Show game bird shoot opens at JYA noon oon rules uniform throughout state of utah A noon opening for upland game birds has been proclaimed for utah sportsmen this year to give more of the working men of the state a first crack at the upland targets the noon opening was set last week by the utah fish and game commission and is proclaimed for the first day october 30 the final two days of the three day hunt will be opened at 7 am until pm closing jime time for all pheasant and quail shooting the utah pheasant hunt this year will be a three day affair with three roosters as the daily bag and six as the possession limit the rules are uniform throughout the state R L turpin game director direct or said saturday the noon opening was asked for this year by a majority of the sportsmen and also advised as a means of protecting hen pheasants usually with a 7 am opening the birds are not readily identified at least many of the hunters who have been apprehended shooting hens have given this early hour as an excuse to eliminate this problem the season was set for a noon opening ning another reason for this change which the state tried out several years ago is that the noon opening will give the birds a chance to get out from their roosts boosts into the fields it will also scatter the birds and give the hunters rs more sport over a wider area heretofore the roost hunters have had the big thunder turpin pointed out men working saturday morning willbe will be able to be on hand for the first shoot it will also give dairymen and farmers a better chance |