Show UTAH FISH AND GAME DEPT SENDS FOR OPINIONS the T he utah fish and game department to today d ay asked sportsmen throughout the state to make recommendations on fishing and hunting seasons for or the coming year yea r and bag limits in a memorandum on seasons and bag limits sent all wildlife federations mark anderson department director asked sportsmen to submit comment on a series of questions vital to establishing the seasons it will not be long anderson said sai before state and federal proclamations on fishing and hunting seasons and bag limits for 1912 will be taking shape in order that we n might light have the benefit of your recommendations will you submit your comment on the following questions among the questions listed were these opening dates and length of seasons opinion on whether sportsmen favor one opening date for all fishing waters n the state and it if so what date what dates hours of shooting and bag limit limits i are preferable tor for waterfowl bag limits and seasons on upland birds preference on a longer or shorter hunting season for deer preference on whether the deer bag limit should be increased or kept the same as aa in the past still another question asked it if the sportsmen were satisfied with the usual early november elk hunt or if they would prefer a different time anderson explained that the questionnaire was sent the federations following inquiries by various sportsmen in answering one such query the director said the usual arguments against an earlier season are that more meat spoils on an average with earlier seasons that nearly all cattle and sheep axe are off the higher ranges and leaves are usually oft off trees and brush by late october the thae most logical argument against a longer season is that more than 90 per cent of the deer axe are taken in the first two days of the present 11 day season longer hunts would also cost the department part ment more than the shorter season there are also many good points in favor of an earlier season better weather better roads more recreation and less hardship are among them there axe are two good r reasons why the pheasant hunt is usually held early n november first to avoid as much as possible overlapping and conflict with other hunts and second the farmers have practically all of their crops out of the fields irrigation is also at a L minimum during that time |