Show j GUN UN 1 p Vote rote Realizing the thc Importance of same fish ish and arni birds torS r h Is IN duo tho the thohas nIlY and believing that more consideration I rn ho has hM done so o much to propagate and protect them In n TELEGRAM t has decided to devote n II column each Sunday and game mc interests of ot the state sLAte jh 1 undoubted and undoubtedly Burge one o e of ot Utah's oldest sportsmen the best posted men on such subjects In the West Vest will have havo department the fl new 1 of f I to make ko this department iii Jill be th alm of ot THE TELEGRAM nl to answer any and all Mr Burgess will be he pleased to fish and game subjects and any meritorious rations from sportsmen men wilt will he be published on request provid- provid lire re limited to tn words and signed In In the writers writer's own with willi complete address acco accompanying TI l that hat there thero Is A 4 the th the flurr Burroughs Nature UtAh Its ts motto Is 18 To Ta Ton t construction n and thin waste aste and nd destruction 4 i good one The following Is I game notes Altor Alto iL j flits Its ourselves to tol we c pledge r of tho the ill ali l the tho th requirements tOry bird law That but u-but but t-but Burroughs Nature bY not stand by our own of this state p fl flah h laws Jaws three years in advance U art brad ad of oC the federal migra- migra liw Ii We re protect every tate itt or game Jame ilS sor or gallinaceous There n no birds in ln utah to- to eded excepting the Eng Eng- TO and ad allow us to Inform bs people that there IH iii nty on these birds Wo We Woof of our r state stale game laws of our sportsmen sport men who vo a a. year to conato con- con r. r agate ato to and protect our fish ish birds Wo We do not agree li 01 statement published last al Quail QuAn f feed ed upon chinch but the farmer t II Jose e stat states sportsmen have o killed ct these thue valuable t birds t that at of thousands thou of oC dollars aro are at reach each year In tn these theS places Jl Ue u wheat crop from Insect was too absurd to cl Id too roo ridiculous to be he amuse amus- amus Te it e d den don't dont nf believe a quail ever h tu SU Bug or ever will do o so 80 reared td on a farm and raised It winch chinch bug country countr and anda andt t of oC a quail qua being seen In kid until the grain ma- ma tAt assuming that quail do 44 bf chinch bugs hugs there tho are ii quail In the country and ands andIC s MI IC ken n. n In the past twenty ili at enough chinch bugs to uj worth mention mention- 3 Ik it wheat wheal crops And again Iff the tbt so called sportsman the quail by shoot shoot- II leo on the wing wing wing-It It is our a d hard winter that doe doc does ei And It Is our true or W sportsmen who put pul up 3 b feed and protect tho the quail Ie t winter Inter months that keeps garbling Ing exterminated It Is I called sportsmen who im- im item Into this state stale It is who have havo just paid 7 fine elk that were brought IQ Montana last week b by f Zoe JK Jut Smith and liberated on M reserve Juab count county esex J ER GET ACQUAINTED sorry the Burroughs Nair Na- Na ir people arc are not better ti with tho the s sportsmen and have havo done for the pro pro- all kinds of birds fish t an l over the tho United States Ia h teaby of New York a true tau has had more to do with Lean law being en- en Ilka IW perhaps nn any other per per- is tho the president Club of America club club defeated ate the spring s an other ther migra- migra In Ih Nebraska Missouri l and Kansas These states through I their representatives claimed the federal migratory bird law unconstitutional unconstitutional l and as president of ot the tho tho Campfire Club of A America the tho doc doe doctor doctor tor spent money defending this law We Wo will not ask what any of ot the Burroughs Nature associations have o done ao so far for tor protection but hOp the thc they will get in the band bandwagon bandwagon wagon with the true truo sportsmen and work with them for the good of oC the cause HOW TO LEAD A BIRD We Vc arc are often asked How far tar would you ou lead a n bird such and such sucha a distance to insure a cc clean an kill 7 In a general wa way wo we will state no noone noone noone one person can tell another Just how far tar to hold ahead of an object for divers reasons but hero is a a. table of allowances for aiming In front of birds crossing at forty miles mites per ler hour using standard loads of or ammunition ammu ammu- say sa say 3 drs dra E. E C. C bulk or 24 2 grains Infallible dense smokeless smokeless smokeless smoke smoke- less powder and 1 8 11 shot on tho the basis of ot feet and inches I Range In Yards Yards- Shot I 20 I 25 I 30 I 35 I 40 O Size Sizo 6 33 46 77 84 Size 6 38 33 48 5 10 7 10 86 Sizo o 7 38 49 86 Approximate allowances all nil sizes of ot shot j I 20 I 25 I 30 j 3 35 I 40 I 4 I ft 1 I 5 ft tl I 6 ft tl I 1 7 ft rt I 8 89 9 I KILLING DISTANCE A correspondent ent asks tho the maximum maximum maxi max mum killing distance for for a full choke choko bored 12 gauge shotgun also for a a. modified choke at the same time stating that the editor of oC Forest and Stream had published ed the distances dis- dis at seventy and sixty yards respectively Answer For a full choke about forty five yards For a modified less depending on the amount of oC choko choke and the sho shooting qualities of the particular gun bun FISHING NOT GOOD So far fa as a we wo can learn the thc fishing generally has been heen poor this spring The rhe streams aro are all hl high h and the water cold and anel muddy Of course courso there thero arc alwa always 8 a few who have hll good bood luck and catch the big ones The Tho fishermen generally are re using using- bait and the best results so far I have o been obtained in tho far famed Provo The following is tho the con condition at atthe tho the present time lime of or the I streams ams Inthe in inthe inthe the state Logan and Blacksmith fork clear bait fishing Ogden and Weber clear bait fishing some good catches roily no good East canyon canon clear lots of snow mow bait ball fishing Spring creek Salt Salt Lake county clear bait fishing Cottonwoods Cotton- Cotton woods clear bait balt fishing I Thistle and creeks clear good bait fishing catfish in tho the Jordan biting fair ice cold water Fishing generally gener gener- generally ally any for game fish fair but good in Ogden and Provo rivers |