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Show AUGUST THE JOURNAL FISH AND GAME The following list of information regarding the fall hunting seasons has been released from fish and game department offices. Depart- ment spokesmen again note that all sportsmen should carefully study the rules and regulations covering each season as shown in the proclamation for that season. Mourning Dove Season: September 1 through 13. inclusive; Either a state game bird or combination fishing and hunting license required (no special license or federal stamp needed); All of state open to hunting, except all of Davis and Weber and parts of Salt Lake and Carbon Counties; Bag and possession limit, ten birds; Shooting hour before sunrise hours, to sunset (check time table) ; Shotgun must be incapable of holding more than three shells. one-ha- lf Sage Grouse Season: September and 120; Special permit hunt; Only holders of game bird or combination fishing and hunting licenses eligible to apply for such permits, at three dollars ($3) for a four bird permit; Application dates are August 11 through 17 by mail only to the Utah Fish and . West North Temple, Salt Lake City; A public drawing will be held at the State Capitol August 22 for all oversubscribed sage grouse hunting units; Permits for units not oversubscribed will go on sale at department offices August 2, first come, first served. Elk Season: General hunt October 3 through October l.t, inclusive (several post season hunts listed); Special permit hunt, open to application by all sportsmen, lb years old or older, holding a big game or combination fishing and hunting license; Application dates are August 21 through September 2, must be made by special envelope only (available at all license vendors), enclosed fifteen dollar fee to be in form of money order, certified or cashiers check, and by mail only to the Utah Fish and Game Department as shown on the special envelope application form; Elk bunting by successful applicants is restricted this year to certain rifles (check proclamation); Under the new fish and game code, any qualified sportsman may apply for an elk permit this year, but if successful in obtaining a permit, may not apply again for five years. Deer Season: General opening date October 17, with season varying by hunting units from six to thirty-on- e days in length; All special permits open to application September 7, by qualified holders of big game or combination fishing and hunting licenses, $3 resident and $3 application mail or in perfee, application by son to Deer Permit Sales Office at the address shown in the proclamation for each respective spe Came Department, non-reside- l.V.xi nt cial hunting unit, all special permits sold on a first come-firs- t served basis; holders of a regular license may hunt the Antimony district counties) from September 2ith through October -- 7 without special permit. Pheasant Season: Opening date set for K:0 A. M. Saturday, November 7; Length of season, bag and possession limits, and other rules and regulations for this season will be set by commission action during late September. Migratory Waterfowl Season: Actual hunting dates to be set in near future by Utah Fish and Game Commission and shown in proclamation to be published later this month; General provisions for this hunt already set by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service include seventy-five day season; bag and possession limit for ducks of seven birds plus four bonus ducks of either pintail or widgeon, bag and possession limit for geese of six birds of which three may be Canadian geese or sub species, shooting hours of hour before sunrise until sunset; Waterfowli hunters must have a migratory water-fostamp in addition to a state game bird or combination fishing and hunting license. Other general information is listed in answer to most often asked questions: No one under sixteen years of age may hunt big game in Utah. Juniors, fourteen and fifteen years of age, may purchase the $2 game bird license but are required by law to hunt only while with someone of adult (twenty-on- e years or older) years. Applications for elk permits are (Piute-Garfiel- d one-ha- lf wl acceptable only when made on the special elk application envelope . form provided. Application for special sage grouse and deer permits may be made on any plain paper or upon forms available at license vendors. All moneys for any special permit should be in the form of a certified check, cashiers check, or money order made payable to the Utah Fish and Game Commission. Only one special permit for any given season may be held by a 15, 1953 sure are the chief reasons given for the above reductions. Native cutthroat trout eggs from Yellowstone have played an important part in the state fisheries program for this species of game fish. For a number of years a cooperative project has been conducted with the wildlife service resulting in annual shipments of several million eggs to the Utah department each year. Since native trout spawning stocks are not successfully propagated and held at hatcheries, the diminishing wild stocks of such trout resulting chiefly from increased fishing pressure leaves some doubt about the continued perpetuation of the native trout species in Utah. qualified applicant. Both red headgear and red shirt, sweater, or jacket must be worn at all times while hunting big game (deer and elk). The metal deer tag provided for season must be attached the to the animal at the time of the kill and accompany the carcass until On May 2S, 1032, sixty-fiv- e the meat is processed. pounds of rainbow fry trout were planted in Nine Mile Reservoir near the highway between Sterling Yellowstone native cutthroat and Gunnison. They numbered 300 trout eggs numbering 1,13X,090 are to the pound. now being processed at several of This reservoir, like many others the state fish hatcheries for fall over the state, is ordinarily drainplanting. ed dry each year and for this read This represents about son is not a dependable fishing the total number of such eggs that water. had previously been expected to The Nine Mile plant was made come to Utah through the U. S. with the intent of using the resFish and Wildlife Service from the ervoir as a natural rearing pond in Yellowstone Park section this year. the fish and game departments Latest information indicates that growing program for so utilizing very few, if any more, shipments such waters. of eggs can be expected from this To this end a catch pond was consource during 1033. A probable destructed below the dam from which crease is also noted for the years the fish would be seined and transahead. ported to lakes and streams as the Reduction of the Yellowstone egg reservoir drained. All weight and take because of adverse water con- size gained would be on natural ditions and extreme fishing pres- - feed and at much less cost to the state than the hatchery raised one-thir- trout. Plans had to be changed when an extremely high water table during the summer months of 1032 left ihe reservoir with a carry-ove- r of considerable water. The reservoir was opened to fishing this spring. Anglers and the department alike were pleasantly surprised when an estimated 3,103 trout were caught weighing an average of two and three-quartpounds each. An additional plant of walleyed pike fry was placed in Nine Mile Reservoir on April 23 this year. This was done to determine the success of raising the small pike fry to a larger size in natural rearing ponds before releasing them into larger waters. As the reservoir finally drained on August 1 this year, 4, SI 2 five inch pike and an additional 120 large rainbow trout were recovered from the catch pond below the dam. The pike were transplanted to nearby Yuba Reservoir and the rainbow into other waters in the area. The Nine Mile Reservoir experiment forms another successful step in the fish and game departments natural rearing pond program. Failure of the reservoir to drain dry during 1032 resulted m the above noted creel return of large rainbow trout that had been planted there the previous spring. It is expected that small fish will be planted in the reservoir again next spring as this program er Sure its hot outside, but you can breathe air as cooling and fresh as a mountain breeze right in your own home . . . with an electric room cooler. 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