Still plenty of time to hunt pheasants. Plenty of days are still available to hunt pheasants in Utah. And thousands of birds are still being released.
Utah-(Ammoland.com)- Utah’s pheasant hunt runs until Dec. 7 on state and federal land across Utah. And private land enrolled in the state’s Walk-In Access program is also open to hunting.
To ensure plenty of birds are available to hunt, hundreds of pheasants will be released on Thursdays or Fridays, just in time for hunters heading out for the weekend.
The one exception is the week of Thanksgiving. That week, birds will be released early in the week so plenty of pheasants will be available to pursue over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Division of Wildlife Resources biologists and members of Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife (SFW) will release the birds on state wildlife management areas, state waterfowl management areas and Walk-In Access areas that have habitat for pheasants.
Jason Robinson, upland game coordinator for the DWR, says releasing thousands of birds should keep hunting good right up to the end of the hunt. “If you haven’t made it out yet,” he says, “plan on getting out before the season ends. Plenty of pheasants will be…”
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