Show dig Big Some gamma hunting seasons sit set i y The Utah hoard Board of or Big Dig Game Control has established the regulations and season dates for lor the 1977 big game animal hunts following a week of public hearings throughout the state Four of ol the five live board members are serving their first term but worked long hours to become familiar with wildlife conditions and establish equitable biologically sound decisions Those decision follow DEER One buck deer per hunter regardless of ol the method of ol hunting will wilt be the statewide rule for lor deer hunting during the 1977 deer season The general rifle deer season will begin at dawn on Saturday October 22 and will last through November an 1 day 11 season The only exceptions to the buck rock only rule will be the special regulation requiring that a deer have four lour points or better to be harvested in the Henry Mountain unit deer herd unit 52 and the special permit hunts established by the Board Deer herd units three six seven eight and nine northern Utah have a total of ol 1000 hunters hunter's choice permits designated for lor the regular season to control deer populations in tn those areas Units two five live six and eight have tentative schedules for lor permits on five live day notice hunts that may be called If it large num number er of ol deer migrate into the units and create potential hazards to range and agricultural areas The Board gave the Division of ol Wildlife Resources authority to all emergency hunts as needed Field investigations revealed that Utah's deer populations are responding well to buck only hunting and that the 1976 fawn lawn crops are better than average in much of the state due largely to mild winter conditions and favorable weather ther during the fawning f season The Northern Northeastern Nor Norm and Central regions have shown the most pronounced deer population increases with herds in the Southern and Southeastern regions Improving albeit somewhat slower ARCHERY DEER SEASON The 1977 1917 archery deer season will be open from August 20 through September 5 The hunt will be buck only statewide except in herd unit 52 where the four points or better requirement as in the general deer season will be in effect One deer per hunter will apply The Board made use of the cocking device known as Sure Shot illegal during the bow hunt and also established the archery season dates for 1978 to tobe tobe tobe be August 19 through September September September Sep Sep- 4 The bow and arrow is a legal weapon for hunting all big game animals in Utah l DEER SEASON enthusiasts will have their own deer hunting season this year from October 1 through October 11 In the following units Wellsville unit 4 12 Minnie Maud unit and Monroe Mountain unit 48 Additional regulations will require that a must shoot a projectile of 40 caliber or greater use black powder only and be equipped with iron sights ELK The 1977 open bull elk season will be September 28 through October 16 Open bull elk permits may be purchased at any Utah Division of Wildlife Resources office either in person or by mail July 25 through August 12 Application forms are also available from license agents Special permit elk hunts as in previous years will vary by unit as to the type of hunt and number of permits issued Hunters will need to examine the new proclamations carefully Authorized were 1305 hunters hunter's choice hoice permits along with and special bull only permits Procedures for making application application application ap ap- ap- ap on the special elk permits was changed this year Anyone wanting to hunt elk this season will first have t to p pur purchase r. r chase an open bull elk permit 15 Open bull elk will then by eligible to make application for elk permits which will be selected by a drawing Successful applicants applicants applicants ap ap- ap- ap will have to pay an additional 10 for the special permits The Board also elected to allow party applications for elk hunting units where open bull hunting is not authorized Applications will be limited to two individual permit holders' holders names per application These permits will be available on the Book Cliffs White River Three Goslin-Three Corners Heaston and Indian Peaks elk units On all units where open bull hunting is authorized only single applications will be accepted One hundred twenty-five twenty nonresident open bull elk permits were authorized by the That is 25 more than last season on ARCHERY ELK The archery elk season for 1977 will run concurrently with the archery deer season August 20 through September 5 be unlimited number of archery open bull elk permits sold A special drawing will select of these permits to be validated for hunters hunter's choice harvest All open bull elk units will be open to archery elk hunting ANTELOPE September 3 through 11 will willbe willbe willbe be legal hunting dates for the 1977 antelope season Two hundred and fifty permits have been established The Cedar City and Hatch Points units will have no permits issued this season BUFFALO There will be ten hunters hunter's choice buffalo permits issued again this year for the Henry Mountains buffalo herd The hunt will be November 5 through 20 MOOSE Two of Utah's three moose herd units will have permits available for hunting this fall Herd unit 1 I the Uinta North Slope will have 20 bull permits with hunting from September 10 through 25 on the entire unit A portion of unit 1 will be open to hunting for those who draw out outon outon outon on the 20 permits The hunt will be November 12 through December 11 Moose herd unit 2 Ogden River-Lost River Creek-Cache Creek will be separated into two subunits for forthe forthe forthe the 1977 1971 hunt Each unit will have five bull permits available Moose herd unit 3 Daggett will be closed to hunting in 1977 BIGHORN SHEEP A total of 25 bighorn sheep permits will be issued for the September 17 through October 16 hunt Twenty permits will be good on the portion of the south- south central Utah bighorn hunting unit that lies north of highway U 95 The remaining five permits will be valid for hunting south of the same highway Only legal rams those of seven and one half half years of age or older and having minimum H modified Boone and Crockett points may be taken The Board also lifted the hunter orange clothing requirement for bighorn hunters |