Show hunting sea seasons so ns will commence in mid october the utah hunting season comes in bulk this year with the last of october and the first of novem her ber featured with the special elk waterfowl and pheasant openings set for successive dates ardent hunters are going to have a busy season the last few days of oc tober the deer season the biggest out door sporting event in the state will begin october 16 and will have no competition throughout its 11 day run on october 28 however the utah fireworks fre works start and the elk hunters on the manti and the cedar mountains take over for the kickoff in the elk season the wat season the dates for which are set up by federal regulations will open at noon friday october 29 this event is statewide and will continue without stagger thru december 7 the next noon the great upland bird season begins oot oct 30 and runs for two and one half days after that the hunts taper down to the special deer hunts the elk hunt on november 6 and the wa shoot with the heavy schedule on tap R L turpan director utah fish and game commission today warn ed utah sportsmen to check the their hunting licenses and hunting tags immediately last year many of the sportsmen found they had mis I 1 placed their tags and made a last minute rush for substitute tags sportsmen were also warn warned ed to check their guns and ammunition before entering on the range guns should be kept unloaded until the gunner is on a safe practice range they should then be made safe until they are loaded again on the open range during the hunting seasons jt R |