Show OUTDOOR CORNER I 1 v. I t HUM I Willi By Jim Although the pheasant season in the Uintah Basin is scheduled to last until November most hunters ended their season at noon on the This is since many sportsmen get in on the first few hours of then call it quits for the remainder of the While it's true that pheasants are tough to find after the initial flurry of many hunters enjoy a fruitful season if they have a good Except for a few birds spotted from the wary roosters are almost impossible to flush once they've been They need to be practically kicked in the to get them out in the blue Some hunters complain that they Just to use it a couple weeks in the This point has much but there simply isn't any Vr way to hunt upland game without Rover for a com- Doing so is like eating brownies without One ingredient enhances the My now-deceased pointer provided more thrills than I ever im- When Pepper was his stubby tail wagged frantically as he minced lightly through the when he had the bird he locked into a glorious point that was almost too much to As I stole up alongside him to flush Uie I could barely stand the excitement of the mo- Even if I'd missed the bird it wouldn't have The mere ex- PP action was a triumph in with Pepper a year-old Brittany is quickly taking his showed his stuff Sunday after- noon as we walked the edge of a The little dog charged across a patch of knee-high grass and almost turned himself inside as he skidded to a He stiffened into a solid point and glared at the grass directly under to quivering Suddenly two hens burst into the followed by a noisy My son Danny bunted the with one shot from his 20 gauge as raced pell-mell to claim the prize It was a grand had been blooded and now it was old His first bird was now A few minutes later he pointed and caught a quail that had been crippled by another It was a crowning achievement and had won the right to lie on Pepper's old rug This year's pheasant hunt will go down in the record books as being one of the best Practically everyone I talked to found plenty of birds and some complained that their hunt Listed only a few minutes because they limited too This is because only 3 percent of Utah is agricultural Yet the irrigated valleys seem to sup- port plenty of birds provided the habitat and wea her are Except for relatively few most on private This makes it difficult to find a place to but many landowners will grant per mission to hunt if the sportsman acts in a responsible This means treating the property as if it were your too many Incon- people have ruined it for themselves as well If a farmer tells you not to go into a Held of standing corn or he means If he asks you to stay out of a pasture with respect his If you want to maintain a good rapport with a thank him when you're done It only takes a few extra steps and a few extra Bet- Chances are he won't but at least he'll know that there are some polite and gracious hunters in the |