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Show .-, -"- - - - ,!- ' ' ,s. - .,! . V,.' : . ..ft'- rv 3&-f y -? . K r." .; . '..,'. ' ' ' Hunters invaded Moab last Thursday and Friday just prior to the opening of the season. sea-son. Many parties in groups like the males of the H?nes, Williams and Pack families Deer Hunters Score 50 Percent Locally During Opening Weekend of Hunt Local conservation officer Dan Winbourn estimated Tuesday' that deer hunters scored a 50 per' Cent kill during dur-ing the first few days of the season. Winbourn said that a mmv ber of hunters were moving out of the area Monday not having made- their kill due to scattered d.eer. Part of this low percentage in the first few days is caused by local men who find it necessary neces-sary to return to work. Tly will return to the hills on the weekends and on their days off to hunt, which will improve im-prove the percentage noted above. "There have been a few tag violations," stated Winbourn. Win-bourn. "I don't understand the reason for this," he added, add-ed, "because it only takes n few seconds to be sure the tags are attached and properly pro-perly punched before the deer is transported." "There have been no serious ser-ious accidents in the local area," said Winbourn. "Reports "Re-ports from around the State show deaths from many reasons such as heart attacks but these should not be lab-led lab-led hunter accidents. There have been very few gun accidents ac-cidents through the State and none here locally," he stated. "There were two young fellows lost for a short time," Winbourn added, and one pickup was rolled over on the north end of the mountains." moun-tains." A big bull elk was unlaw-; unlaw-; fully kiled by a young man tfrom. California, Winbourn reported. He was a 19 year ; old man on leave from the i Navy. When , asked why he shot the elk, he repied, "I from Salt Lake City shown in photo. A let of hunter's came to southeast Utah from California to engage in the hunting challenge. T-I Staff Photo don't know; I guess I was fexcited!" B This was the man's first I big game hunt, Winbourn said and he was very co- operative with the officials in following the lawful procedure. pro-cedure. He was fined $200 and the loss of his rifle for the mistake. The elk weighed about 500 pounds. The high snow discouraged some of the hunters at first but this is mostly gone now and the roads are dry and dusty. "The fire hazard is high now," warned Winbourn. "We're requesting that hunters hunt-ers remember that it's illegal il-legal to leave a campfire or warming fire." ""The majority of deer have been killed around the 8000 foot elevation," Winbourn said. He reminded hunters that the unit on the LaSai closes the evening of Oct. 29th but the unit consisting of the Blue Mountains and Elk Ridge remains open season sea-son until the 3rd of November. Novem-ber. Hunters will need to watch the boundaries closely. The five-day units do not apply ap-ply locally. October 23 marks the final day of hunting for the Beaver - Mineral, Heaston, Stansbury, Tintic and Vernon Units. "I've had no reports on the Dolores Triangle," Winbourn Win-bourn said. "This is also a Five-day unit for holders of special permits. |
