Two Youth Waterfowl Hunts Scheduled in Utah This Month

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

USA -(Ammoland.com)- Hunters 17 years old and younger will have Utah’s marshes — and the ducks and geese that go with them — all to themselves during two days in September.

This season, Utah has been split into two duck hunting zones, a Northern Zone and a Southern Zone. A special Youth Waterfowl Hunt will be held in the Northern Zone on Sept. 23. In the Southern Zone, a youth hunt will be held on Sept. 30.

Young hunters will have the marshes all to themselves during two days in September.

All youth hunters, including those who are 16 and 17 years of age, must be accompanied by someone 21 years of age or older to hunt on the youth days. (Normally, those 16 to 17 years of age can hunt in Utah without adult supervision.)

Blair Stringham, migratory game bird coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources, says one of the goals of the youth hunt is to get young hunters in the marsh with adults who can teach them responsible and ethical hunting. “To accomplish that goal,” he …Read the Rest

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