Show What's Doing in inTHE inTHE inTHE in- in THE GRE GREAT T OUTDOORS Coveting Covering the d desert eert country W west vrest t of the Great Salt alt Lake Government Tripper Trapper n Lynn has Lae in recent months taught caught 66 SS bobcats and otee e. e Belden who works arks out ot of Lakeside Lakeside Lake Lake- side Bide a dinky railroad town fifty I mU miles anilee northwest ot or Grantsville tells us that there are fewer pred predators tors on that winter sheep range than there thero ha hate hae e been In tn past years eare The Echo trapper says he I believes there are less leas cats and coyotes coyote In the Summit Morgan Morgan area too Hes He's caught 22 bobcats bob bobS cats here this winter Del Belden Delden den has taken some somo movies of his Lis trapping cat escapades escapades- and also of some two two cast to trout at Wyoming Wyom ing He lie showed these films to a Salt Lake Hoy Doy Scout group last week I w The Morgan County Wildlife and Rifle rufle Association has conducted conducted con con- ducted the first two sessions of it lib itt hunter safety hunter safety courses These Instructive classes for boys who like guns are held at the Court house Twenty four teenage boys bos are ere enrolled the course One of the reasons I wanted to come back to Utah Wildlife Specialist Jack Berryman Berryman Berryman Berry- Berry man told a group of Morgan Farm Bureau members was was wasso wasso so 10 that my family and I would have a place to camp hunt fish and such things If you live in a place like Ohio there is no place for outdoor outdoor out out- door recreation Mr r. r Herryman Berryman pointed out Ohio Is on over r 90 99 per cent privately owned Its 70 to 80 SO per percent percent cent posted Theres There's no place to togo togo togo go camping If It Ohioans want to go godo godo godo do some of the things we enjoy right out in to our back yards they've got to 10 leave the state Before Defore we left lett Utah in about 1950 Mr Berryman related we e used to get together and go up Mill MITI Creek Canyon on picnics picnics- much the same as you Polka folks do here In Morgan now We didn't think about getting reservations or getting there early or any- any thin thing We just went up and had a picnic Last August which August which was less than ten years later later we we came come home to Utah on a vacation My mother wanted to get the family together and and go up there for a a- a birthday picnic She had bad to phone phon the Forest Service three days daye in advance Just 90 ao that w we coUld coul i have a table in Mill Creek Canyon Can Can- yon yen yoni e Mr Berryman who represents Utah Utan State University and the I Utah Game Department also discussed die dis e cussed seed our pheasant situation We can an stand tand a more Intensive Intensive Intensive In In- pheasant hunt he said Let me draw you a comparison between a state like Ml Michigan and nd Utah Utah Is a little bit bigger but essentially they're about the same size Michigan has six and a half halt million people They have bave a mil wll- million ll lion n and a halt naif people who go out after pheasants Utah has a little littleover littleover littleover over a half million people about I of which are pheasant hunters Only two per cent of ot Utah is now pheasant habitat hL that little narrow cultivated strip In Sn our valleys and along tho the Wasatch front About half halt of Michigan on the other hand is in pheasant ant habitat Pheasant hunting pressure in By By Stan Taggart Michigan then is IA 2 22 23 hunters hunter pet per square mil mite mile 9 So heres here's Michigan with heavy y Industry and we think of ot it as a very er denn densely lY populated state with state with 22 hunters to the squats square mile And do y you u know what It I is I. In the state of Utah five Fifty hunters per square mile I So I here we are out In the wide open spaces with nearly three times as many pheasant hunters hunt ers era per square mile ae Michigan has ls Were Jamming those 55 56 hunt huntt hunter hunters er ers em per square mile mite into a three- three day season when biologically we can stand a longer one It wouldn't hurt the birds one bit bit bit- they can stand the hunting More than people visited Hardware Ranch during a recent Sanday Sunday according to fish and game department spokesmen The Tho ranch wintering area for fora a portion of the tho Cache elk herd Is situated in Blacksmiths Blacksmith's Fork Canyon some 20 miles east of Hyrum It has bas proven more popular popular lar tar each succeeding year as a winter tourist attraction Some elk are now on the feed lot near the ranch building where they are fed dally daily from the hay raised at this department department depart depart- ment property during the summer summer sum sum- mer months The d department said visitors are welcomed but advised that any one able le to visit during the week days should do so to avoid the Ute week end crowds Elk usually usually ally aily are found on the ranch In numbers un until I the tho end of tl the e heavy beavy snow period or or about the middle of March I. I I Gene Brooks Drooks is happy to see e the snow piling up but up-but but will be happier happier happier hap hap- pier still when spring shows ol of green fa face e. e Cause then he lie and and the boys plan to load up uP their I horses drive to Mirror Lake and ride over the pass to a favorite spot known as Rock Creek Utah waters were host to tourist anglers during 1 1959 ac according ac ac according cording to department of fl fish h and game records I me The re record ord shows they came from all 50 states as well as from rom fo four r foreign countries Once again tourist anglers from California some some made up by y far the greatest number of ot fishing folk talk from a sister state Next greatest numbers came from Nevada Arizonan Arizona Texas Texas Wyoming Wyom Wyom- ing New Mexico Idaho Idaho Illinois Washington and Missouri in that order The annual statewide rides to survey sarvey big game wintering range will soon get under way In sever several sev sev- severa era er eral l herd areas the department of fish and game has haa announced The department said an Invitation invitation invitation tion is again extended for all Interested interested interested in In- parties to take part Inthis in inthis inthis this annual range inventory A schedule is now being made up listing the survey dates for the states state's 62 herd wintering areas with the rides to be con con- conducted conducted ducted from late F Fe February e b r u a r y Y throughout into mid I Interested n t ere s te d Individuals or groups In any part of the state are urged to contact the department department depart depart- ment field representative In their area to learn the dates for forthe forthe forthe the survey of their choice holce and preparations preparation ne necessary for par par- I Iri Id the rides ride The 1 are conducted on the b herd beat rd wintering tt ranges Eath R 1 year tear to determine det t e deer dt use and conditions of theM ranges range frend IX counts nU of ot deer At ate are made at the same time in m many ny of th the herd unite units 1 Department spokesmen describe the rides as a prime opportunity tor for Individuals or groups to aid aidis iu is this phase of ot the game management management management man man- program and at the same flame time have an enjoyable day afield Conditions Con noted and the facts gained during these surveys form torm forman torman I an important part of ot the total l information used by tho the hoard Board of ot I I Dig Game Control in tho the I annual tall fall hunts STAN hunts STAN |