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Show Nevada, Utah Hunters Declare War on Desert Jacks Sportsmen of southeastern Nevada Ne-vada and southern Utah are planning to take advantage of the rabbit menace in the Escal-ante Escal-ante desert to stage probably cne of the largest organized rabbit rab-bit hunts on record. Through the cooperation of the Las Vegas Sportsmen's Associa-t'on Associa-t'on and Utah sportsmen's clubs a gigantic rabbit hunt is being scheduled at Beryl for Sunday, Aug. 29 beginning about 7 a. m. Sportsmen from Las Vegas have chartered a special bus to bring them to the site and other hunters hunt-ers from Pioche, Caliente, Hen-duson, Hen-duson, Panaca, Moapa Valley, Mesquite, Boulder City and Nel-lis Nel-lis Air Force Base plan to join the move. Hunters from Utah will include in-clude sportsmen from all of the communities on the desert, Paro-w;.n, Paro-w;.n, Cedar City, Milford. Miners-ville. Miners-ville. Heaver, Summit and Kanar-raville. Kanar-raville. Coordinating the activities activi-ties for the affair will be Bryner Wood. Horyl Junction Wildlife oiiiciul. and Claude Hall. Lydell Clement, Don Feour, Gil Halsel. Clyde Jacks and Rufus Bates of Las Vegas. After a report was filed by I Iron County agricultural agent Stephen L. Brower to the effect that the rabbit population in the I area w as out of hand the wheel began to turn and the open rabbit rab-bit hunt was initiated. Las Vegas sportsmen plan to make this an annual affair if the hunt in September draws enough interest. Civic groups will serve refreshments refresh-ments to the hunters who will be accomplishing two things: first a recreational hunt, and second, the hopes of eliminating eliminat-ing a serious crop threat by the horde of rabbits In that area. Weapons will be limited to shotguns. |