Show field stream by VERNON W SHIELDS when you are looking for ma me aerial for a column of this kind I 1 you really uncover some odd things take tor for instance the oth ler er day when I 1 ran on to a young fellow from grantsville Grants ville who Is quite ai ali authority on polar bear hunting now who would think anyone over in grantsville Grants ville would know anything at all about polar bears well don johnson does and it is interesting ask him to tell you about it sometime it is quite pos thit th it e on n the eskimos could learn something from him this is the month that our thoughts inevitably turn to guns and gunning it is time to put the old fishing equipment away for another year the birth of a new season is at hand and we wel come it with a b t ot of melancholia over the summer which we are now saying goodbye there will be no more summer after this month summer is dying in a burst of col or the maple trees are turning red and yellow the shrub oak are becoming russet and arid brown and the autumn haze comes down like a purple drapery on the distant hills gee what caused that out burst I 1 must be getting sen timen tal in my old age what I 1 in trying to say is the fishing season ends on october and it is time to get out the trusty old rifle and get it in shape to go in pursuit of the illusive ellus ive buckskin RANGE SURVEY MADE officials of the U S forest ser vice utah sportsman s association tooele thoele wildlife federation and cattle raisers just recently torn plated a three day range survey in the vernon area the survey was made from oak brush canyon to bennion canyon and east fast gov eminent and then from west gov to south oak brush can A thorough study of range con editions was made in the above mentioned areas the east side of the range was reported to be in pretty fair condition while the west side showed some signs of being over grazed no attempt was made to count deer although a number of deer were seen they reported that there were plenty of big bucks in the higher elevations officials making this ride were henry miles president of the too ele wildlife federation dr ras mussen U 3 forest service bill west U S forest service mr 0 connor oconnor U S forest service ren walters chairman of the big game committee of the utah sportsmen s association less war burton wild life federation roy garrard county game warden ralph jensen U S forest service and jack webb juab county game warden I 1 think both ren walters and henry miles should be cong ratu for getting out and joining in this survey the other men are paid to make these rides but these two went out solely on their own devoting their time and expenses purely in the interest of the sports men in this county I 1 wonder if their efforts are really appreciate ed they are working to protect our deer herd and should be given our whole hearted support SH SHOT SIZE LIMITED on tuesday september the salt lake tribune came out with an article written by don brooks which stated that it was unlawful to use any shot larger than no 2 in the taking of ducks and geese I 1 am of the opinion that mr brooks was wrong in this statement gentl I 1 have the official proclamation sent me by the fish and wild life ser vice and in it I 1 find no reference whatsoever as to any limitations in the size of shot to be used in the killing of ducks or geese I 1 have written mr floyd thompson U S agent of the fish and wild life service about this matter and I 1 should have a reply from him soon PHEASANTS PLANTED tooele thoele county received another load of four hundred pheasants which were planted in clover and vernon districts mr isaac walters representing the tooele thoele unit of the sportsmen s ass n assisted mr roy garrard in the planting of these birds this makes a total of 1200 pheasants planted in tooele thoele county to date PHEASANT SEASON at this writing pheasant season has not been officially announced but from all indications it will probably be from november 1st to 3rd it looks like a limit of three birds may be set for most most of the counties it is against the law however to use anything larger than no 2 shot on pheasants A REMINDER dont forget that the heaston game preserve is open on the east side this is the first time this has bien be en open for many years and no doubt it will furnish some ex cellena deer hunting also dont doll t forget that the duck season opens at twelve noon on october |