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Show 12 BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, Utah Thursday, April 10, 1975 Hears speakers Federation makes Jurkev shoo? plans Pull out the shotgun and dust off the shell vest, the Box Elder Wildlife federation is planning a spring turkey shoot. The shoot will be held Saturday, May 3, at the federation firearms range in Mantua. The shoot coincides with the state opening of the turkey season, which for the most part is in southern Utah. Federation officials noted the shoot will be an annual spring event. Federation president Jim Wadman says frozen turkeys will be given away as well as other items including a 12 guage shotgun, quarter of beef and a bicycle. A number of lesser prizes will also be given to lucky shooters. Fund Raiser Wadman said the event, a fund raiser for the federation which will use the proceeds for gun range improvement and betterment of wildlife habitat, will be similar to the annual Lions club shoot held in the fall. Eats and drinks will be on sale also, said Wadman. Wadman said shooters will compete against each other to win a turkey or can trust to luck with the splatterboard." We hope to have the support of all Box Elder county sportsmen for this event. We havent any wild turkeys to hunt in northern Utah but we feel sportsman can use a little shooting activity after the long layoff over winter. Sportsmen can knock the rust off their shooting and help support wildlife in the county as well, said Wadman. Plans Unveiled Plans for the shoot were unveiled at the monthly federation meeting held in Brigham City Tuesday night. That meeting included remarks from guest speakers Box Elder County Sheriff Art Redding and County Commissioner Ted Burt. Both Burt and Redding promised support of the federation in curbing vandalism against the property owner and FOURTH By Mike Perry GOAL Box Elder County Commissioner Ted Burts a farmer who works hard at it. He spends plenty of time in his fields at all hours of the day and night. He gets a good look at wildlife in all its poses. When he made a statement at last Tuesdays Box Elder Wildlife federation meeting that he felt the skunks and farm machinery were most responsible for low pheasant numbers, this scribe took a long think about the statement. From his growing years not so long ago, he hardly ever recalls running into those black and white aromatics that seem to abound now. Commissioner Burt said he irrigates most nights in the summers and cant remember when he hasnt seen a skunk at night. Some nights, he said, hes seen as many as 20. Skunks have few natural enemies and are known egg lovers. Its very conceivable that we can blame low pheasant numbers on the skunk. This writers remembrances of early pheasant hunts include an abundance of ringnecks. No skunks, more pheasants. Now, no pheasants and plenty of skunks. It appears one or the other has got to go. I vote against the skunk. But what to do? The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has yet to officially agree that skunks are that big a problem, though individual officers believe we can blame much of the problem on them Few people trap skunks anymore. The pelts arent worth the lingering fragrance. How about a bounty? But wholl pay it. The local federation, were it on better financial legs, could help underwrite the costs of such a program. (It used to pay bounty on magpies.) Perhaps the state federation and maybe the Division of Wildlife Resources could get involved, although it complains of never having enough funds. Maybe we locally have to take things in hand, raise our own funds to pay bounty on the black and white marauders. Perhaps were barking down the wrong hole and it isnt the skunk. Maybe it is a lack of habitat. But can we afford to leave any of the possible causes unchallenged? The federation is sponsoring a spring turkey shoot at its Mantua gun range on May 3. It hopes to raise enough funds to put the range back in shape after some harsh use and have funds left over for wildlife projects such as bountying skunks. Pulling together, we can bring back pheasant hunting in the county. Its getting late and if we wait much longer it might be too late to bring it back. Commissioner Burt believes theres plenty of habitat. He feels the pheasants are only raising a chick or two when a dozen or more should be the case. The penmans willing to go along with the commissioner. How about a concerted effort to knock down the skunk population? The federation will take its place in the drive. How about you? improving the lot of wildlife. Commissioner Burt, a farmer from Corinne, noted that skunks and mechanical disturbances are a major reason pheasant numbers are down in the county. He said habitat isnt as much a problem, in his opinion, as the predators who destroy most of a hen pheasants nest, leaving her to raise a chick or two, or the faster harvesting processes which dont allow pheasants time to escape, such as a hay mowing. Habitat Loss He said loss of habitat has hurt other species, such as the sage hen which used to black the sun when he was a boy living in Howell valley. Sheriff Redding brought First tryout set for Colt league First tryouts for the new Brigham City The federation will hold a work night Tuesday, April 22, at the gun range In Mantua. All members are urged to bring shovels and rakes to help In the cleanup. It will start at 5 GD0rj eofl Dog 1 will mark the opening this years pheasant hunt under action taken by the Wildlife Board last week. The board ruled that the first Saturday in November will be the pheasant opener from now on, allowing sportsmen to set vacation dates and farmers the opportunity to plan for the hunt. Season lengths and bag limits will be set in late summer. Nov. Cougar, Bear Seasons The cougar season will begin Nov. 1 and continue until April 15, 1976, as recommended to the board by Division of Wildlife Resources biologists. The hunt will be statewide except the Henry mountains, where biologists will conduct a cougar study, and the Northern Region, where only pursuit of the animals will be allowed. The bear hunt will open May 1 and continue until Oct. 15, again with the exception of the Northern Region, where only pursuit will be allowed. Nonresidents will be restricted to the Book Cliffs in eastern Utah as in the past. Livestock owners and their e employes may still take cougars and bears known to be molesting their animals, or they may contact the division who will authorize a local hunter to harvest the animal. Such harvest must be reported to the division within 72 hours. front from left, Randy Munns, Larry Romer, Steve Gilbert and Gary Rorner; back row, Dan Del Ayotte. Ayotte, Kevin Skenandore, Rick Griffin, Dave Ayotte and coach Box Elder tennis players are still trying, without success, to make up their match with Logan. The latest try came Tuesday but with the same report from the Cache Its snowing Valley scene over here. However, the Hive netters this past week managed to get in a pair of contests, including a Region One match. They won them both. often-postpon- annually in and repairs cleanup. Members were also advised of the Utah State Wildlife federation convention April at Sweetwater resort in Bear Lake. Eight members will represent the local group at that meeting. 25-2- 7 weather nesting there. Approved a request from Lagoon to hold animals at the resort. Directed the division to work with commercial pet and fish dealers regarding importation rules and regulations and bring back suggestions to the board at another meeting. Heard an informational discussion on the status of the Utah prairie dog, which has increased in numbers fourfold since a study was begun on that species. Approved an exchange of lands between the division and the city of Hyrum in Blacksmith Fork canyon. Decided not to renew a lease with the Forest Service on 13,500 acres of division property between Holden and Kanosh. Management of the area will revert back to the division. Heard an informational discussion on the status of the lead shot proposal of the Fish and Wildlife service. Reviewed actions taken by the 41st Legislature. Roy Reynolds, 6-- J-- 73-6- - season for Coach Jack Winns squad. is tough Roy Always scheduled at Box Elder this afternoon Box Elder at Weber No 1 singles - Ted Payne (BE) def. Chad Venable, No. 2 singles - Darwin Cox (W) def. Dell Payne, No. 3 singles - Rawlins (BE) def. Phil Garner, No. 1 doubles counties and portions of Washington county. Other Action In other action, the board: Entered a three-yea- r contract with the Cottonwood Kiwanis club to establish a Juvenile Court Rehabilitation center on division lands near Tabiona in Duchesne county. to be The center, in old ranch headquartered buildings on the property, will operate May 15 through Oct. 1. Elected board member Lee Swaner to serve on the newly established Great Salt Lake board. The new board will set guidelines and policies regarding the lake. Set an emergency closure (Thursday) invitational at Weber State college on Saturday. Leading the way for Box Elder against Weber were nine Hive performers who snared individual firsts. The winners and their events were: Reeder and Jensen (BE) def. Nard Neberker and Jeff Lindsey, - 6-- No. 2. doubles - Steed and Wiscombe def. Glenn Horacet and Rod Barker, by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, gives an interesting formula for guesstimating the weight of a fish. First, measure the length and girth of the fish in inches. Square the girth and mulitply this figure by the length. Divide this grand total by 800 and you will have the approximate weight of your fish in pounds. An example: Your fish is 25 inches long with a girth of 20 inches. The girth squared, 400 inches, times the length, 25 inches, equals 10,000. Divide this by 800 to get the 2.5 pounds. weight of the fish If you dont have a ruler, just remember, a dollar bill is about six inches long, and so are most check blanks. - Olsen' (BE), Brinton (BE), Barker (W) 2:06.9. Medley relay - Weber, 4:02.1. 220 - Buswell (W), Broadbent (BE), Miller (BE) :23.1. Two mile - Moore (BE), Flanigan (W), Baird (BE) 10:33.2. Mile relay - Box Elder, 3:37.2. Long jump - Schweppe (W), Taylor (W), Day (BE) 19-High jump - Thompson (BE), Day (BE), Stanger (W) Pole Value - Boyce (BE), Eastman (W), Davis (W) Discus - Rabern (BE), (W), Gabbitas (W) 124-Shot - Sato (BE), Murray (W), Kinslow (W) 17.3. 100 - Buswell (W), Miller (BE), Thompson (BE) : 10.2. Mile - Kendall (W), Brinton (BE), Satterthwaie (W) 4:41.6. 440 relay - Weber, :48.8. 440 - Broadbent Josephson : (W), Colvin 22.0. 880 12-- Kin-slo- (BE), j. Javelin (W) 52.5. Barnard - (BE), Brophy (W), Cabbitas (W) Buy any four Steel Belt Radial Tires and Enjoy a Fabulous Dinner at Sherwood Hills. Even at these low, low prices C 33 Q3 STEEL LABIALS LINE TIRES FR70-1- 4 weight Conservationist, : : And Have Dinner on Us Figure fish's The Low hurdles - Sharp (BE) Schweppe (W), Colvin (W) Ken Broadbent, 440; Chuck Sharp, low hurdles; Barney Olson, 880; Jay Moore, two mile; Bryce Thompson, high jump; Pat Boyce, pole vault; Don Rabern, discus; Mike Sato, shot put, and Steve Barnard, javelin. The Bees also won the mile relay with a team of Bruce Christensen, Barney Olson, Doug Brinton, Kent Broadbent. Here are the results: High hurdles - Stanger (W), Plowman (BE), Sharp (BE) Foood3 TOP published and hopes are that the track will be cleared of snow. Or perhaps the Bees and Royals could initiate a the snowball new event throw. They plan also to enter an full-tim- Spring Turkey Hunt Spring turkey hunters will go afield May 3 through May 18. The bag limit will be one tom. A small game or combination license is required, plus a $3 spring wild turkey permit. Open areas will be Beaver, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Kane, Piute, San Juan, Sevier, Wayne baseball scheduled here today Box Elder scored well in the field events this past week to in a Region edge Weber, One track meet at Pleasant View. It was the first test of the doubles Barry Reeder and Warren Jensen (BE) def. Bean and Jerdon, No. 2 doubles - Bean and Martinez (L) def. Bart Wiscombe and Val Steed, 1 Mustang registration for youths born between Aug. 1, 1964 and July will 31, 1966 (9 and be at 7 p.m., on Wednesday evening and Bronco baseball registration for youths born between Aug. 1, 1962 and July 31, 1964 (11 and will be at 7 p.m. Thursday evening. Weber thinclads No. 2 singles - B. McNabb (L) def. Dell Payne, No. 3 singles - Tony Rawlins S. school. Box Elder tips Here are results of the Layton and Weber matches: No. 1 singles - Ted Payne (BE) dec. S. McNab (Layton), No. on Gunnison island from April 1 to Sept. 30 to protect pelicans permitting. Action will get underway at 3 p.m. Box Elders latest triumphs raised their season record to But that showdown with the crack Logan crew still eludes them. All registrants must be accompanied by a parent or guardian and live within the National leagues boundaries. The National league is from the west side of Main street to the western city limits and from the south side of Forest street to the south city limits. Perry city is included as part of the league. All player candidates must register even if they have played on a National league team before. For further information interested persons should contact Neil Aston or Dennis Udy. Registration in Brigham Citys National League of Boys Baseball is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, April 16 and 17, at Lake View A mens commercial league softball meeting will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the of office Brigham City Recreation Director Glen Casperson. Casperson urges all players and sponsors to be in attendance to set up the league format for the coming year. He said the season is tentatively planned to get underway by the first of May. 2 (BE) def. 1 meeting Tuesday The first victory was a decision over a gooa visiting team from Region Twos Layton. The second saw Box in a Elder whip Weber, league opener at Pleasant View. Coach Reid Goldsberry said Roy is slated to invade the local courts this afternoon (Thur- sday) Natl league will hold registration Softball 2 noflOGD's vjUra Pheasant hunt opens on Nov. of ball CdcdO Hogain) PLACE finishers in the Brigham City recreation Department commercial basketfastbreak tournament was Griffin Mobile Homes, pictured here. Team members are SECOND it was pointed out. Its planned to field four teams in Brigham City this summer. Another two teams are expected to be organized in Tremonton to help make up the area league. p.m. and run until dark. dangerous substance will be held Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Bonneville High school in Washington Terrace. He vowed to increase deputy patrols of the federations gun range in Mantua to try and curb vandalism which costs the federation hundreds of dollars -- 16-ye- ar copies of the new county night hunting ordinance for review by members, noting seven or eight permits have been issued by him to hunters for western reaches of the county. He said the law provides for hunters to obtain a state permit and permission from landowners before he can issue permission. He said a mass meeting to discuss proposed legislation to ban handgun ammunition as a Colt league is scheduled Saturday, April 12, at 9 a.m. at Rees Pioneer park. The program is for 15 and old youths. Each participant is asked to bring a glove. A second tryout is slated Saturday, April 19, at the same place and time. Those eligible cannot be age 17 prior to Aug. 1, Plus 3.01 F.E.T. 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