| OCR Text |
Show Scafterqunners will be out for five bird hunts on the weekend Mountain areas. There is a two bird bag limit on the East Zi-on Zi-on and Boulder areas and a one bird bag limit on the La Sal Mountains. Cottontails will be legal game until March 1 with a bag and possession limit of ten ami twenty although little pressure is expected on the rabbit until later this fall or early winter when other types of hunting have slowed down or seasons on birds and big game have closed. Scattergunnei's will be out in force this weekend as the opening day for five species of game birds and the cottontail rabbit rolls around in a big opening op-ening for the upland game bird buffs. Chukar, hungarian partridge, forest grouse, sage grouse, wild turkey, and cottontail hunts open at daylight September 28 with s age grouse seasons closing clos-ing as early as September 29 while chukar and hungarians wall continue for a long season sea-son through January 15. Chukar and hungarians will be legal targets statewide with a bag ,and possession limit on each bird of eight and sixteen respectively. This years forest grouse hunt for ruffed and blue grouse will continue state-wide and through October 29 with the bag and possession limit of four and eight. Sage grouse hunters will have only the two days to pursue their bird and will have varying bag limits depending on where they are hunting so this will require a close look at the proclamation to determine deter-mine areas open and proper bag limits. Wild turkey hunters must pick up a turkey permit before going out to the Boulder Mountains, Moun-tains, East Zion, or La Sal |
