Show chicken season closed in three states there will be no open sage hen shooting in utah idaho or wyoming this year announcement that the sage hen native bird in western amer america a a and 11 I 1 d at one time the leading upland fowl on the continent would be protected this season was made by commissioner newel B cook of the utah fish and game department a smilar announcement having been made earlier by officials in idaho and wyoming utah was stricken first by a hen shortage and seeing th the e need for the protection of ahse birds birdsa commissioner cook closed the sea son in 1931 since then there has been no own ouen season and lesal legal shooting and according to surveys made every year the birds have done tittle bever than maintain their thair stand against the invasion of civilization this years survey reveals that the hatch is very light even on the game preserves the closing of the season in idaho should do much for the protection of the birds in utah as well as in idaho as some of the chi est sage hen areas of both states are along the boundaries and the th same is quite true on the utah wyoming boundary this will be disappointing n aws for many of our sportsmen but it is the opinion of commissioners Commissio commissioner nerl cook that if the season were left open this year it would take ten years to bring the sage hen population back to normal again |