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Show Hunting data given for 1960 The 1960 seasons for deer, elk, antelope, moose and buffalo buf-falo hunting have been set by the Utah Board of Big Game Control. A statewide general deer season will begin October 22, with an eleven day or longer hunt scheduled for taking animals ani-mals of either sex. The Board also set several special hunts to channel hunting hunt-ing pressure into many of the state's 62 deer herd units where field information showed a more equitable harvest was needed to balance herds with available forage. j A statewide archery deer season was set for Sept. 3 through Sept. 18. A total of 2,375 elk permits were authorized for 14 hunting units. Antelope hunts were set to allow 160 buck only permits over seven hunting areas. Twenty permits were authorized author-ized for hunting bull moose on the northeast slopes of the Uinta Uin-ta Mountains. The Board also authorized 10 permits for hunting mature buffalo bulls from the only-state-owned herd of these animals ani-mals which ranges in the Hanksville-Henry Mt. area of southeastern Utah. Boardmem-bers Boardmem-bers decreed that this would be a strictly supervised hunt to remove only male animals surplus sur-plus to the hers needs. By law, only residents may hunt elk, antelope, moose and buffalo. Full rules and regulations covering all the big game hunting hunt-ing seasons will be printed in proclamation form and available avail-able to the public by the latter lat-ter part of July. Copies may then be secured 'from department depart-ment of fish and game offices or from license agents throughout through-out the state. The five man Board set the hunting seasons following public pub-lic meetings held over the state last week to gather recommendations recommen-dations for these hunts. Members Mem-bers are chairman Harold S. Crane, Welby Aagard, William D. Hurst, Othell Pay and J. Wells Robins. |
