Show GAME LAW HAS SOME undesirable FEATURES L local ocal sportsmen S ports in not in with spring aprin and early fall duck shooting sportsmen of this vicinity are of the opinion t it il the proposed ne fish and rame game law which is n now before hot houses of the state legislature is on the whole a splendid measure and will result in a general era improvement of fish and game conditions throughout the state there are however one nr two clauses of th bill affecting conditions 0 thi section of the state which local sportsmen are arc not entirely in ili sym apphy with the most important of is the for ar open opan smon for auks lra rui 0 lit march 15 albo alba the proposed pio posed opening of the duck season 15 days earlier in the fall the objection to spring shooting thoo ting is based on the fact that at that time the ducks are plating mating and that every duck killed during march will result in a clr decrease of at least eight birds the next fall september shooting is 13 undesirable because few fen ducks have hava found their way into this valley that early the birds that are here are shedding their feathers and unfit to eat the law moto alao provides that door deer may be shot between october 1 and october 21 this thia is also objectionable to many of 07 the cunteri hun teri who claim that it IB a Prati practically cally impossible to kill deer until there la is snow in the mountains often thes are wounded and are lost simply bec because aue the tracks be followed in regard to the shooting of quail in this county it is the general opinion of those who hunt this splendid game bird that the season could well be extended to include the month of november instead of only october a it does doeg at the present time in an endi avar to have these thebe undesirable features of the proposed law corrected C M heppler in ili behalf nf the tha local sport enthus enthusiasts ha ba been in communication with representative senta tive hertt C christensen for some time his recommendations are that the bill should provide for an open season for ducks frona from october 1 to january 31 an open season for deer during the month of november and that quail shooting nj be permitted in 10 this county dunca october and Not november oember mr heppler has received the assurance of 0 representative senta tive Christen sens support ili HI bringing the matter before the legislature before the bill becomes a law warden byron hanchett is 13 entire entirely iv in with the local sportsmen in the view they take of the proposed law and it IN i not improbable that at least some of the recommendations will be incorporated in the bill before it is passed |