Show 1978 Uintah Basin pheasant 1 hunt Should be One Of the beSt Hy John Officer This Saturday marks the opening of pheasant season when the becomes a legal target at 8 a.m. Pro- for bagging a few birds look good throughout the Uintah Basin We have had two good hunting years in a row and this year should be the third and possibly the Conservation officers run brood counts each year a permanent route and this year both the average brood size and number of broods are both up considerably from the long- term In we have had a Damato corn i mon and if you have this you should contact us prior to We US seed that helps quite a bit and it it is is available free of Our season will run from November 4 through the Duchesne and Daggett while the remainder of the state runs from November We had the extra five days last year also and we did not encounter any pro- with the longer so we are staying with it for another We were concerned that perhaps we would get a heavy influx of upstate hunters during the last 5 but this problem and federal lands will remain until December 3 in our Each the Division issue a plea for hunters to respect the rights of Ian- downers during all but it is especially important during the phea- sant hunt because almost all hunting is on private If you haven't already done your best bet to assure yourself a place to hunt Is to ask the Ian- downer for his OK prior to opening That field you have your eye on now that isn't posted may very well come Saturday During the pat deer hunt we had LJ several shooting accidents that were caused by hunters carrying loaded guns In their This practice Is both unlawful and Deer and pheasant hunting are a lot alike In that there is a considerable amount ot going on and vehicles stopping suddenly with people jumping out grabbing their guns is com- this is generally when so- meone gets Don't do It takes a fraction of a second to pump a shell into a chamber and there is no game in the world worth wounding yourself for or worse killing one of your hunting Hunting can be one of the best sports in the but a lifetime of pleasant memories and fun can be destroyed or lost in a second by a foolish While on the subject of parents are reminded that there are special regulations that cover hunters under 16 years of Kids 12 and 13 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian or someone 21 years or older who is approved by the parent or guar- Kids Hand IS must have someone years age or older with them at age 16 they may begin to hunt by |