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Show Lciif ig toUi km rogordoss ff . East bod to buck only hunting and that the 1976 fawn crops are better bet-ter than average in much of theState, due largely to mild winter conditions and favorable favor-able weather duringthe fawn ing season. The Northern, N ortheastern and C entral re -gions have shown the most pronounced deer population increases with herds in the (Continued on Page 6) The Utah Board of Big Game Control has established es-tablished the regulations and season dates for the 1977 big game animal hunts following fol-lowing a week of public hearings hear-ings throughout the State. Four of the five board members mem-bers are serving their first term but worked long hours to become familiar with wildlife wild-life conditions and establish equitable, biologically sound decisions. DEER One buck deer per hunter, regardless of the method of hunting, will be the statewide state-wide rule for deer hunting during the 1977 deer season. The general rifle deer season sea-son will begin at dawn on Saturday, October 22, and will last through November 1 an 11 -day season. The only exceptions to the buck only rule will be the special regulation requiring that a deer have four 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 1,000 hunter's choice permits designated for the regular season to control deer populations in those areas. Units two, five, six and eight have tentative sche -dules for 450 permits on five day notice hunts that may be called if large numbers of deer migrate into the units and create potential hazards to range and agricultural areas. The Board gave the Division of Wildlife Resources Re-sources authority to call emergency hunts as needed. Field investigations revealed re-vealed that Utah's deer populations pop-ulations are responding well tober 16 hunt. Only legal rams, those of seven and one -half years of age or older and have a minimum of 144 modified Boone and Crockett points, may be taken. plication on the special elk permits was changed this year. Anyone wantingto hunt elk will first have to purchase pur-chase an open bull elk per-mit per-mit ($15). Open bull elk permittees will then be eligible el-igible to make application for special elk permits which will be selected by a drawing. Successful applicants will have to pay an additional $10 for the special permit. The Board also elected to allow party application for elk hunting units where open bull hunting is not authorized. authoriz-ed. Applications will be lim -ited to two individual per-m per-m it holders' names per application. ap-plication. These permits will be available on the Book Cliffs, Avintaquin-White River, Goslin-Three Corners, Cor-ners, Heaston and Indian Peaks elk units. ARCHERY ELK September 3 through 11 will be legal hunting dates for the 1977 antelope season. Two hundred and fifty permits per-mits have been established. The Cedar City and Hatch Point units will have no per -m its issued this season. There will be ten hunter's choice buffalo permits issued again this year for the Henry Mountains buffalo herd. The hunt will be November Nov-ember 5 through 20. MOOSE Two of Utah's three moose herd units will have permits available for hunting hunt-ing this fall. Herd unit 1, the Uinta North Slope, will have 20 bull permits, with hunting from September 10 through 25 on the entire unit. A total of 25 bighorn sheep permits will be issued for the Septmeber 17 through Oc- HERE'S MORE ABOUT One buck Southern and Southeastern regions improving, albeit somewhat slower. The 1977 archery deer sea -son will be open from August Au-gust 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 es-tablished the archery season dates for 1978 to be August 1 9 through September 4. MUZZLE LOADER DEER SEASON Muzzleloading enthusiasts will have their own deer hunting hunt-ing season this year from October 1 through October 11. Additional regulations will require that a muzzle- loader must shoot a projectile projec-tile of .40 caliber or greater, great-er, use black powder only and be equipped with iron sights. The 1977 open bull elk season sea-son will be September 28 through October 16. Open bull elk perm its may be purchased at any Utah Division of Wildlife Wild-life Resources office, either in person or by mail July 2 5 through August 12. Application Ap-plication forms are also available from license agents. Procedures for making ap- |