Show Many Turkeys Few Are Taken Utah's turkey hunters reported sighting a lot of birds this fall's but only two of the 29 permit holders brought home traditional Thanksgiving table HARVEST figures are and success is expected to be about 10 With a more limited hunting area than in past were restricted to the LaSal and Blue Mountain-Elk Ridge areas in San Juan according to Division of Wildlife Resources game biologist Norm ONE HUNTER reported seeing 20 turkeys on the Blue Mountain-Elk Ridge while separate sightings of 30 and 14 of the big birds were reported in the One permit holder shot at five different but missed them Bowden did report that a hard winter last year and the severe drought this summer combined to cut productivity among the birds on the North Boulder East Pine Valley and Beaver Mountain These factors lead to a decision by Division field personnel not to have a hunt in those areas this |