Show Nine-Day Pheasant Hunt Not Very Popular THE EXECUTIVE of the Utah State Farm Bureau has expressed keen disappointment over the fact that the Utah Fish and Game Commission had disregarded the recommendations of the state-wide Triangle Committees and the Fish and Game Department in setting a state-wide nine-day pheasant hunt A STATEMENT ISSUED following the monthly meeting of the committee declared that a serious setback has been dealt to the efforts of sportsmen and the Fish and Game Department to find and implement solutions the problems of hunting and fishing for recreation on private THE STATEMENT CONTINUED that headway has been made through the work of committees consisting of and the Fish and Game Department with the cooperation of the wild life department of the Utah State Sportsmen are gaining a better understanding of the problems created when they enter private lands and landowners arc developing greater tolerance for seasonal annoyances associated with the pheasant COOPERATIVE effort on the of all of us can assure a great deal of recreational hunting even on privately owned but the Fish and Game Commission should enter into this cooperative effort rather than disrupt it by drastic departure from the recommendations of those working so closely with the THE STATE FARM BUREAU office was directed to advise landowners over the state of a provision of the law under which the pheasant hunting season may be reduced on posted hunting areas below that set by the IT IS NOT THE DESIRE of the Standard to enter into the controversy between the Utah State Farm Bureau and the Utah Fish and Game after making a few spot checks here in the Basin with farmers who are not affiliated with but are members of the Uintah Farmers we find ample justification to offer our protest and express disappointment that the farmer has been so completely ignored when the set the nine-day pheasant season for AS A MEMBER OF THE Utah the Standard editor recalls the battle that was wagged on the floor of the House on a couple of bills that would define posted hunting areas and give the landowner some voice in how long sportsmen could hunt on his It wasn't easy to resolve the differences that waxed very strong with the avid sportsman on one side and those sympathetic to the landowner on the Many steaks and fried shrimp were consumed while discussing this and other bills designed to aid or hinder the Fish and Game Department in its proposed In most instances the differences were resolved and some pretty fair bills came out of the session that were fair to both STANDARD EDITOR IS NOT an neither is he a he has enjoyed both experiences and has no personal feelings either we are of the opinion that a nine-day pheasant season is just a little out of proportion considering the feelings of the men who maintains and all the costs of land that is too often abused by the thoughtless We also feel that the present pheasant in Utah is not in proportions that it can justify nine days of ONE OTHER LINE OF REASONING prompts us to that when the Thirty-Fifth Legislature convenes in 1963 there will be a more drastic attack leveled toward the Fish and Game Department than it sustained in which was rather heated and strong in some IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SIT back and watch the results of the Nine-Day 1961 Pheasant |