Show ui gig BUT a 9 Game Board i Hunts x C ame Board of Utah I this UlIS month in Salt 1 p Pf to tp make decisions r sous ous Utah hunting I timber of permits t. t ie 1 ded to set the elk area for forr 24 P 24 r 24 with bulls balls r sex The Board s siet t the Manti hunt M time They it 11 15 B er 5 15 for fer the open t ler 19 l members also set hunt August 23 to toP toI P I L' L for 19 1969 and agreed mature nature buffalo bulls nry Ift nry Mountain area Sept 23 to Oct 25 Representative of lo- lo sportsmen Pied lilted individuals from ayne Sevier Milr Milb Mil- Mil r ab b counties attend- attend l aortal nal Board of Big r Game Control meeting which was held in Salina on June In most instances the audience audience audience aud aud- agreed with the recommendations recommendations recommendations of the Inter-Agency Inter committee with the exception of the elk hunts and the bow and arrow season Norm Hancock big game manager for fer the Utah Fish and Game Dept explained the recommendations on each area and showed charts that gave I Ithe I the number of hunters last year in each area the number of animals animals animals ani ani- mals harvested percentage deer days per acre usage on the areas and percentage of browse usage Deer hunting districts and the recommended seasons by bythe bythe bythe the Inter Agency Committee were No 38 Mt Pleasant No 39 w Ephraim to Manti ManU Canyon No 40 Manti Canyon 12 Mile 12 Mile I all regular season Oct 19 to 29 either sex No 41 North Nebo regular season with extension two Tar Jar season extension to Nov tov tov 3 weekends South Nebo regu- regu Salina Salina-Boobe Hole No No 43 13 44 Fishlake No 45 Muddy I No 46 Thousand Lake Lake- No 48 Monroe No 49 Marysvale- Marysvale Circleville and No 52 Henry Mountain all regular season i either sex It was p pointed out that for forNo or No 49 this was the first time no special permits had been requested since 1934 I Units No 54 and 55 were rec- rec I day 11 with buck only Sportsmen and stockmen appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap nearly unanimous in I asking for an archery season I f for r 1969 to start after October I 1 Only one dissented a young archer The recommendation for elk elkon elkon elkon on the North and South Nebo areas Manti ManU and Fishlake was r for r an open bull hunt to run September 28 to October 4 except except except ex ex- on the Manti where it would continue to October 13 13 Opposition to the early hunt hunton on the Manti and Fishlake was unanimous Fishlake landowners landown landown- ers stockmen and sp sportsmen rt men asked for no open or-en hull huH hunt and for a rec refi regular ular lar drawing for permit and the hunt to be held to be held neld in November NO Manti representatives were in inI agreement in want- want ing their se season son to run at the same ame time as Fishlake in November For the first time an antelope antelope ante ante- J lope pe hunt was proposed on the Parker Mountain district to run August 17 18 and 19 24 25 and 26 Twenty bucks only were recommended The same season season season sea sea- son was recommended on the West Nest Dc Desert ert with 15 bucks to tobe tobe tobe be taken Recommendations on the buffalo buffalo buffalo falo hunt for the Henry Mountain Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tain was for 15 bulls Representatives Representatives Representatives of the livestock in fn Wayne Vayne County asked for a larger kill and also the animals undergo a test |