The Division of Wildlife Resources is excited to be hosting a Youth Pheasant Hunt on Saturday, October 30. Castle Country Radio spoke over the telephone with Conservation Outreach Manager, Aaron Bott to discuss the details about this upcoming hunt.

“We’re happy that we’ve got an event locally held just for the youth to get them outside too. So this upcoming October 30 we have a Youth Pheasant Hunt and its limited to 15 participants. The 30th is a Saturday and we’re inviting youth from around Carbon and Emery County, anywhere really to register for this event online and to come out and get some pheasants,” stated Bott. This is open to youth hunters ages 17 years or younger.

“So the Youth Pheasant Hunt is open to registration on https://www.eventbrite.com/ and you can get on there and lookup for the Youth Pheasant Hunt in Emery County. This hunt will be taking place out at the Desert Lake Wildlife and Waterfowl Management area,” explained Bott. Desert Lake is about three miles out from the town of Elmo toward the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry.

Participants are to be accompanied by a parent/guardian in order to participant in the event.  “Division employees, DWR employees, will be bringing dogs, so you don’t need to have a dog. You do have to have your own firearm and at this wildlife management area it’s steel shot only, can’t bring any lead. We’ll walk you through the fields with our dogs and help kids get some pheasants hopefully,” said Bott. Participants must have completed and passed their Hunter’s Safety Course and have a hunting or combination license in order to participate in this event.

If any participants wish to complete their Hunter’s Safety Course can do so online. “You can get online as well. On the Utah Division of Wildlife website, that https://wildlife.utah.gov/ you can look up information on courses that are being offered online, hybrid courses, or live classes near you and you can start to take those classes, again you can just find those at the division’s website,” stated Bott.

To learn more about the Division of Wildlife Resources visit their website at https://wildlife.utah.gov/ or follow them on Facebook.