVa saw aMy sawa a S qu quick quck ck way to make Tho The easy money p period is 15 over though as the wardens plan piau on keeping a Bh sharp eye out for any mo more kids s around the traps Everything Is going along very nicely on the deal The money and prizes s are pou pouring int in from merchants merchants mer mer- chants h and Ind Individuals who o want to toge ge get J. J in on the fun t Great Grea Hunting I- I A k newcomer newcom r from fron N Nebraska baka Bob ob Sibert of Sit Salt Lake Lake City sent us ua In a l letter ter pr praising th the crow derby deroy idea and enclosing a clipping cUpping cUp clip ping froth from a Nebra Nebraska ka newspaper newspaper telling of some great crow hunting b back ck there If It the figures given in this artole article art arti cle ole are aro correct the gun clubs lubs in Utah could do worse than contribute contribute con con- tribute to the cr crow w d derby rby prize and thereby get more hunters out and more crows killed They estimate that each crow crow eats three duck eggs eggs eggs-at at least So naturally the themore themore themore more crows killed the more ducks left with with a a. chance to live Th The writer of the Nebraska article suggests that the price df of f the migratory waterfowl stamp be beset set at the usual 1 plus 10 pairs pain of crow feet In one year ezze this would account for better than 20 million crows and such a 8 program sustained through five years would bring back duck where point the dally daily bag gJ limit t I could be raised from the miserly four lour birds permitted each hunter during daring the 1917 1947 season Beason J That i la is a good idea and one that might be incorporated in the Utah idea of the crow derby Of Ot course ourse in Utah you not riot only get lOc iDe per pair of feet but also use a chance to kill a bird worth plenty of coconuts I As we said before tho though gh the duck clubs should get together and contribute to the prize money Shooters at these elu clubs get the best of the deal when th the hunting hunting'S Is S good and the limits high while they take a a pretty bad beating when the limit is ts cut One good goodway iway way to get that limit raised boys jU s to kill off oft a flock of crows 1 I Youth Organization Meanwhile Bill Bm Walker secretary secretary secre- secre tary of the Utah Wild Life Federation Federation Federation Federa Federa- tion Is b anxious to get a Junior association as as- or federation going and it appears to us as if he has ha a fine finC idea p I Especially in Salt Lake county would would It be a great idea with the spacious grounds and clubhouse the county association owns down on tn Scott avenue Under the guidance guid- guid Jance ance of the the- adult membership the kith kids could be taught a lot about and hunting and they might put the finger on a lot of poachers around an I I I It would be a lot of fun tun for tor forI 1 I 1 everyone everyone adults adults and kids alike to to togo go out to the Scott avenue j s place In the p spring and have havo group lessons say In fly y cast- cast t lug ing In the fall there would be demonstration M on proper handling band handl- ing and proper care of a gun In the winter the kids would learn how to tie flies files and keep their equipment in shape during the thelong 4 f long cold m months Ii I T The e thing has endless possibilities I ties Ues and we hope that the Salt I Lake county association does doe something about abou it We sort of have a h hunch that it will Joe j Rideout new president of the as- as soci tion has a houseful of ot boys himself and they ey just might Ight needle the old man into starting some some- thing Practically the only trouble with the entire idea is that the kids in the youth association would be be catching more fish and killing l a more game than the adults in no not notime t time at alL alLf f t That we would find most moat emI embarrassing em em- I we fear tear |