| Show Mud Rain Snow Slow Hunting As Early Deer Hunt Opens Editors Editor's Note We Ve have a lot lotof lotof lotof of deer hunting ahead of u us usand usand and the Messenger will appreciate appreciate appreciate any hunting stories at ot any time Mud Snow Mud Fog might be the chief topics as deer hunters hunt hunt- hunters ers get together this year The early hunt which saw hunters come from all over Utah and from other states got off to toa toa toa a very wet start as Friday rain and snow made a very wet hillside hillside hillside hill hill- side no matter where the deer were sought The canyon roads were torn to a series of ruts and mud balls wheel drive vehicles most by of them carrying chains on all four wheels Many lush camps trailers and fine cars went into the mountains Thursday and Friday only to find themselves stranded after the storms There were many camps at Milk Creek in Manti ManU Canyon and from there down the camps the hunters hunter and the mud were plentiful Not too many camps filled up with many does and fawns being shot in this early hunt aimed at thinning out our deer herd Five Salt Lake City hunters who have hunted in upper Twelve Mile for many years said they had never seen fewer deer The five of or them saw five deer in three days of hunting They had two fine pointers 4 for their efforts but their ef efforts efforts ef- ef forts Included a half day of fighting mud to get their truck and trailer ou out t of the canyon I Don Simmons hunted in fn the forks In Manti Canyon and Is still sUll looking for his buck Don i says he bell believes eves most of the deer went over the top headed east when the shooting started He He lie says he ran onto great masses of tracks all headed heade east There were practically no hunters hunters hunters hunt hunt- ers who braved the mud and snow to go over the top to hunt Bert Brown and party hunted In Manti Canyon and got 3 deer for u a party of 4 Ed Carlisle says he lie should have had two nice bucks but butis butis butis is still looking lie He took his rifle out without checking the scope sight and missed a buck first thing when he couldn't get a good bead on It Then Ihen he missed missed missed miss miss- ed another one before he got the scope cleaned so he could u use uee it t. t That's hard to take tak he ht says says The snow on top plenty of ot hunters stirring around a and n d good feed failed to make the I hunting too hot on the face i Several parties hunting in the lower areas reported little or orno orno orno no shooting Most of these folks feel this will be the hot spot in another week or two I Marshall Calvin NIelson Nielsen got gota a tremendous thrill the first day of the hunt as he killed a brown brownbear brownbear brownbear bear at about 8 a. a m. m The bear was a male mule and was killed about half way between the Burnt Hilland Hill Hilland Hilland and Yearns Cal saw the bear coming and had a good close I shot hitting it right behind Ithe the ear on the first shot That bear took some showing off and Cal was apparently distracted distracted dIstracted dis dIs- from the deer hunt the rest lest of the day But on Sunday he brought down a nice point 4 buck just above the upper power pow pow- er cr plant Cal has willed the bear skin to Lynn and Lillian Larsen to have a rug made The Stott family followed true to form In bringing down their deer with 8 bucks and a doe for fora a party of nine They hunted In their usual spot on the Sheep Continued on page 3 On The Deer Hunt Continued from page 1 Trail making their own trail part of the way to reach camp Returning Monday through foggy foggy foggy fog fog- gy skies to th the tho comfort of home and Mrs Stotts Stott's dining table were Leon Eldon and two sons Clark and Lee and Ben Stott all of Salt Lake City Laurel of Richfield Orvill Stott of Ogden and J. J W W. and D Don n Stott of ot Manti l Lee Barton Lloyd Nielsen Jackson and Frank Maynard lankier Vaun and Max Cox and Don Tibbs almost filled up as they got deer in several spots around their camp campin in Manti fanti Canyon The fog was wasa wasi a i nuisance up high and md limited hunting to a short spell Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day morning and md a little outing I that afternoon Maynard was with the group for the first time and says he lie still doesn't know where he was He went to to the camp in the dark and hunted and came out of the canyon in storm and fog so never ne did see the lay of oC the land and The Lyons Lamont Lament Lester Album lburn Gary and Rodney were verc among the lucky ones on the he hunt each bringing down a a. a good sized buck from their camp campin in n Six 1 Mrs Eric Nicholls proved that hunting isn't entirely a mans man's game when she shot her buck buckI I right ight smack between the eyes eye while hunting in Six l Elgas Elga's deer leer was one of nine brought down lown by the camp of Mr 11 and Mrs l Lynn Bra Braithwaite thwaite of Ogden Mr 11 and Mrs Ted Peterson of Ephraim Larry Braithwaite and friend of Ogden Mr and Mrs 1 Gomer Edmunds Morris l Squire I Kenneth Bown Carl Braithwaite and Mr and Mrs 1 Nicholls A camp in Twelve-Mile Twelve re reports reports reports re- re ports more mud than deer with only three deer for a group of ofen often often ten en including Joe Young Ward Magleby 1 Morgan Dyreng Ray Dyreng George Tripp Wallace Vallace Don Dyreng Wilford Whitely and Paul Dyreng Justice Milton Harmon reports having laving levied 32 fines on hunters since ince the elk season started most of them since deer season opened Elk offenders included two wo hunters who failed to check checkout checkout out ut the elk they had killed on the he elk hunt The most offenders about I 20 0 on the deer hunt were hunters who failed to tag their deer eer This This This' brings an automatic fine ine of 1500 Justice Harmon says ays the long hunting season apparently makes th the thc hunters want vant to keep their tags and that liat they lie and md cheat as never before A and two Californians Californians Califor- Califor ians paid fines the first of the week for hunting with spotlight in n the fields north of Ephraim Three Manti ManU hunters paid fines ines of 25 each for wilfully shooting hooting elk while deer hunting And if you think the wardens are re kidding about the need to wear vear red think again Warden Waren War War- Varden den en O. O V. V Anderson handed out a ticket and Justice Harmon collected a fine from a hunter who failed to put a red hat on his noggin This is the most hunting fines vcr ever levied by Justice Harmon in n any season he reports and there here are probably many more yet ret to come come in Stan Jorgensen got Six-Mile Six fever ever and came from his Arizona Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona home for the deer hunt Stan got his buck but his party found the deer in short number I this his year and failed to fill up Clinton and Que Christensen and a party of hunters In m 12 Mile found some big bucks but not enough to go around Que says all of their deer were big ones this year Four members of their party and the camp were still sUll in the canyon Tuesday as the storm and fog made travel tra travel travel tra- tra vel too loo hazardous to come out I state Out-of-state hunters w were re not so numerous numerous- as expected Local I license dealers reported ted selling only about 30 licenses licensed to hunters from other states mostly Californians Californians Cali- Cali Editors Editor's Note Lets Let's hope they got disgusted with our deer hunt hun and dont don't come back I I The flu cut short the deer hunt or spoiled it for a good many hunters Elliott Cox was brought to town ill without getting getting get get- ting ling in any ony hunting and has I been in bed ever since His Hisson Hisson Hisson son Jeff came home sick Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day and is still house Carl Stott was brought down from the family's Sheep Trail camp before getting any hunting and wound up with pneumonia We Ve have had reports of other sick hunters but have been unable unable unable un un- able to confirm them A buck apiece was the record for Lorin Afton Aiton and Merlin Peterson Peterson Pe- Pe terson erson and Evan Johnson as they hunted in the Muddy and in Chris' Chris Hollow accompanied by Gary and Dennis sons of Lorin and Marlow 1 son of Merlin 1 They returned to their homes in Ogden Ogden Ogden Og Og- den Monday following the hunt and a visit with the Johnsons Now heres here's a deer story |
