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Show Pheasant Hunt Opens Saturday Noon Daily Bird Limit In All Counties Is Three Birds With Six In Possession After First Day There will he plenty of birds for tne pneasant hunters this year, and the Utah sportsmen will find the crop of targets tar-gets about as good as ever, come Saturday noon, October 30, when the Utah season opens. $ A survey from around the state shows the pheasant crop to be good, according to R. L. Turpin, Utah Fish and Game director. The weather has been exceptionally excep-tionally good this year, Turpin said. Hatching has boomed, and we have a better crop than for many years.' All that is needed to insure the success of the hunt is good weather crisp and dry. t used for community improvements, etc. Sportsmen are urged to re-pect re-pect these rights as they are set up according to the laws of the state. The noon Opening, according to the state director, is expected to make for a better hunt. The birds will have a chance to get off the roosts and into the fields before the big push. It will also help in the identification of birds, many hens having been shot because be-cause of early hunting, and because be-cause it was not light enough to identify them. Hunting-orr the second and third days will start at 7:00 a.m. and close at 5:30. Daily limits in all counties are three birds with six in possession after the first day. Meanwhile the state set to work to post the various game bird sanctuaries and closed areas. These regions, too numerous to list, will be prominently posted with signs,.Turpin said. Private property which is posted under the law must be posted with a conpicuous sign at least every quarter of a mile. Hunters Hunt-ers cannot enter posted property without permission, the director said, as the legislature has made it a misdemeanor to do so. Several areas have been established estab-lished special areas, and are controlled con-trolled by the collective land owners. own-ers. A dollar charge is levied on these parcels, which funds are |