Show Game Bird Harvest Test Increases Utah upland game bird hunters enjoyed one of the best seasons on record in 1968 as increased harvests were reported for all upland I game birds but one in the upland game harvest report I issued by the Division of ofFish ofFish Fish and GAME I ONLY THE mourning dove harvest was below the previous previous pre pre- season biologists said this was largely due to the cold wet weather experienced experienced experienced in August prior to the opening of the dove hunt Harvest records were set for and forest grouse as hunters took chuk chuk- ars and forest grouse in 1968 INCREASES were due to better production making more birds ava available lable and to increased hunting pressure Over pheasant hunters hunters hunters hunt hunt- ers went afield and they harvested harvested harvested har har- vested birds THE TilE SAGE grouse harvest more than doubled to and the quail harvest was up slightly to Hungar Hungarian an partridge showed a slight increase in the total harvest to |