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Show Eleven Bird Species "Fair Game" For Off-Season Hunting Only 11 of Utah's many different differ-ent species of birds are "fair j game" for off-season plinkers for moving targets. Department of Fish and Game spokesmen re-' minded sportsmen today. i These are the starling, crow,! magpie, English sparrow, Jay, blackbird, sharp-shinned hawk,! cooper's hawk, goshawk, and the prairie falcon or bullet hawk. However, we wish to remind anyone shooting birds to be sure and know the kind of bird that they shoot. All other species of birds are protected. This -eludes all owls and eagles. Jackrabbits and cottontail rabbits rab-bits are unprotected as are most varmints, such as badgers and porcupines. Other larger species of animals are also unprotected and may be hunted at any time. These Include In-clude coyote, bobcat wr.J coug-are coug-are and mountain lion. |