| Show What's Doing in inTHE inTHE inTHE in- in THE GREAT OUTDOORS By t By Stan Taggart 1 I Gil Gli Porter tells how the seven ty-seven elk hunters taking part partin in III the Cache Face hunt weekend weekend- last before last fared The elk were Mere down In the fields sal around Mound the born barns There w wars r over a hundred of them hem lit la the Ibe arM area we covered We e drove or jeep around a herd lurd of sixty six elk eJk and kr kept pt them together while the hunters hunt hunta NIl ers harvested the ones oDe they waited waited- ted Apparently the men were seek seek- 11 lag meat table and not trophies for ter M as large bulls were killed n These surplus animals all in good toad condition were were taken to avoid wold land damage In the area Inhabited ed A recent Colorado Newsletter Ne toad toU of two hu hunters t rs from that state stale who were fined 1300 and I respectively plus costs for tor aiding and abetting In the Illegal killing of ot elk I There Is la a bill now before tore the State Legislature which If passed will put a definite 11 season season sea sea- son Ion on bunnies bunnie and tanks moke them thema a game animal next ned year Those favoring this bill maintain that too many hunters are leaving these small animals where they fall fall whereas many folks find th them very palatable and dont don't want nt to see aee th them wasted Theres There's also arse a bill presently Uy before the legislature which is aimed at giving Utah's bear population pop more effective prot protection A beaver trapper beaver trapper let loose two shots at a mountain lion near the mouth of Heck Canyon In Lost Creek last week No hits hough the ideal month to unchain your I lazy pheasant dog ion your Our nd nd waddle off In pursuit of the for the heavy snow aids aids racking and may even slow the big kitty down a bit Washington probably tops the western states regarding lion bounty paying 75 75 per feline a Statistics borrowed from the accounting ac nc counting division of th State Department Department Department De De- of Fish and Game and stolen from Crom the December 1956 Fish and Game Bulletin License Li- Li License Li LI- cense ense sales MIls for 1956 will show an approximately ten per cent Increase in increase In In- crease over those of 1955 when final figures are released in a couple of months About seven per cent more Reports of Arrests were handled by the accounting department this year than last There were 1440 recorded this year and 1341 In 1955 Approximately forty per cent of the money which Is now operating operating op op- op our Fish and Game Department Department Department De De- De- De was supplied b by nonresident nonresident nonresident non non- resident sportsmen partridges partridges were gunned gunned gun gun- ned In Utah for for the first time this year More than of them have been turned tamed loose In hi this state and the birds beds reported Indicate Indicate we hope that they can thrive in hi hiat at least some somo areas One hundred and thirty-four thirty partridge something new In Ia arse r were planted near Mar N. N New Harmony this year Only time Ume will t tell ll how they'll accept conditions In that area I the hI 1056 Issue of Mickey Mouse Club Magazine contains a arage page rage titled Little known Animals Ani Ani- mals of America which bears very realistic Illustrations of the Ringtail Cat the Armadillo the Ocelot the Pika the Marten and the The lb animals were drawn by Ed Td Rawley assistant assistant assist assist- ant federal aid coordinator for forth forthe forthe th the Utah State Department I of ot ofFish ofFish Fish and Game Came These fine tine pictures pictures pic pic- tures are of special significance since they are composed almost entirely of ot straight lines You see Ed lost both his hands In World War II n. and he finds It difficult to U draw V a curved line with his I artificial ones one ne duck carrier to 10 each eada d who calls enU and reports report pon his recent rf d duck or bount bounty goose banning u exper lanes The worn weather woods wise old tto conductor halat a single dagle gle cougar In Morgan ax ar r Summit county Then he headds adds with abig a big Thur all ail married UA A got kl kittens kit tens f If It you read this ow wt wits a critics critic's e eye e better that you vat pass It by Gordon H H. T Taggart 1 Stan |
