Show ILI ON PRAIRIE CHICKENS there will bo be no open season on grouse in ill utah tills this year announced d J arthur mcchamp tish and gamo game commissioner com miss loner recently tho the edict which grants protection so called wild chickens 11 cage lions hena willow grouse tails partridge and nd pine hens comes lit in an aa efridge effort fort to prevent utter extinction or of tho the game gaino 11 commisse ComMis commissioner sl oner macham eald cald scarcity of 0 tho the ganio game usually co conios nos in ill cycles tho the pointed out this year lie ho fait eald sage nago liens hens especially poc ally lally tire unusually r scarce caree grand rich and Dox Bo solder elder counties alono show ing any great population ot at tills this maill tor bar ot of tho the grouse family S pt ft ot of those counties mr kochant to allow no open season in ill their counties unless tho the entire state la Is thrown open to hunters beon uze thy feared concentration of 0 in those particular areas would litake virtually extinct the game willow grouse and pine grouse too art are scarce this year mr air mecham said so limited are their numbers in some regions that hunting would have to be prohibited in thorn them resulting lie he said in a similar situation to that in boxelder Box Bax elder grand and rich counties sportsmen feared closing tho the season tor for a year tho the game chief believes will aid considerably la in ro restoring storIng tile the game came population to normal with the announcement ot of tho the closed season on grouse mr ir bocham assured hunters that thoro there will bo be an open season on oil phe pheasants arants this thia year the time will bo be sot act to tor r lato late september or early october lie ho said and in some counties to afford the best hunting tile the open dates will bo split by intervening closed days of 0 hunting pheasants as a rez result nit of extensive planting activities end and protection lit at forded corded them ahem in n lato late years aro ara cenito numerous this year |