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Show Jrll It's Your Wildlife Ift M5V ' By Gsrth Carter J VgTonaervatlon Officer The General Season for Open Bull Elk hunting begins September 28 and continues through October 16. Open bull permits must have been purchased pur-chased earlier this year. Most local hunters will begin be-gin their Elk hunt on the LaSal Mountains. Although the LaSals are closest and most readily accessible, hunter hunt-er success was only 5 on the LaSals, 48 animals being harvested har-vested by 958 participating hunters. Fishlake Unit had hunter success of 7, Manti unit, 8 percent, and the best success was found on the Bear River Hole-in-the-Rock Unit with a 10 percent success ratio. Before taking to the field, each hunter should read the new Big Game Hunting Proclamation. Proc-lamation. The following is a few of the more common wildlife violation: 1) Proper license and permit per-mit must be on your person while hunting. 2) Animals must be properly proper-ly tagged before being transported trans-ported from place of kill. 3) Every person shall wear a minimum of 400 square inches of "Hunter Orange" on head, chest, and back while hunting. 4) Handguns, rimfire' cartridges, car-tridges, shotgun are illegal weapons. 5) Anyone on a temporary game preserve (elk unit) must have proper license and permit per-mit to carry a firearm, pistols shall not be possessed on any temporary game preserve (upland game hunters can carry shotguns). 6) Evidence of sex must be attached to the game animal (carcass). 7) Please read the proper proclamations before taking to the field. -gkc On the educational channel (channel 3 in Moab) at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday nights, a special program "Utah Weekend" Week-end" is offered. The half hour program this Thursday, Sept. 22 is entitled "Elk Hunting" with reservoir treatment following; fol-lowing; next week "waterfowl hunting" will be the topic. gkc An Outdoor Tip for all you barbeque chefs that, need to eat about the time the briquettes bri-quettes usually get ready. follows. To shorten the time for readying charcoal briquettes bri-quettes for cooking, place them inside an aluminum foil chimney eight inches in diameter dia-meter and 12 inches high. The foil reflects the heat of one lighted briquette onto another. an-other. (Sports Afield, Oct. 1977). gkc Hunting is fairly safe today compared to fifteen years ago. Hunting accidents have decreased de-creased tremendously since Hunter Safety Programs have been initiated, even with the increase in hunter numbers. The Sportsmen of the Week, Jim Nyland, Max Irish, Bob MacAdams, Tom Harvath, & Lawrence Day are part of our local hunter safety program instructors, they help make the woods safe for all of us. -gkc The DWR reports that in spite of the continual deterioration deter-ioration of wildlife habitat, added pressures upon wildlife populations and increased numbers of sportsmen afield during hunting seasons, America's Am-erica's wildlife populations have expanded. In 1907 only 41,000 Rocky Mountain Elk could be found in the U.S., and most of them around Yellowstone National Park. Now there are more than 1,000,000 elk in 16 western west-ern states. At the turn of the century, there were considerably less than 400,000 mule deer in the entire nation while today, more than 1,500,000 may be found. The wild turkey had all but disappeared from much of its .native range early in this century, numbered only about 97,000 as recently as 1952, but today there are more than 1,250,000 in more than 30 states. The challenge of maintaining maintain-ing America's wildlife populations popula-tions is becoming more urgent as mankind demands more space to live, work, and play. But for many, the free time to roam and spend in leisure pursuits would be of poor quality if it did not include wildlife. It will demand continued con-tinued dedication by sportsmen sports-men and conservationists of all description if America's Wildlife Today is still America's Amer-ica's Wildlife Tomorrow. |