With the Arkansas River and upper Rio Grande leading the way, Colorado watersheds ended the reporting season close to average in participation – a welcome result in light of recent periods of drought.
More water came as rain and less as snow than is typical. Statewide, reservoirs were 98 percent of average at the end of September. The river basin report: Arkansas 108 percent, Colorado 98 percent, Gunnison 101 percent, North Platte 88 percent, Rio Grande 108 percent, San Miguel-Dolores, San Juan-Animas 103 percent, South Platte 98 percent, Yampa-White 84 percent.
Bird dogging it. Choosing and working with a bird dog will be a focus of an upland game bird workshop conducted by Bob Hix on Wednesday and Oct. 24 at Bass Pro Shops. Hix, who on Nov. 1 begins his new position as regional director of Pheasants Forever for Colorado and Wyoming, also will discuss the opening of pheasant and quail season in Colorado.
Toothy subject. As part of a Colorado Division of Wildlife research project focusing on mule deer in southwest Colorado, hunters are urged to submit teeth of mule deer bucks from game management units 54, 61, 62 and 80. The submission involves a middle incisor from the lower jaw.
Participants will be eligible for a drawing to win a Weatherby .270 rifle donated by the Mule Deer Foundation.
