| Show D Deer er Hunters Report Fair Luck Near Moab on Opening Week-end Week Reports from hunters on the early arly opening La Sal Mountain Unit indicated d only average an and fair talc success for the less Jess than average number of shooters afield last weekend Shooting was Vas best in the high er and the lower elevations of the mountain The eleva mid tion slopes apparently were below below be be- low par especially after the opening hours Hunters were wert virtually unanimous in their reports report in dalmIng claiming claim dalm- ing big that the deer were much more scattered than in tn previous years Water exclusive of the light snow cover was very abundant The prevalence of water water water wa wa- ter was generally regarded a athe as the main reason for the herd heri scattering The deer taken were in goot good sha shape O and the size of the bucks I killed up to the tM usual standard Rapidly melting snows stopped stop atop ped some from reaching the high Umbel timber where shooting W was S reportedly very good The early opening definitely cut down the number of hunters huntera hunters hunt hunt- ers era locally It Is expected to mean also that another wave of out state hunters will be beon beon on the mountain that coming corning Saturday Oct 21 when most mos of the rest of the state opens the regular season Areas south of Moab Moab-l Moab the Moab-the the te Blue Mountains and Elk Ridge particularly will wilt attract a large number The weather forecast Is s fo for continued good weather as as s long longas as a high pressure system over the Intermountain west remains This year Is the first In which weather was not a It hunting factor factor factor fac fac- tor although some h hunters complained com com- that It had not been severe severo enough to drive the deer out of the high timber line Actually t tho those h o s 8 e ambitious enough to hunt the low oak one and cedars reported better then than average average av av- average av- av success but smaller than the average deer The La Sal Mountains Here Herd 30 Unit hunt continues until Nov 12 n |
