The Daily Herald from Provo, Utah • 108

1'agP 36A THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, February 27. 1977 Utah's Pheasants, Geese, Du clcs Offer Excellent Hunting r- 3 4. jfcik '3-'. 1 I. I -1" 75 MTS A WATERFOWLER'S DREAM is this picture of hunters to wetlands around the state and many of THE PHEASANT is one of top game birds in Utah pheasant hunting season is one of year's highlights for and the annual season here lures hunters to the fields the outdoor sportsmen in the state, in Utah Valley where they stalk the wiley bird.

Utah's geese nying over hock ot ducks (Ootlom) near them are regarded as being among the nation's best. Farmington Bay. Utah's waterfowl season uraws aden Bav Ranks as One of ions' Top Waterfowl Areas Area dikes one can see most of the waterfowl which nest in this region as well as tremendous flocks of summer migrants. Clear Lake Clear Lake Waterfowl Management Area, located 20 miles west of Fillmore, is an attractive stop-over place for migrating waterfowl. Development began in 1936 on this marsh.

The entire area is areas for various species of ducks. Access to Clear Lake is by way of good graveled roads It can be reached by tiaveling west from Fillmore or south from Delta. designated parking areas from mid-June through the hunting season and will accommodate schools and other groups that sometimes arrange tours during the spring nesting season. From provided to all sections from graveled parking lots distributed the length of the management area. Boats provide no particular advantage on the small units of this area.

fed by a natural spring. Improvements made to the area have helped develop numerous small units by construction of dikes and marshy terrain. Clear Lake also provides some nesting The entire area is open to hunting, except the small Spring Lake located next to the headquarters area. Travel by vehicle is restricted on some dikes, but good access is 0 3 .4 f. i I 0 0 4 V--4 i i3 Lril lFvA Utah Valley and adjacent areas stretching along the Wasatch Front are hunting meccas for the outdoorsmen.

Upland birds and waierfowl are major game birds in the region and both have their devotees. Following is a report on the 1976 pheasant hunt and stones on several wildlife hunting areas in the state. Pheasant Hunt Hag checks for the 1976 pheasant season revealed that four of Utah's game management regions maintained action similar to or slightly better than 1975, while one region showed a marked increase in harvest The northern region ol Utah had a hunter success figure that averaged about one-half i. i uiiu pt'i iiumcl lot uic opening weekend of 1976. The 1975 figure was about one-third of a bird average, or one bird for every three hunters.

Box fr.ldcr and Davis counties showed significant increases in the hirvest success, while success was comparable to 1975 in Cache County. (Pata from Weber County was unavailable at press LI tJ LA LLLi Ha vw a mtg a Haa a mm. iae nun ecse addition completed in 1958. It was built to provide a nesting, resting and feeding area for waterfowl and other birds, as well as providing a shooting aiea for sportsmen. Another aim was to help alleviate the large losses of ducks to botulism or western duck sickness.

Ogden Hay is one of the outstanding small waterfowl areas of the continent with its unique irrigation system and shallow water impoundments which have created excellent nesting and feeding areas for waterfowl. Approximately 15.000 ducks and 400 Canada geese are produced on this Area annually. Principal nesting ducks in order of abundance are redhead, cinnamon teal, gadwall. pintail and nesting area for thousands of other water birds. Migrant ducks of both the Pacific and Cential Fly ways move into Ogden Bay beginning in August, and they occasionally reach a peak of million in September.

Attractive food conditions hold many of these birds into the winter, with ducks leaving the Area only as cold weather freezes over tin- water areas Principal migrant ducks in order of abundance are pintail, green-winged teal, mallard, gadwall. shoveller and baldpate. Thousands of whistling swan and lesser numbers of snow geese are observed during the hunting season Access to Ogden Hay is on good roads, eight miles west and one mile north Irom Hoy. Utah, through Hooper, tah There is also access to the nnrtn side ot the area during the hunting winch is reached In di i ing south through fi.it low Line Irom TiuO West and Suith in the West Warren area of Welx'i CotiiHv lllli 1 lilt (IjH'll III banting t.oh watcrlowl Hunters ale We're big on over 1000 colors. We can help you with soft pastels to make a room or area peaceful and quiet.

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Tooele and Utah counties were up slightly over the previous yeai In the southern regin.i. hunters found the going about the same, or perhaps jusi slightly better than the hunt Success increased Sevier County, decreased in Heaver Count was comparable in Millard (Y'uriH rn I tah showed crcaM's in the plu.cijni h.nu'si in Imth Pin tu'M'e anil Uintah counties and consequently averaged a higher latin the rest nt the region also The silo ess to have I'ccll the lushest lit I lie regmn sim Huntei ucccs in the southeastein region Was lower than in ll7:) in Car hen Count hut similar to the piovn.us year in Emery County The teginiial ave: sinlll the sun experii ric was the i'c 'T alta in lite I fOWii to be itevel.ij'ed I Mloiie-, i the (a it i iie Area 1. im aicd the delta ol the wetter Kiver 'e ii into Urea! Salt Lake Devrlopmcnl was started in l.iV on this I iai, I pal lli'i mi I is nl'i'Il'VM J'. 1 acres which im lude, the Dew liow r-l i i-1 wed ci along dikes iovvcil on oi along ihkes 'AlA4h SI (U "'Wl 1 Michel McClur Corfij Brody Norma How Ait. Monaqpr Woffn P.

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