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Show Game Director Notes Pheasant, Quail Increase SALT LAKE CITY Utah pheasant and quail hunters should find a slight improvement in. the upland bird population in the Beehive State fields and sagelands when the three-day 1947 hunt opens November 1. This was the prediction made today by Ross Leonard, Director. Utah Fish and Game Department, Depart-ment, following a recap of upland up-land bird conditions throughout all counties. The daily bag limit of three male birds, with a possession limit of six males, should give hunters an opportunity to satisfy satis-fy their upland bird appetites, Mr. Leonard predicted. Areas for hunting will be the same as last season. The preserve pre-serve boundaries in Salt Lake, Weber and Utah counties are unchanged un-changed from a year ago, the Director said. j The state this year will launch a heavy campaign against shooting shoot-ing of hen pheasants, Mr. Leonard Leon-ard said. "We will hire special wardens, appeal to sportsmen and do everything possible to save the broodstock for years to come." . i The Director urged that sportsmen's sports-men's organizations start "save the hen" campaigns within their own regions. Quail season will be the same as pheasant, except in Washington Washing-ton county, where it is extended to December 31 in certain freas. The quail limit is ten birds, twenty in possession. All counties coun-ties are open for quail. Reporting briefly on the recent rec-ent 100 head antelope hunt in Dagget county. Director Leonard revealed that a kill of seventy-three seventy-three prong-horns had been reported. re-ported. Four hunters who invaded in-vaded Daggett county failed to report, and ten permit holders did not hunt. On the basis of these figures an 81 per cent antelope kill was registered. |
