Show Sports In The Open pheasant Hunt set For Uintah Basin Good news to upland game bird hunters was the result of the recent regular quarterly meeting of the five man Utah Fish and Game as they convened in their second meeting in Major item on the agenda for the session was the setting of seasons and bags for upland The season opening as previously set by the Commission will be November In the seasons today the Commission continued their policy of liberalization when and game and fish populations permit by awarding to Utah hunters one of the most generous upland bird seasons in recent Pheasant season lengths of five and seven days were set for various parts of the state with bag and possession limits of three and six male birds Three Daggett and were favored with a seven day while residents of Box San Weber and Washington counties will be given five days to take All other counties will have open seasons of three days The and Hungarian partridge each year becoming more popular with Utah was this year set for 30 until December in the Eastern including San and All other counties of the state will enjoy a 23 day season on these two Quail seasons this year will correspond with pheasant hunts In all counties of the state except Summit and In Morgan and Summit counties the season on quail will be for 23 ending on November while Washington County hunters will once again enjoy a split season from November and December As in the shooting hours will begin at a.m. on the opening and a.m. on all days Shooting hours end dally at p.m. Both sexes of Hungarian partridge and quail may be taken and bag and possession limits will be three and six respectively on and Hungarian with limits of eight in the bag and in possession for POPULARITY GROWS Utah's annual archery deer season ended September with the growing popularity shown by the increased number of bow and arrow permits sold for the season this Final figures from department of fish and game offices list the sale of archery permits at compared to such permits purchased during or an crease of permits sold tins The department said hunter success for this recently ended season would not be known until the kill cards for the hunt were tabulated this It is expected to be 10 or greater on the basis of hunter success in Archery deer permit holders were reminded that their unused permit and tag for the archery season may not be used during any other deer Archery remains legal for the taking of deer during any regularly scheduled deer |