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Show Beer Hunters Head Out For First Shoot With propects good for a highly successful hunt, Uintah Basin sporstmen will join 130,000 other nimrods Saturday for the first day of Utah's general deer season. The hunt for Utah's most plentiful plenti-ful big game will continue through Tuesday, Oct. 30, for the state generally, with extended weekend hunting set for some areas One deer of either sex is legal limit. Be Prepared With an eye on the weather, hunters were urged to prepare for rapid changes of clothing warm clothing, ample fuel and food whether the outing is for one day or several days; shovel, ax and chains for vehicles. Expeditions into the rough country coun-try should be planned carefully with maximum allowance for al! camping supplies. The Utah Department of Fish and game listed protection against fires as ranking right along with ordinary firearm safety. All over Utah, and particularly in the Uintah and in the Ashley Na tional Forest areas, fire danger is listed as critical, meaning that campers, for their own safety, the safety of others and the preservation preserva-tion of range and timber must exercise rigid fire precautions, and rangers and department field men will be on the lookout for all violations. The department listed the following fol-lowing special regulations which the deer hunter should know and observe: Only persons 16 years old or older, when properly licensed, may hunt deer in Utah. All deer killed must be immediately im-mediately tagged with the tag provided. Red Clothing Every person, while hunting big game, shall wear conspicuous red headgear and shirt, sweater or jacket. Legal deer hunting is confined to daylight hours. It is illegal to use any type of artificial light. It is unlawful to hunt, kill or pursue deer with any rifle having a bore of less than .25 calibre, shooting a cartridge less than two inches in length, with other than a soft nose or expanding type bullet. Hunters are also required by law to stop at any checking station sta-tion where a stop sign is displayed. dis-played. Special Units With respect to speciaL hunting units in certain areas, a shorter (Continued on Back Page) DEER HUNTERS (Continued From Page 1) season of seven days was set by the Utah Board of Big Game Control Con-trol for the Heaston, Stansbury, Vernon and Tintic units. Dates for these areas are October 20 through October 26. Earlier regular license hunts opened Oct. 13 on four major hunting units. They are the San Juan-Elk Ridge, San Juan-Blue Mountain, and the LaSal in San Juan and Grand counties and the Black's Fork on the north slopes of the Uinta Mountains. In each case the hunting on these four units continues through Oct. 30, close of the general season. |