Show New stamp 5 7 I required for hunters hunters' Brian B ian OMara Contributing Writer HUNTERS are furious as the cost of hunting continually continual continual- ly increases October 31 the ante is up five dollars if youre you're a pheasant hunter The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources now requires all hunters in pursuit of pheasants grouse partridge quail and d dove ve to purchase an n upland game habitat stamp Biologist Dave Larson who heads the Divisions upland game habitat program said The sole purpose of the stamp is to improve habitat for the birds and h hunting conditions for hunters Larson Larson will personally personally personally per per- oversee allocation of funds r received from the sale safe of the stamps of which a 75 mandated portion has to go towards the pheasant tion A public advisory com com- composed of farmers hunters environmentalists or basically anyone with a say in upland game will also oversee the use of funds Larson says with revenue from the stamps the Division is hoping to lease private land for public hunting access This is good news for hunters who after paying for license fees shells gasoline supplies and now a five dollar stamp have to pay private landowners an additional cost to hunt on their land Larson said Utah isn't opening a n new w can of worms In fact were we're late getting on the bandwagon Nebraska Idaho Indiana Iowa South Dakota and many other states already have upland game gam stamps or similar programs programs in effect That maybe may maybe maybe be true but it still doesn't change the ever increasing-cost increasing of hunting to Utah sportsmen II |