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Show Hunters encounter better success in Duchesne County Close to 80,000 hunters invaded the fields Saturday morning during the annual pheasant hunt in Utah and most hunters were successful in nabbing birds in Uintah and Duchesne Counties. ''1.5 birds per hunter were nabbed in Duchesne County and 1.1 birds per hunter were gained in Uintah County. Hunters in Duchesne County encountered en-countered a pretty fair hunt and Uintah County was down a bit from the past couple of years, but it wasn't a bad hunt," said Dave Olsen of the Northeastern Nor-theastern Region of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. "We are continuing con-tinuing to lose pheasant habitat in Uintah County and can expect to do so for the next few years due to the population increase." Olsen added, "Pressure was a little light as compared to past years. Hunters were pretty well scattered. It rained the night before and it made things a little wet in the morning." A rain storm hit much of the state late Friday and made the cover heavy and caused the pheasants to hold more than normal. The storm also seemed to hold the hunting pressure down in many areas. There were a large number of young birds, but there weren't as many birds as last year due to a loss of habitat because of development. The pheasant hunt in Duchesne and Uintah Counties will last until Nov. 22 and the hunt in Box Elder, Cache, Davis and Weber Counties will end Nov. 20. The hunt in other counties will conclude Sunday, Nov. 15. The . pheasant hunt on state and federal lands, subject to . restrictions and closures imposed by the administering agencies, in Uintah, Duchesne, Carbon, Emery, Grand, Juab, San Juan and Tooele will end on Dec. 6. The daily bag limit is two male birds and the, possession limit is four. Hunting for quail will end on Nov. 22 in Duchesne and Uintah Counties and the daily bag limit is five and the possession limit is ten. |