| Show 1 r H 1 t PIR Jj I K v f- GREG LIMB leaps toward the basket 14 for the ball which IS about ready to escape from the I mm nUni win LACA yearS By Gay Conservation Officer of Wildlife Resources The pheasant hunt in the Uintah Basin was the best in several cording to most Pressure was heavy on Saturday and many birds were by a substantial number of hunters had A roadblock on the east side of Duchesne and Highway 40 was held Sunday afternoon and evening to gather game management Hunter bag check data Is determined by asking how many hunters hunted for how long and what the total number of birds bagged Hunter bag data to Sunday night There were about hunters surveyed at the road From this it was determined that slightly less than 14 birds per hunter per day were harvested in Uintah and Duchesne One wing was also collected from each These wings enable biologists to determine whether the bird is young or old and about when it Most hunters at the checking station indicated if they had been able to hit what they were shooting more birds would have been in the The check station also showed there were many different types of game pur- sued by weekend rabbits and fish were checked In addition to The pheasant hunt usually spells the last big outing for most Utah sport- Before too winter will have grip the rabbit a few fishermen and other devoted sportsmen will have the fields and marshes to |
