Show THE CONSERVATION OF GAME By D. D H H. H Madsen State Game Com Com- In the conservation of or game it is essential that the habits of ot all aU game gam birds and animals be care carefully Cully considered considered considered con con- before open seasons for shooting are establishes established This department department de de- has for some time past studied the condition of ot our native upland game birds of which we have haye four varieties sage hen grouse or 01 prairie praire chicken blue grouse grouse or 01 pine hen lien and ruffed rutTed grouse commonly called pheasants These birds while differing ng greatly in their habits are in some seasons quite similar simBal in appearance and in some instances inhabit tho the same ter ter- Past experience has proven that hat it is not good policy to open the ho season on these birds at different times times' because of oC confusion that is thus hus created In many lUany Instances birds s that are not included in the open season are mistaken for birds I that may be legally shot and serious damage has haa resulted thereby With this thought in iri mind it is the purpose of the department to have one open season which while not entirely satisfactory satisfactory sat- sat if all an the birds are taken into nto consideration The sage hen nests In comparatively comparatively Ively low altitudes and therefore matures natures quicker er than other varieties of grouse and in the normal seaous seasons sea- sea sons ous these hese birds may je lie sufficiently developed by August 20 to justify king caking a them On the other hand i on August 1 there are thousands of I young grouse that arc are not more than two wo or three weeks old and these birds should not be taken before the middle of September The spring of 1922 was late fate and as a result the birds are not as well developed this year ear as would be the case in a normal normal normal nor nor- mal season The reports from various various varius vari- vari ous us counties in ill the state stale indicate that hat even sage hens are not nol yet half half- grown In view of these facts the department department depart- depart ment nent has decided that in the interest inter inter- est st of the conservation of these birds which in the end means th the interest lUt 1 st of f the sportsmen as is well the most satisfactory season for this year willbe will willbe wille be e from September 1 to 10 both ate season therefore will be declared open on the above dates ates in the following counties Beaver Boxelder Cache Carbon Weber Summit Wasatch Davis aggett Daggett Uintah Duchesne Grand San an Juan Piute Wayne Garfield lorgan Morgan Kane Iron Utah Washington Washing Washing- ton on Emery Millard l Salt Lake Tooele Tooele Toole Too- Too ele le Juab Sanpete and Sevier In Summit county all the territory north orth of the Weber river between that at river and the Wyoming line will wm willemain remain emain closed Rich county will be closed owing to the fact that during past ast years great numbers of sportsmen sportsmen sports- sports men nen from both Utah and Wyoming have lave ve visited this section and as as' a result the birds have been nearly exterminated and It will require at least east this year to bring them back In n su dent numbers of justify valey valley val val- hunting them The Strawberry ley ey which includes the entire Strawberry Strawberry Straw- Straw berry erry water-shed water that drains into the he reservoir and which has been a game preserve for a number of years ears will vill remain closed The same thing thing thing-is Is true of the game preserve in n Salt SaIl Lake county which extends from rom the road In Parleys Parley's canyon canon to he the ridge on the south side of Big Dig Cottonwood and back to the head of the he water-shed water which drains into Salt Lake ake count county Also the Cache valley game preserve Fish lake game preserve preserve pre- pre serve erve Dixie game preserve Heaston game ame preserve and Parowan game preserve e will remain closed The limit will be eight birds bird in possession and not more than twelve for or the season The season for dov doves s will open un September 1 to 1 15 to- un under er federal regulation n 0 |