Times Independent | 1971-01-21 | Page 4 | Chukar Hunt Ends in Utah |

Type	issue
Date	1971-01-21
Paper	Times Independent
Language	eng
City	Moab
County	Grand
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Chukar Hunt Ends in Utah
Type	article
Date	1971-01-21
Paper	Times Independent
Language	eng
City	Moab
County	Grand
Page	4
OCR Text	Show Chukar Hunt Ends in Utah Utah's 1970 chukar-Hun-garian partridge season ended Friday, January 15. The 112 day season is the longest upland game bird hunt in the state. Chukar hunting popularity popular-ity has grown continually since the successful introduction intro-duction of this bird. In 1969, 22,529 hunters spent 71,674 hunter days in pursuit pur-suit of chukars. The total to-tal harvest for the year was 80,917 birds. The chukar partridge is one of many fish and game introductions by the Division that have enhanced enhanc-ed the wfildlife resources of the state and created additional recreational opportunities op-portunities for sportsmen.
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sx7rb6/20444408