| Show x Deer De Kill Down Warden Says t I Illegal Elk Kill Reported i Field Fjeld checks by Conservation Conserva Conservation tion officers on the La Sal mountains indicate a hunter success ratio of or only 50 per percent percent percent j. j cent officer Dan Winbourn stated stated stated sta sta- ted yesterday The deer season has three I more week ends lis to go but the number of hunters has been i rapidly diminishing It was lear lear- ned Most of the kill this year I was made On n the first two days and it has been slow since that time Warden WIn Winbourn bourn said that he didn't believe that it was wasas wasas wasas as much a case cage of less deer on the mountain as it was the peculiar peculiar pe pe- culiar cullar conditions this year The deer eer according to the officer were low Jow on the mountain to begin the hunt and have since gone lower Jower Into the almost In InaccessIble Inaccessible inaccessible In- In accessible canyons below the mesas mesa and slopes s. s The warden did say however I that he believed the herd to be down In number from previous I years years- At Taylor Ridge on the north hOrth northside northside side of the mountain a bull elk was Wa Illegally shot and left to spoil The six point GOO pound bull was found about one half mile past Beaver eaver creek Warden Warden Warden War War- den Winbourn said that the teeth had been taken talen from the animal but no meat The locatIon location location ion of the kill kilt and the huge size plus different color made lit It appear that It was no accIdent accident accident acci accI- dent the warden said It doesn't doesn't doesn't does does- nt look much like a deer Elk blk have been reported on the mountain In several places since the deer 5 season Beason ason opened on October 14 On the north en end ens 23 were reported on one occasion occasion occasion oc oc- oc- oc casion and 17 on another Elk were also reportedly seen near Dark Canyon lake on the tM op opposite opt site end of the mountain There Is no elk hunt on this unit Other than the Illegal al killing of the elk few violations were reported Officers said sald them Issued were for or loaded guns In Inthe Inthe the he car ar or failure to ta tag There were no gun officers said San Juan wardens reported much the same story as ns Moab on hunter success and the dispersal dispersal dispersal dis dis- dis- dis of the deer The condition condItIon condition condi condI- tion generally genera Is attrib attributed ted to heavy rainfall that permitted the deer to find water virtually virtually virtu vIrtu- ally any anywhere on the desert Local hunters brought Iq in reports reports reports re re- re- re ports from all over the mountain mountain mountain moun moun- tain of large flocks of wild tur tur- tur- tur keys The birds were first planted In 1953 on the north northend northend northend end of the La and apparently apparently apparently have d well welt A |
