Show t t t 1 t v 6 Ir I I f ii 1 11 1 9 t I t f. f J iL t ta h r a t li lih VERNAL ROD AND GUN CLUB officers and guests at atthe atthe atthe the annual meeting Saturday evening are left to right Homer Staple Ben Bridges John E E. E Bud ud Phelps Harold Pope Merlin Walker Jack Allred Lyman Merkley Bob Guy and President Scott ScoN Ras Ras- Vernal Rod Gun Club Hears Director at t Meet State Division of Wildlife Resources officials spoke to members of the Vernal Vernal Ver nal Rod and Gun Club at their annual introduction o of the ne new officers meeting held Saturday at the Vernal Elks Lodge JOHN E E. E Bud Phelps Director of told local sportsmen of pending wildlife bills coming before the state legislature legislature leg leg- The largest appropriation bill billis billis billis is for 2 million as as' as the first of five annual annual an an- nual payments to buy a 10 million ranch from Desert Livestock Co and turn it into a a. a state wildlife preserve The ranch contains acres acres acres' the largest in the state located in Morgan and Rich counties and would provide every kind of land use the Division of Wildlife Resources ces could want stated Director Phelps The Wildlife is against r raising resident non hunting licenses and setting set setting ting a limit on the number as proposed by a bill in the legislature stated Director Director Di Di- rector Phelps HOMER assistant Chief of Game Management gave a statistical statistical stat stat- report on the number of nonresIdent nonresident non res ident hunters and their financial contribution contribution contri contri- t to the state during 1971 He stated the resident non-resident hunters represented only about 13 percent of the hunters but they contributed 48 percent of the total money collected through licenses Reasoning for the three day either sex day 8 buck only season was explained by Mr He stated statistics show that in buck only hunts that for every 53 bucks killed one doe of fawn is il illegally illegally illegally il- il legally killed In Inan an either sex hunts the deer taken is increased to to one left on the I ground Research shows that the 3 and 8 day deer season proved very successful A MOVIE MOVI E showing the recent work of local wildlife officers in the Manila to Lone Tree Wyoming area protecting hay haystacks haystacks haystacks stacks from hungry elk was shown by Bob Nielson Because of the severe winter winter win win- ter weather the elk have migrated out of their regular feeding areas onto private private vate land to feed on hay stacks of ranch ranch- ers Wildlife personnel have been building fences and placing slabs around haystacks haystacks hay hay- stacks to prevent the elk from feeding on the ranchers hay Garth Horrocks outgoing club president president dent conducted annual sp meeting and C C. C R. R Henderson acted as Master of NEW OFFICERS for the Vernal Rod and Gun Club are Scott president Bob Guy vice president Jack Allred Lyman Merkley Harold Pope Merlin R R. R Walker E E. E J J. J Barker and Ben Bridges Directors In the secretaries report the club had hada a budget of last year of nearly and a net worth of In the presidents pre report it was reported that the club had members rs last year |