Show fV J Mw rV kS jL BRIAN iri another member of m th the I Uintah golf onH tans taps the golf ball toward the number nine OUTDOOR CORNER TU I lie Dig tOr Cleer hUnterS r Oa 1 ill I IS Set fOr Saturday 7 in Utah The bie day has almost arrived It is comTe S seeking their No other y is quite like it Long before the sun rises Saturday tens of thousands of hunters will hurry to their favorite deer thousands oi camps t Traffic will be bumper to bumper on every mountain Few places will be spared the onslaught of will appear on every ridge and When shooting light finally arrives on the long-awaited the country will echo with rifle shots from one horizon to the To the-casual it would seem that no beast could survive the barrage of Every deer would run wildly with fear Despite the army of many deer indeed outlast the Some bucks merely bed down in brushy areas while hunters swear there isn't a deer for miles Others slip away silently in the rimrock or melt into the depths of rugged Some are not so Many bucks will intercept a bullet during the course of the 11 day This is what hunting is all Animals will be harvested to make room for the new fawns that will be born the following Without the range would soon be overrun with too many Starvation would be the rule when the winter snows cover the barren This year's hunt promises to be a good The deer population is up from the record lows of the mid Young bucks are abundant in many and elk hunters recorded plenty of big bucks in the high So where are the deer Ask 10 hunters and you'll get 10 different Some say the deer are high because of the lack of Others say they re There's no question that t the scarcity of water will have an influence on deer Many of the usual are but in many cases the animals can find an alternate source of water without moving too of lack of moisture roads are extremely Hunters going into the Book Cliffs for incredible the Books has resulted in terrible road conditions especially the Atchee Ridge traveled that weekend to deer in There to the and there were some pockets where the dust was 10 inches If ou to travel this or any road for that close the windows of your camper as tight as you and stav as ar behind the preceding vehicles as If the wind isn't you may need to wait are oil in the Book Cliffs- Give these folks plenty of room and watch the tight turns- This is one time of the year that outdoor manners are With so many people crowded in the a bit of courtesy will go a long way to making the trip more everyone wants a buck as badly as you Competition will be and tempers may te worn thin by the actions of thoughtless Respect other as you'd expect them to respect of careful when you re out there in the big PC Have a good |