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Show Duck Season Opens' s October 16 Here Heavy Hunting Schedule in Utah To Last For Two Full Months; Elk Hunting Permits Still Remaining state. The birds arc particularly numerous in and about tJtaii county coun-ty whe re 882 b i i d s have been released re-leased this year. A num'ber of changes have been made in hunting laws this year. A federal and state limit of Vl ducks and 4 geese has hcon declared, de-clared, together with a possession limit of 24 ducks and 8 geese. Approximately 0000 deer arc expected ex-pected to be killed, in Utah during the 11 -d.ay deer scat-tin. 'Nearly every one of the 359 elk hunters last year bagged hipfi elk. This year 460 are permitlcd to be killed. Deer are apparently on the increase in-crease each year. With I he exception of elk, residents resi-dents of Utah may hunt ducks, I geese, pheasants, quail and deer on a $2 license or on a $3 combination fisTTmg and hunting license. With oi fy 20 more days remaining remain-ing cf Ulah's fishing season, which closes October 01, out-of-doors men arc preparing to take advantage ad-vantage of ihe heavy schedule of bird and big game hunting which will begin Monday, October 16 atf 12 o'c lock noon a n d continue f or two full months. The fall duck season will be both the first and last on 1 lie schedule,, opening October 1(3 a nd closing Decem'ber 15. The deer season opens October 20 and conctudes October 30, both dates included. Elk will be in season from November Novem-ber S to inclusive. Elk Permits Lrft Drawing for elk permits, which costs $10 for Utahns and $50 for out-of-state hunters, took place Tuesday at the fish and game department de-partment offices at the stale capi- tol. Three sections. Cache, Heas-ton Heas-ton and Nefco, were over-applied, but there still remains a number of permits for tlie Manti-Fish Lake area and others. The fee at Manti-Fish Manti-Fish Lake is only $5. In the Timpauogos area, above Provo, 6 ki.l.s are allowed and six applications were received. Many Ducks li'erc The duck hunting season promises prom-ises to be excellent this year, judging judg-ing from I lie number of -birds that arc in evidence. Another bird that will make good hunting this year is the pheasant. Since the disastrous disas-trous slaughter oi female birds several years ago the birds have slowly been gaining in number until un-til this year they are more populous than they ever have been in the |