Show Uta Utah Idaho and Wyoming Closed to Chicken Hunter Huntor There will wiH be no open sage hen shooting in Utah Idaho or Wao- Wao ming ming this year Announcement that the sage hen native bird In western stern America and at one time the leading up- up upland upland up upland land fowl on the continent ent would be protected this season was made by bv Commissioner cloner Newell B D Cook of the Utah Fish and Game De De- De Department De a similar announcement having been made earlier by of- of officials officials of officials in Idaho and Wyoming I having Utah was ass stricken first by a asage asage asage sage hen shortage and seeing the need for protection of these bIrds Commissioner Cook closed the Son season In 1931 1031 Since then there has been no open season and no legal shooting and according to surveys made every year the birds have done little better than main main- maintain maintain maintain tain their stand against the in- in invasion In Invasion of civilization This Thia sears vears ear B survey reveals tha that t tI I the hatch is very ery light even on I the game presen preserves es On Diamond mountain they seem to be more abundant than usual The closing of the season in Idaho should do much for the pro pro- protection protection pro protection of the birds in Utah as aswell aswell aswell well as Idaho as some of the choicest sage hen areas of both states are along the boundaries and the same is quite true on the Wyoming Wyoming Utah boundary This will be disappointing news for many of our sportsmen but It Itis itis itis is the opinion of Commissioner Cook that if II the season were left open this year It would take ten years vears to bring the sage hen population population I lation lation back to normal again fain |