Show Bird Hunters I I Have Good Year bird hunters hun hun- hunters Utah upland game last year enjoyed another good hunt Department of ofFish ofFish Fish and Game spokesmen said today as final figures from field and harvest questionnaire ques compilations were released THE RECORDS show that the wily rooster pheasant was once again rated top game bird by hunters in the Beehive State with gunners bag bag- bagging ging a total of of the brightly colored birds during the annual Nov shoot Aver Aver- Average age hunter bag was birds per day hunted with a season average of birds per hunt hunt- hunter hunter er Hunting for the par par- partridge newest upland game bird for Utah scatter gunners decreased in hunter popular popular- popularity ity last year but gunners who trudged the hillsides had much increased success Thelong The Thelong long hunting season for this bird last year attracted hunters who bagged a total of 33 birds for an average over the season of birds per hunter THE MOURNING dove long rated as the number one game bird across the nation again ranked second best in popularity with Utah hunters The annual season last Sep Sep- September September found hunters afield Total bag of the small fast fliers in Utah numbered for an average of doves per hunter ThIs is the highest recorded kill of this bird to date in the Bee Bee- Beehive Beehive hive State Department spokesmen also noted more than the usual in terest in Hungarian partridge and quail hunting last year Tot 1 harvests of these two birds birds amounted to Hun Hun- Hungarians Hungarians and quail with average bags over the season on and birds per hunter respectively |