Show I Pheasant Peasant h hunters can still find goo good hunting By lard Hartt Wixom Vernal Express Outdoors Writer Pheasant gunners found hunting tougher this year but they have one more week at them In northern and eastern counties Last springs spring's wet cold weather showed in the lower number of young birds and yet the roun roun- roun roundup dup should be good from here on out for those using dogs in the cover and brush along river bottomlands and crop crop- adjacent cover Many will turn their at- at attention attention to ducks and ge's geese with the lat lat- latter latter ter expected to move in as storms push them from Montana and northern Wyoming Into the Utah resting grounds marshes are a major stopover for Canadians on their southward migra- migra migrations migrations Ray Hay Remund Utah Division sources spokesman explain explain- explained ed For those with swan permits more of the whistlers are expected In by mid mid- middle middle dle of November too Those called so-called northern flights are not as mysterious as some sportsmen think Ills It is merely a matter of marshes northward icing over with birds moving to winter routes If you find a spring fed pond or swift stream with some backwaters of course k keep p an eye on it for the fr potential ice free haven will likely fill sooner or later with mallards and other hardy species which seem In no hurry to head south of the border Some excellent fishing can be found now also Uintah County's Pelican Lake Is usually best with cool weather fall and spring with both largemouth bass and big bluegills hitting small plugs Ditto at Willard Bay for these species plus than chan channel nel cats Lake Powell has been hot for large striped bass and walleyes Same with lowland waters along the Dear Bear River In Cache and Box Elder County for bass and some walleyes biologists are blaming anglers using live minnows for the need to chemically treat Mantua Reservoir I Ican Ican can vouch that once trout and rich bass lake has become infested with large carp and was deteriorating rapidly as asa asa a sport fishery So expect the state to crack down hard on fishermen from here hereon hereon on out carrying buckets of live minnows around With the general fishing season runn- runn runnIng running Ing to Nov 30 you also have ample time timeto timeto to try for trout on the likes of Logan Blacksmith Weber Provo Duchesne etc With continuance ot of warm weather and any luck you might hook into a lunker brown trout finishing up spawn spawn- spawnIng spawning Ing chores for the year Plan also to put puta a sunken nymph Into lakes like Strawberry where cold temperatures seem to bother fishermen more than the fish Waters like Strawberry Deer Creek Echo Willard Starvation ca can also provide excellent late season dur du k hunting although most sportsmen think of them as fishing waters only Put up some decoys on quiet bay you wont won't be much bothered by anglers this time of year and keep all gear as well as yourself hidden until that magic moment nod see wings folding foran against the wind landing The geese generally have a consistent pattern of departing calm waters each morning shortly after dawn for grain fields Try to figure their routes with binoculars ars You will have to be there well concealed before they arrive or 01 be lucky In intercepting them near nem the resting waters The latter of course is better on windy rainy days when the honkers tend lend to fly lower than normal In their constant search for pea peaceful evening bedding sites Remember too that the pheasant shoot remains open to Dec 5 on federal waterfowl marshes Quail can be taken on the foothill oak brush The Cockerel quest concludes Nov Box BoxElder BoxElder Elder Cache Davis and Weber COlin Coun- Counties ties ti's Nov 21 in Duchesne and Uintah Counties with most of the state stale closing Nov 14 For the Partridge climb the Wasatch Front Tooele Box Elder and Uintah Basins Basin's rocky ledges |