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Show Pheasant Hunt Opens in Utah This Saturday An estimated 80,000 upland bird enthusisants are expected expect-ed to be surrounding pheasant pheas-ant lands awaiting the 8:00 a.m. opening this Saturday, November 2 as the most popular pop-ular of the game bird seasons'-begins. seasons'-begins. Pheasant seasons will be from five to twenty days, depending on the area as listed in the upland bird proclamation. Shortest of the hunts will be in Salt Lake and Utah counties which are open for five days. A seven day season sea-son is set for Beaver, Carbon Emery, Iron, Garfield, Grand, Juab, Kane, Milldrd, Piute, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Tooele, Wasatch and Wayne counties. Avid preasant hunters will have sixteen days to pursue the ringneek in Box Elder, Cache, Daggett, Davis, Duchesne, Duch-esne, Morgan, Rich, Summit, Uintah, Washington and Weber counties. State and Federal lands will be open from November 2 to 24 for twenty three days along with other lands which have been posted open by putting up signs which state: "Open to Pheasant ' Hunting" or "Open to Pheasant Pheas-ant Hunting by Permission." Bag and possession limits are unchanged this year." Hunters may take three cocks per day and have six in possession after two days of shooting. Shooting hours are different differ-ent this year except for the 8:00 a. m. time for the opening open-ing day. After the first morning shooting hours are listed as daylight hours during dur-ing the balance of the season. sea-son. Utah's quail season also opens November 2 and will continue till December 1 statewide except Washington County which will be open through January 5, 1969. Shooting hours are the same as for pheasants and the bag and possession limits are 8 and 16 respectively. |