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Show Pheasant hunt data listed Board of Fish and n 'e members listened to recommendations recommen-dations from biologists, sportsmen sports-men and landowner groups and after deliberation, set the pheasant phea-sant season length from 16 days and a bag and possession limit of 3 and 6 cocks respectively. respec-tively. The shortest season, seven days, will be in 18 central and southern counties. A sixteen day hunt from November No-vember 1-16 will be in northern counties, the Uintah Basin and Washington County. State and federal lands will be open for 30 days and individual indi-vidual landowners will have the option of posting their hunting area open for this 30 day period. per-iod. Shooting will start at 8:00 a.m. on opening day and will be daylight hours from then on. Biological data from Division of Fish and Game field men indicated in-dicated pheasant populations are at about the same level as last year. New laws are in effect this year governing the posted hunting hun-ting units which will benefit both the landowners and the sportsmen. Pheasant season is a most critical time for scattergunners to plan their hunt so they have arranged for permission from landowners to pursue ringnecks. The day before the season starts or opening morning is poor time to be seeking a place to hunt. Plans set and contacts made with the landowner weeks in advance make a much more pleasant hunt. |