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Show Tom turkey hunt opens April 27 ommended as they will improve your chances of success. Turkey permits may be obtained ob-tained in person or by mail from any of the Division1 of Fish and Game offices. Tom turkeys will be the target tar-get of hunters starting April 27, as Utah's spring turkey season opens in southwestern and southeastern Utah. Turkey hunting provides more recreation for the hunter than meat for the table and judging from past turkey hunting hun-ting experience, hunters will be required to use patience and skill if they are to be successful. success-ful. Hunters out during the 1967 spring hunt scored a very good 22 hunter success. Bag limit for this year's spring hunt is two male turkeys. ' Being polygamous, 75 of male turkeys are expendable. During this spring strutting season the wary gobblers are most vulnerable to the hunter. The spring season is set at a time when most hens are on the nest. Their secretive habits mean very few will be observed so there is no danger of disrupting mating or nesting. nest-ing. Necessary items for this spring hunt will be a 1968 combination com-bination or small game license, a $3 turkey permit and shotgun, shot-gun, center-fire rifle, or bow ; and arrow. Camouflaged clo thing and a turkey call are rec- |
