Show c' 'I ' v V Fishing and Hunting - THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING JUNE Idaho Enhanced By Upland Birds Fishing and Hunting 9 1935 Playground is Vast lluiitm" Region i°y Hunting Area Also May Obtain Of Ute Indian Nimrod Animals its Well as Feathered Game BO ISJC lcUhoT-N- o where else in the country' does any area of similar size hold forth such lavish abundance and such pleasing variation of interests to ths ntmrod as does the Gem state v Hunting is good along ths Utah In a short time the hunter may Of brace sportive delicious frail b the quarry catamounts or shoot a pheasants try his lights Jack rabbits on the rocketing Hungarian par bitsto ' Catamounts Along Trail HELENA Mont— Montana each year la beaming in the eye ef sportsmen one of the finest most rugged big game areas In the HT1— m - is i ' 1 f n rV g bob-whit- it -- OB-TF- a (Refuse picture Game in Wyoming Boasts northern Bear and Moose Hunter southern for et f 10-da- y - it V A blolodes! surrey) 1s Nevada Surprises New to Rugged Area ELY Nevada — Vanishing sage-heand depleted Waterfowl flocks s art tha dark spots for Nevada in 193S While deer form tha bright spot and elk are the problem children in White Pine coun-t- y only section of the state where the lordly wapiti rogm r The desert valleys and ranges of this state seemingly devoid of life to the uninitiated offer surprisniro-rod- ing variety 'andplenUlude'bf sport wildfowl but her again one must know his wsy shout the deserts them in most Jntances Sagebens plentiful no more than three years ago seemed to vanish overnight yith the probability that a closed season will be adopted this year to save the remnants or at most one or two days shooting allowed In August Hungarian phaaants have been ' h to gunners acquainted with their peculiarities Pine and willow grouse pheaw ant and quail sagehen and a Mattering of Hungarian partridges await the scattergun exponent who knows their ways while the rifleman finds in the ranges of Nevada some ef the finest specimens of ' muletail largest of deer Sharp autumn nights bring to scattered lakes and streams large flocks of geese ducks and other i i The IntormeaaUfa) playgreead b a vast gtorbas banting regba county Drouth that wrought havoc with (1) Marsh ef the Bear river migratory bird refage (t) They're hears waterfowl in other areas also af- and there are many like 'em In the west (2) This almrod b getting fected Nevada lakes and streams last year and In 1933 but good ready far ml apart’ (4) Deer for which the west b fameaa Few huntn shooting still was reported la ers fall to hag aa antlered monarch fas the fall banting season Churchill and Elko counties and in tome parts of other counties south of Ely In Railroad valley length Varieties of water birds The United States biological surit has drilled several artesian wells are found there which aro sot sees vey is taking a hand in this phase that re forming lake and sloughs la any other port of too state reof sporting activities and 70 miles over an area several miles in training the year around netniprajsiasw quarters of a century It la reached over a county road extending west from Brigham City in northern Utah v Stretchlng out for miles in all directions the refuge b sufficient-l- y large to provide an adequate sano tuary for migratory birds Here x millions of birds sojourn especially during the summer and fall months ' During open winters many Of the birds remain here It is an amazing sight to see thou- - ' sands of the birds take to flight suddenly darkening the skies ‘ The refuge covers 84215 acres ’ Its dense vegetation and sparkling ponds and lakes fairly live with wild I ducks geese and other birds during the flight seasons 4 A feature of the refuge Is the operation during the open season of"7 a vast public shooting area Sports-me- n from all over the country take advantage of the shooting offered No fee is charged Roadways have been built on the ! -broad dikes of the region While no definite policy has been adopted ( by the biological survey as to the extent tjie refuge will be utilized for sightseeing purposes it ia an-- s ticlpated sightseeing will bo permitted so far as consistent with the primary purpose- - The welfare of the birds however will continue to --— be the chief concern ' It b deemed likely the bureau will admit visitors generally after the present largo construction program is completed probably In 1935 At present the refuge is closed to visitors except under special arrangement enabling groups of students and others engaged In wild life stud-ies to visit ' v I Scofield Reservoir Stocked for Fishcfmea 5 Wit hi S3 000000 Asset Asset Through Depression and Drouth— Still Out of the Red! The Utahstat fish and game department la out of debt and every cent taken in in 1935 will go to build for the future not to pay for the past’ The finances of the department have been handled as they would have been in private business— the expenditures have not exceeded the revenues in the past four ‘ years and thousands of dollars have been paid for Improvements and thousands — more for new resources r U- Fish and Game In Utah Provide Sport and Recreation for Thousands and Bring a $3000000 Turnover Each Year in Transportation Equipment Tackle etc ( the market? ' Look over the actual figures: check at Fish lake made last year A showed that 830 automobiles traveled 231533 miles to fish at that place At 8 cents a mile this would cost $1157665 The anglers spent $1442056 on hotel expense groceries clothing' tackle and Camp supplies TKey spent $4249 for licenses The total expense was $2724621 The anglers caught 17521 fish for a total weight of 13844 pounds The cost per pound was approximately $2 On the basis of the above figures the sportsmen spent $215000 for Fish lake angling alone last year We estimate that by and large the anglers spent $1500000 in 1934 ' Twenty thousand deer hunters spent an average of $30 apiece or $600000 last year Another $500000 was spent on duck and pheasant hunting while additional thousands went to get elk quail catfish rabbits and amateur hunting of predators You Must Help! WHY THE FUTURE DEPENDS Oil YOU This Valuable Asset Faces a Crisis-- — ’ -- With the sportsman demanding more birds beasts and With the farmer demanding reprisals for claimed damage by pheasants and pheasant hunters— With the stockmen demanding that deer and elk be slain to permit more livestock on the range— With the owners of private range demanding that someone pay for the damage done their private property by the public game— With the only source of revenue the sale of hunting and fishing licenses you Mr Citizen can begin to see that there is more to fish and game work than just bang bang banging at the big bad Wolf It has been proved conclusively that fish and game can thrive near civilization but it costs money These sports can be kept indefinitely but someone must pay the bills The way to do YOUR part is to purchase a fish and game license The prospects for fish and game haVe never been brighter than at present nor have the problems ever been as pressmg With the exception of a little revenue from fines coiSiscations and miscellaneous sources the fish and game department must depend entirely upon the sale of licenses for its revenues With shorter work weeks at hand more demand will be made upon the fish and game resources of the state fish-- : 4 - s SCOITTLD — The Scofield reserOGDEN—Within the boundaries of voir created some years ago at a Weber county art 90 miles of some cost of $750000 is well stocked With " of the finer fishing waters in Utah game fish’ The streams most of them fairly Covering many thousands of acres all art- kept well stocked with and with boats and adjacent lodges rainbow and other varieties of and cabins the reservoir is the deAa active sportsman’s association light of many hundreds of fishermen the Weber county Fish and Game each yew t Protective association each year cola tha region also are to be found operates with state and federal au- deer and other game and hunters thorities to maintain and taprwve£rom many places bag the gams limit these fishing grounds each year A 33000000 13-d- ay ' tractsTliousands Stream in Weber Area shore? i Bear Rivet Refuge Spreads At NjnetyJIilpfFkK Introduced ”'IuecessfuIIy “in "some sections while In southern Nevada the California quail' abound! in many placet notably in Clark Did you ever hear the tinkle of the cash register in the gurgle of our mountain streams or in the lapping of the lake waters upon the of the goose the whir Did the honk-hon- k of the pheasant or the crashing of the undergrowth hy the deer over sound like rent money? Did you ever realize that the people of this state who hunt and fish spend about $3000- 000 each year in the pursuit of this kind of happiness? Did you ever know that trout cost sports times men from $1 to $2 a pound-sev- eral more than fish and fresh meat are worth iat oras of - A Mr Utah Business Man! tame world-famou- white tail black tail mule deer of elk roaming the hills In great herds with stately bulla trotting through the woods tossing heads of majestic horns of gay bands of antelope on the plains of mountain sheep living In their world In the Rockies of mountain goats the monarch! pf the crags and of bear black brown and the fightin grizzly Open season on big game Including deer and elk Is from October 15 to November 15 of each year except in a portion of Ravalli county in tha famed Bitter Root valley where the season on deer elk and mountain goats is from September 20 to October 20 When the general season opens Montana awakes to find itself famous— Because of local conditions the elk season varies over the state The open season in Teton county and a portion of Lewis and Clark county Is from October 15 to December 1 Park county the homo of Montana’s greatest elk herd and one of the largest in the open to elk hunting from October 15 to March 1 unless the ftato fish and game commission deems It wise to close the season at an earlier date But Montana Is not only a land of big game It Is a land of wild life The sloughs lakes and riven are nesting grounds for ducks and geese on their northern trip and during their fall return south nimrods find great shooting The state game farm Is located at Warm Springs Mont It liberates at tha rate of 10000 birds each year chiefly Chinese and Mongolian pheasants and the sporty Hungarian partridge V ') ruig-necke- Winter home The fresh water areas on the fringes May Go Days ef Great Salt Jake where the rivers Travel empty their fresh water into the Without Sighting world's saltiest sea abound with ducks and geese during the" flight Human Being periods Many of the hardier species of duck winter in Utah la The pheasant an imported bird is CHEYENNE Wyo—Wyoming now aa much at home in Utah as if proven paradise for the hunter parts of the state contribute to it bad always been her Each fall Ail annually attracts the hunters of the state turn loose the sport which of nlmroda thousands toll this of wiliest the birds and upon is great but is offset by the Increase Thera is not a4 alngla western which results from the next year’s county hut hat soma territory open for deer elk or sheep and in some hatch cMeAfet AUihreSwTltt areas uu-all-y J1 ft jrniu are designated at the July The upland bird is on Jts way back fish to Utah apparently Ibe hawk civi- meeting of tha state game andareas lization and hard winters took a ter- commission whan tha open rible toll of the grouse and Its kins- for sags chickens also are outlined men in the past decade and for a Outside of big game preserves while it looked as though this ty protecting moose deer elk and bear of shooting would soon be a thing tha big gams hunter finds tha last the past But in the past year the great western hunting ground In birds have been on on increase and soma parts of tha state a traveler there is great hopes for the future can spend an entire summer on a Quail art particularly numerous in pack trip probably without seeing Utah the southern counties having a a human yet daily seeing elk dear season on these tasty little mountain sheep bear moose and ' game birds grouse Awaits Visitor To Bird Area The phrase “big game” to some The Bear river migratory bird but In Mon- - refuge has been a hunt- - ? grouse see a deer a tJtes is the hunting ground of the and mountain goat and if he drove fast white Deer elk quail chickens perhaps an elk All of this of course ducks geese shorebirds pheasants would be subject to Idaho’s game and small game abound in every por- laws Idaho baa a variety of upland tion of the itate Bear antelope and beaver fully game birds There are the famous d the - big pheasants protected except when temporary war is declared upon old bruin are on the feathered-legrouse of sagebens e increase and are often seen by those many kinds and sizes and California who are quick of eye and who know mountain quail ducks and geese in season and the the country A handfull of grey wolves and two sporty Hungarian paror three hundred mountain lions are tridge still in the hills for the man who In the Gem state a hunter can take wants to try his gun on the preda his shotgun and go out with full contors The coyote somewhat decreased fidence of bringing back the family fa numbers still combs the western dinner deserts in search of the stray or lazy In the matter of big game Idaho lamb has no peer There are deer elk mountain sheep Utah comas’ into its own in the mountain goats early fall when the shooting seasons moose wolves coyotes bobcats coufollow one another in quick succes- gars and bear The moose season is closed at present lion Great Flight It is reported there are now some The great intermountain flight of 90000 deer both white and black in the state and that ths annual mlgratoy waterfowl converges in tall Utah and thence diverges to the rest fall kill is about 30000 of the flight sues From the far corners of the northern realm come the ducks by the millions in the fail centering upon the Bear river marshes of Croat Salt Jake far their first rest pin-ta- il on their flight from the nesting grounds to their ood Shooting country ring-neck- hard-to-h- Becomes Famous Wide' Variety of Sport Lures Nimrods From Far Places 4 Game Ranges From Rab- - "Y Montana Hunting 17 1 As the revenues dropped the expenses were trimmed and at times right down ' to the bone It has been our policy to make the sportsman’s dollar go as far as possible and it has been our pleasure to see the public’s fish and game assets rise from year to year in spite of declining revenues We submit this record to the public and on the face of that record ask the public to purchase hunting and fishing licenses that funds can be available to more fully protect and develop this valuable re- ( ” BIRDS AND RIG GAME fish is Birds snd big game have multiplied to a point where there may be some legitimate complaints about damage Final solution of the problem may mean purchase of certain lands long drift fences more herding more Whatever the solution it will cost money but the resource is feeding DOES THIS FINANCIAL TURNOVER INTEREST YOU? ARE YOU APPRECIATIVE OF THIS RESOURCE? DO YOU SEE ITS POSSIBILITIES? ARE YOU HELPING? ’ worth it ( - Places where the range la being injured must be taken care of or there wUl be neither game nor range This will cost money Protect the Other Man’s Property -- demanded but it takes money to raise The planting of bigger fish to legal size and once again we must turn to the citizen and ask that be buy a license and help pay the bilL Utah has several fine duck marshes which should be developed and which will help shooting considerably but the development la limited by the gale of licenses The upland birds can be saved If given sanctuary from poachers and grazing animals but such sanctuary will again tap the treasury Besides the immeasurable good hunting and fishing do to the mind and body fifths sports man toe sport mean anznnual turnoverof threemlUion dollars 11)18 resource was worth building It certainly Is worth saying Streams must be Improved for fishing purposes but the' only place where the money can come- - from la1 front the tale bf llcensei'T — r UTAH STATE FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT Join Your Local Fisli and Game Association i- -- source " v ' The 1935 dollar will go to 1935 devel- opment not to pay for 1934 debts Protect the Other UatCs Property |