Show how Bow ow Deer Peer Hunt Starts Saturday are getting their equipment equip ment meat ready and shooting a few last practice arrows as the 1971 1071 archery season sea son approaches this Saturday according to Grant Jense conservation officer Utah Division J of 01 Wildlife Resources ARCHERY HUNTING has been increasing in in- creasing in popularity over the past few years with an estimated archers going to the field fidd this thili weekend The bow and arrow is a legal weapon for taking most game birds and animals during season in the state of 01 Utah This year for the first time archers willbe will willbe willbe be able to hunt bull elk during the archery season This will be an expert mental hunt this year and the results will wilt determine if another archery elk hunt will be held next year ear ARCHERY ELK hunters may not obtain ob ob- tain lain another permit to hunt during the regular elk eik season Beginning archers as well as ex experienced peri eared hunters should try to get close to their quarry and pick a vital spot for a quick kill that will lessen the chance of the animal running a considerable consid enable erable distance and dicing where here the hunter is una unable bIt to find it ARE reminded that they cannot have any firearms in their possession while on an archery hunt The future of archery elk hunting may hinge on this point of law The archery season was designed for fora a recreational hunt for the person who wants to hunt with a bow and antI arrow in a sportsmanlike manner There is a separate season for hunting with fire arms In the past there have been several sever sever- al at violations concerning use of firearms especially 22 caliber rifles and spotlights spotlights spot spot- lights in order to fill the archery tag concluded Mr 11 Jense BOW HUNTING is considered one of the more challenging hunts today Evidence of 01 this is shown in the fact that Utah hunter success last year was 18 per cent Or of the hunters in the field there were registered kills kiUs According to reports from Alton Fraz Fraz- per ier information officer for the Division of oC Wildlife Resources a near identical hunt is expected this year FROM WHAT we can determine the deer population and conditions are about the same as last season The only difference dif ference is that we expect more hunters hunt ers out he said What makes this hunt so difficult Continued on page 8 Archery Hunt Continued from page 1 The limited range of the bow is the biggest factor Where c a rifle rine may have an effective killing range of yards or more the maximum range of the bow busy is between 75 and yards THIS MEANS the hunter must not only employ all the skills of a first class archer but must also stalk his prey with all the cunning and silence ofa of ofa ofa a hungry feline The most popular technique is that where the hunter finds rinds a trail or watering watering water water- ing site finds an appropriate vantage point and ancl waits A popular mid-day mid tactic tactic tactic tac tac- tic is where the hunter walks Indian style through potential resting areas AS FOR hunting equipment Mr 11 Frazier Frazier Fraz Fraz- ier noted hunters should be aware of requirements on both bows and arrows but other than that equipment is just a matter of preference lIe He noted that regulations required a abow abow abow bow be greater than 40 pounds and capable capable capable cap cap- able of shooting years or more Also that arrowheads must have two cutting edges or more and must not be able to pass through a 78 8 inch hole THE SPECIFIC brands and types of equipment though should be those which the hunter likes and can use the best The one thing that I 1 would suggest though is that hunters have an arrow quiver with some type of hood or cover covel over OWl the tips of the arrows A lot of hunters are arc injured each year ear with their own arrows he noted WHILE REGULATIONS c call for no special attire Mr Frazier noted that those hunters wearing camouflaged clothing have an advantage over those without The fhe cost of the special archery permit per mit is 5 and the possession of a valid 1971 big game license Hunters should also be aware that they may fill their big game license se after they've filled their special archery permit Both deer though must be har bar vested with a bow The hunt will end on September 12 |