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Show Area Deer Moving To Winter Range Conservation officer Clair Davis this week reported that many deer are now moving from the high ranges onto the winter ranges at lower elevations. ele-vations. Davis stated that although al-though the deer may appear healthy, they are in a rundown run-down condition and any exertion ex-ertion may cause their death. He urged residents not to attempt at-tempt to get close to the an-ijmals an-ijmals to take pictures and stated that it is against the law to molest the animals from a snow machine. Each year a number of citations are issued to people ' violating violat-ing this law. Hunting seasons which remain re-main open at this time are Hungarian partridge, and chukar, both will close on Jan. 15; waterfowl hunting for geese will close on Dec. 19, and duck hunting will remain re-main open until Jan. 2. Davis reminded hunters that shooting from an airplane air-plane is now illegal unless hunters obtain a special license li-cense from the Division of Wildlife Resources. Rabbit season will remain open until March 1, and fairly fair-ly good populations have been noted on the LaSal Mountain Loop Road, Castle Valley, jjeaa Horse roint Road. Westwater and book cliffs area, LaSal-Delores area, and some areas of San Juau county. |