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Show Upland game bird harvest increases 'I mained at about the same.! number and the harvest of 1 this bird decreased about 50,000 doves to. a total of 207,- (,t 922 for the 18 hunt. : ur Utah upland game bird hunters enjoyed one of the best seasons on record In 19(8, I as increased harvests were re-I re-I ported for all upland game birds but one In the upland game harvest report Issued by the Division of Fish and Game. Only the mourning dove harvest was below the previous pre-vious season; biologists said this was largely due to the cold, wet weather experienced in August prior to the opening open-ing of the dove hunt. Harvest records were set for chukars and forest grouse as hunters took 73,218 chukars and 32,414 forest grouse in 1908. Increases were due to bettei production making more birds available and to increased hunting pressure. Over 00,000 pheasant hunt' ers went afield and they har vested 297,752 birds. The sage grouse harvest more than doubled to ll,10i and the quail harvest was UF slightly to 28,469. Hungarian partridge showed a slight increase in the tola! harvest to 17,089. Mourning dove hunters re |