Show First Hunt Results in Fair Harvest Utah's first partridge hunting season resulted In a fair harvest and brought a multiple of favorable comments from sportsmen who were out after this new upland game bird species spec spec- Ic ies for the first time State game officials qualified the hunt as highly successful in view of the fact that sportsmen sportsmen sports sports- men were Ere hunting a new bird In fn I difficult terrain and under conditions conditions conditions condi condi- not common to other game bird species Only Daggett Uinta Carbon Emery Imery San Juan Grand and Du Du- counties were open to hunting during this first season Some of the earlier plants an and better blOtter production of wild birds had occurred in these counties coun coun- ties tier since the start of the program program program pro pro- gram to establish the was undertaken over five years ago Field reports tell of many three bird bag limits being taken One comment often reported was the proved a diversion and a real reat addition to the pheasant and other upland game bird hunt hunt- ing The game farm program program program pro pro- gram Is continuing at Price and Springville where brood birds are being held through the winter for egg taking hatching rearing and planting Into both new and old sites next year The department sa said d sever seven 1 other counties would probably be opened to chuk r hunting next year depending upon the spring hatch of young birds in the 70 already established planting sites over the state |