Outdoor notes

SHOTGUN WINNERS

Shooters enjoyed two full days of busting clay pigeons at two different gun clubs over the weekend in the Utah Shotgun Showdown, shooting three different kinds of shotgun sports — trap, skeet and sporting clays.

The format for the event — combining all three shotgun sports — was meant to challenge shooters to get out of their comfort zone, get away from the competitiveness and seriousness of registered target shoots.

Kim Fisher, of Highland, won the men's title, hitting 161 out of 175 targets over the course of the two-day event. Leslie West of Provo and Teresa Harward of Santaquin tied for first place in the women's high overall category with a score of 133.

Dave West of Provo won the sporting clays competition; Ed Peterson of Orem won the skeet, Cam Budd of Heber City won doubles, and Jim Duke of Heber City and Sam Wingfield of Grantsville tied for long yardage. There was a three-way tie for singles among Brent Handy of Sandy, Roger Christen of Provo and Clint Hovey of North Salt Lake.

GEESE AND COUGARS

Canada geese could be hunted into late January under a proposal the Division of Wildlife Resources will present at an upcoming series of public meetings.

The DWR will also present cougar hunting recommendations for Utah's 2005-2006 season at the regional RAC meetings.

The Utah Wildlife Board will meet on Aug. 11, to decide on the recommendations.

The RAC meetings will be:

July 19 — Southern Region at 7 p.m. at Delta High School, 50 W. 300 North.

July 20 — Southeastern Region at 6:30 p.m. at the John Wesley Powell Museum, 885 E. Main in Green River.

July 21 — Northeastern Region at 6:30 p.m. at the Uintah Basin Applied Technology College, 1100 E. Lagoon St. in Roosevelt.

July 26 — Central Region at 6:30 p.m. at Springville Junior High School, 165 S. 700 East in Springville.

July 27 — Northern Region at 6 p.m. at the Brigham City Community Center, 24 N. 300 West.

FASTEST ICE OPEN

The 400-meter Olympic Oval is open to the public for the summer.