Show Weather Holds Trump On Oi Deer Hunt Hit Opening Saturday morning Utah's greatest sporting event the annual deer hunt will start off with a bang as an estimated riflemen join in the 11 day hunt WEATHER CONDITIONS is again the key factor of the hunt good weather means a better hunt Stormy weather Va al always s 's catches many hunters unprepared unprepared unprepared pared to meet the problems it can bring stated Wildlife Resources officers Weather conditions as they have been with the heavy rains will require good tires chains shovels and penty of gas In being prepared for all adverse conditions conditions conditions condi condi- hunters should remember to take sufficient food water and matches IN OUR local areas Wildlife Resource officials give the hunting forecast as follows Brush Drush Creek Diamond l Taylor and Dry Fork will probably be a little slower than last year because the deer population in these areas seem to be down a little Blue Mountain l should be about the same as last year The deer population in this area is about the same HERD UNIT 26 which includes all of the above areas will be three days of either sex followed by an eight day buck hunt The Book Dook Cliffs Herd Units and will be a buck only hunt the entire season On buck only hunts evidence of sex must be left attached to the carcass The Book Cliffs will probably be as productive as last year or possibly a little better because of past years year's buck only hunt HUNTERS ARE urged to respect private vate ate property Failure to do so could result in a fine of not less that flint 50 and the possibility of hunting privileges being revoked for three years The deer tag is not perforated this year as in past years therefore the hunter must cut in from the license at atthe atthe atthe the place of kill and cut out the appropriate appropriate month date and sex and must be attached to the deer before transporting transport ing from place of kill DURING THE buck only hunts hunh hunters hunters hunters hunt hunt- ers arc are especially urged to be sure of their targets as the purpose of the buck only hunt is to increase the deer herds in these areas Only with the complete cooperation of the sportsmen in the field will we be able to accomplish this and it cannot be accomplished if the hunters kill does docs and fawns and leave them to waste Officials of the and the US U.S. Forest Service have issued a special plead to hunters to please be careful with fires respect private property and carry out what you carry in TWO OTHER problems called to the attention of hunters arc are horses cannot cannot can can- not legally be kept in developed camp camp- sites on the forest and hunting with off off- road vehicles can create severe erosion problems when they are arc used on wet dirt lilt roads and in wet meadows stated Forest officials Many of the campground particularly in the Flaming Gorge area have been clo closed ed because funds are arc inadequate to keep them open and properly maintained Other campgrounds which have flush toilets have to be closed each fall so water and sewage s systems wilt will not freeze up Water is still available Inmost in inmost inmost most of the campgrounds remaining open in the Flaming Gorge ranger district reported Forest officials AGAIN HUNTERS are warned that itis it itis is against the law to shoot or or take protected protected pro pro- wildlife from any motorized ve ve- hicle hide This includes snowmobiles and other recreation vehicles It is also unlawful unlawful unlawful un un- lawful to shoot wildlife from a highway And finally the Utah Wildlife Resources Code states that it is unlawful to possess possessor or use Usa weapons in the pursuit of any kind of wildlife while under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs If hunters have any doubts concerning boundaries of hunting units they should check the deer hunting proclamation map plainly describing each unit and their seasons All hunting on on the Uintah and Ouray reservation has been closed to nonmembers nonmembers non non- members of the Ute Ule Indian Tribe |