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Show BETTER HUNTING EXPECTED FOR PHEASANT, QUAIL Utah pheasant and quail hunters hunt-ers should find a slight improvement improve-ment in the upland bird population in the Beehive state fields and sagelands when the three-day 1947 hunt opens November 1. This was the prediction made today by Ross Leonard, director, Utah Fish and Game Department, Depart-ment, following a recap of upland bird conditions throughout all countie3. The daily bag limit of three male birds, with a possession limit of six males, should give hunters an opportunity to satisfy their upland bird appetites, Mr. Leonard predicted. pre-dicted. . Areas for hunting will be the same as last season. The preserve pre-serve boundaries in Salt Lake, Weber and Utah counties are unchanged un-changed from a year ago, the director di-rector said. ' The state this year will launch a heavy campaign against shooting of hen pheaasants, Mr. Leonard said. "We will hire special wardens, war-dens, appeal to sportsment and do everything possible to save the broodstock for years to come." The director urged that sportsmen's sports-men's organizations star "save the hen" campaigns within their own regions. Quail season will be the same as pheasant, except in Washing- ton county, where it is extended to December 31 in certain areas. The quail limit is ten birds, twen- ty in possession. All counties are open for quail. |