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Show Turkeys Planted in Utah Canyon Twelve turkeys have been wild trapped and transplanted to the Salina Canyon section during recent days, according to the Utah Department of Fish and Game. The birds, nine hens and three gobblers, were trapped on the North LaSal Mountain by department depart-ment field men. Ten birds were stocked into the same section a year ago, with summer field observations indicating indi-cating at least two young broods had been produced by the original ori-ginal plant. Officials said the trapping program pro-gram is continuing in the LaSal area where original plants of the big birds were made several years ago. They have done very well and present plans call for stocking turkeys as they can be trapped into several sections of the state. Sites selected and the counties where they are located include: Yankee Meadows (Iron County); Mt. Dutton (Garfield); Leeds (Washington); Beaver Mts (Beaver); Tropic (Washington); Dowd Mt. (Daggett). Only a portion of the plants may be made this winter, depending depen-ding upon weather conditions and success of the continuing trapping program. Birds have been planted during dur-ing recent years in five sites over the state. They are doing well in most of these areas. |