Show 1 I i A Swan Svan For or I Gordon Pace ac Gordon sports enthusiast made his history f recently while hunting at Farm Farm Farmington ington Bay during the hOlidays holiday The bird he brought d down J own was wa the first banded swan recovered recover in the United States i in n the pas Past pant l eight years UTAH IS the only state which which h issues swan permits mils per since it is u considered to h have ve the lar largest largen ec autumn population One thousand thou sand free permits are first-come first served first-served a at a t te Utah Fish and Game Gam e Division headquarters in Salt Lake City Mr Pace has been a hunter hunte for many years and normally seeks larger game usually lions He has taken many dozens dozens doz doz- ens of cougars including some around the Davis County hills But he added that taking this I Iswan swan was quite a thrill I I BANDING swans began eight i years ago in Alaska The bird I Mr Pace brought down was I tagged at Clarence Road National Na Na- Nai I I i Wildlife Refuge Alaska Seeing the band was a thrill to state and federal biologists who had all but given up hope of completing swan studies The missing link in their program was finding a bird outside I Alaska The Swan was just lust what t they hey were looking for The returned band confirms what biologists is I have suspected but couldn't I prove These swans summer I in Alaska and fly southward I Iacross across Utah marsh lands ANYWAY V HAPPY hunt hunting ng to Mr Pace and the many sports enthusiasts who enjoy hunting at Farmington Bay |