Show Special Permit Swan H Hunting is at Peak Whistling swans are building toward a population peak on Utah marshlands and the next two or three weeks should be the prime time for holders of special swan permits to to do their hunting THE TH U. U S. S Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife authorized 2500 whistling swan permits for for Utah this year This Isan is isan isan an Increase of 1500 over the number Issued I during each of the past eight years An estimated of these big birds are now on the marshes along the east eastside eastside eastside side of the Great Salt Lake DIVISION OF Fish and and and- G Game me of officers cers have bave kept close track of the waterfowl hunters in areas areas areas' where swans are found and have made nearly 50 arrests for shooting at or killing swans without a permit The best hunting has been on the area from Ogden Bay Waterfowl Management area north few birds as yet have been observed at Farmington Bay or marshes south along the south end of the Great Salt Lake As the marshlands in Utah freeze the whistling swans swans' swans will migrate south into central California |