| Show I Waterfowl Season I Ends Monday Hunting Good I I IThe The annual duck and goose season season season seas- seas I on closed in Utah on Monday afternoon afternoon after atter- noon at following one of the j best se seasons sons on ducks for some I I years past The season ended too early for many geese to be In the country but even so there were I a lot here especially toward the end of the season and many hunters hunters hunters hunt hunt- ers had good luck getting them especially es especially especially es- es on the th-c stubble fields The duck shooting started off good at the opening nd remained I that way all during the season Hunters were able to easily get their limits of four ducks a day I and most ost of the d ducks ck killed ll d a a- a I round here were mallards that mat had been feeding on grain stubbles and so were In excellent condition Teal were not plentiful this year or maybe it was that there were larger ducks and the hunters did not pay any attention to them The very cold weather ducks have not come in yet and so wil be unmolested unmolested unmolested ested here this year Hunters have wondered about the shortness of the season when they have seen so many ducks here this year far more than normally normally nor nor- mally around here this time of the year It may be due to the favorable favorable favor- favor able ible feeding conditions and the large arge areas of water that we now I have lave that were not here a few years ago F Farmers have raised larges arges of grain here the past few years ears which has attracted attract attract- ed the birds And the water Is expanding expanding expanding ex ex- ex- ex yearly so that we have I many large areas that are attractive attractive I tive to ducks with many of them staying the year around Clear ClearLake ClearLake Lake has long since joined old Mud Lake so that there is a lot of water wat wat- er there covering many thousands of acres Northwest of Topaz the drains have made a huge lake that thatIs I Is exceptionably favorable for ducks Crafts Lake the reservoirs canals drains and river have offered offered offered of of- the ducks innumerable places to rest between feedings |
