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Show WILDLIFE Y report , tniil UTAH STATE DIVISION OF jtSy WILDLIFE RESOURCES . RtS' Utah muzzleloaders will be out for buckskin come Saturday, Sat-urday, October 1. The special spe-cial season for smokepolers runs through October 11 in four deer herd units: Wells -ville, unit 4; Stansbury, unit 12; Minnie Maud, unit 27A; and Monroe Mountain, unit 48. New regulations this year require that muzzleloaders for hunting use black powder pow-der and be equipped with iron sights only. Minimum legal le-gal hunting size for the long rifles was dropped to .40 caliber. Although the muzzle-loaders muzzle-loaders hunt runs concurrent with the open bull elk hunt, there are no elk in the four deer units, so traditional buckskinners won't be sharing their huntin' territory terri-tory with "newfangled" elk hunters in blaze orange attire. at-tire. Black powder buffs can look forward to a good hunt this year. The units set aside for them are prime hunting areas. Bowhunters afield in August reported seeing more deer this year statewide encouraging words for all Utah sportsmen. sports-men. ELK HUNT UNDERWAY A record number of elk hunters will take to the hills beginning September 28 for the three -week open bull elk hunt which runs through October Oc-tober 16. Most restricted hunts are held concurrent with the open bull season. Some 1,305 hunter's choice permits were issued this year, as well as 535 ant-lerless ant-lerless tags. .Over 20,000 hunters will be heading for their favorite favor-ite spot, hoping to draw a bead on that trophy bull. Legal Le-gal bulls must have antlers at least five inches in length. The open bull season j is billed as a recreational hunt, and although hunter success is low, spirits are ; high. For most Utah big j ;game hunters, it's their j first chance to go afield. j WATERFOWL ! SEASON OPENS j Utah nimrods will soon be breaking out the scatter -guns as the 1977 water -fowl season kicks off at noon Saturday, October 1. Wildlife Wild-life Resources Waterfowl Supervisor Al Regenthal predicts pre-dicts a good flight of ducks headed our way. Says Regenthal, Regen-thal, "We should have about as many ducks coming through this year as we did last. Local production of redhead and cinnamon teal is somewhat down, but this probably won't be reflected in the hunter's bag." UTAH RESERVOIRS GET TREATMENT ! There's a bright side to everything, even the drought. Low water levels at many reservoirs have made it ec- j onomically feasible to con- duct much, needed chemical treatment programs this fall. Minersville, Otter Creek and J Koosharem reservoirs, as i well as their tributaries, j have all been treated to remove re-move rough fish in recent weeks. Crop-duster aircraft teamed up with boat and shoreline crews to do the jobs on these waters. |