From Deseret News archives:
Chukar partridge released for upland game hunt
The Division of Wildlife Resources released the adult, pen-reared birds to provide better hunting in certain areas of the state this season.
Pen-reared chukars were released in Box Elder, Cache, Summit, Kane, Utah, Iron, Millard, Sevier, Duchesne, Uintah, Carbon and Emery counties.
The DWR released many of the chukars in areas where biologists have constructed game bird water guzzlers. Chukars were also released in areas where populations have been affected by the dry conditions in Utah this year.
Because of the potential to overcrowd areas with hunters, and to protect the guzzler sites used by wildlife, the DWR will not provide maps of specific guzzler site locations or more specific information about where the birds were released.
A map that shows the distribution and density of guzzlers in Utah is available at www.wildlife.utah.gov/pdf/guzzlermap.pdf.
The information will allow biologists to assess how many birds hunters took and how many of the birds survived and dispersed into habitats they prefer.
Hunters might also take wild birds that have been banded. Many of these wild birds have been banded with colored, plastic bandettes. These birds are part of a statewide research study that is being done to assess chukar populations and how they use guzzlers in the state.
To learn more about the research study by visiting www.wildlife.utah.gov/uplandgame/chukar/chukar_study.php on the Web.
Since the mid-1990s, the DWR has constructed hundreds of 350-gallon game bird and small mammal guzzlers. These guzzlers have been placed on many of the mountain ranges in the western desert, stretching from the Utah-Idaho border to the Mohave Desert in the southwestern corner of the state. The guzzler design the biologists are using allow the watering devices to be placed in Utah's roughest and rockiest habitats, which are ideal for the chukar partridge.
Biologists place the guzzlers in long, narrow canyons that have steep, rocky slopes. These areas provide good escape cover for chukars.
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