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Show ELKS 'IN' AT HARDWARE Snow has fallen, the elk are in, and the sleighs are running p.t Hardware Ranch for anyone who would like to visit this popular showplace of elk operated op-erated y the Utah State Department De-partment of Fish and Game in Cache County. Thousands of visitors are expected ex-pected to see the Hardware Ranch this winter, not only to see elk, but to hear about the Ranch and how it aids in the management of the Cache elk h erd. Purchased by the Department Depart-ment in 1946, the Ranch provides pro-vides a place to hold part of the Cache elk herd back in the interior of the area away from critical deer winter range along the Wasatch Front. The Hardware has been very successful suc-cessful in this respect. In addition to providing a place to winter elk, the Ranch has been an excellent site for trapping operations so the Fish and Game Department can conduct studies on where these elk spend their summers and winters and migration patterns they follow. Hardware Ranch is located east of Hyrum in Cache County Coun-ty about 17 miles up Blacksmith Black-smith Fork Canyon. There is no charge for the sleigh rides, but a mid-week visit is rec- j ommended because of the large crowds on week ends j |