Show Ay A w wa a t i x t it wry JEFF WATERS Salt Lake City blasts the ball boll toward th the number ni nine e hole during the golf action at the Golf Course last weekend Picking up young f wild it d animals is illegal By John C C. C Dickerson CO West Vernal District I i I I I i I i I i r s This time of year brings up a unique problem with wild animals which is brought to the publics public's attention each year year but deserves mentioning again The problem is people are are picking up young big animals-big game small game game birds for one reason or another and taking them home which is unlawful Generally after a few weeks these people call one of our offices and ask us to pick up the wildlife because they have become too much of a bother The excuse they give for having possession of an illegal animal is that the mother had been killed and the young animal was surely going to die After getting getting get get- ting the facts on the situation very often it turns out that the animal was found alone and it was assumed the youngster was abandoned or the parent killed This is especially true with l deer DIG BIG GAME animals very often hide their yo young ng while they go to feed and this is when the newborn fawn is found abandoned and then picked up Another unfortunate aspect of this is that after someone turns an animal over to us we simply do not have the facilities to care for them We can sometimes sometimes' persuade one of the Salt La Lake e zoos to take an animal but when they are coming in from all over the state stale we really get in a bind bird If you find an animal that you feel has been aban aban- cloned leave it alone call a division employee ant and we will willI look into the situation WHILE ON vacation last week I l had the opportunity to spend a couple of days fishing at Flaming Gorge and two things came to my attention First the thes lake trout fishing ng is excellent and second the number of people who were there We w were there during the middle of the week and the whole area area was almost filled with tourists Ten years ago if you were there during the week there were were- people of course but no where the same number as now All of these people are p putting tremendous pressure on all the resources-fish resources and game as aswell aswell well as other recreational ac ac- There is no no doubt the pressure is going to continue increasing for many many years to come As for the lake trout fishing I think the good old days are now This type of fishing is very specialized with a different type of gear being used Also you must know just where the fish are The average angler using spinning gear fishing with lures or bait is not going to catch lake trout except possibly in the spring when the fish move into shallower water and this is still very remote |