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Show V ; , " "7 .I,- mm ' J?-. " " ' ' a " ' J -J.- ' ' '.,! V '" ..... v-i f; ; l ? .. V, V" t f .' . " ; I ." I ih - j .: f . j -1 . : .' . t ; 1 v. ' ., - - . j ' jfi .' . f i ? , ; i ... . V"- " ' r ' The general Archer hunts for deer and elk are Just over two weeks away, as both hunts begin at daylight on August 22. Many local archers have decided to skip the archery hunt this year due to the closure of the Beaver Mountain Deer Unit and many other Southern units to archery hunting. Other archers have decided de-cided that since their usual archery hunting area is closed, clos-ed, this Is a good year to hunt elk and deer with a bow on archery elk units such as Mantl Mountain or Fish Lake Mountain. Archery Elk permits have been on sale for little over a month, with the last day to purchase an archery elk permit on friday, August , 7. Only one elk permit Is allowed per hunter per year. So those who applied for a restricted area elk permit or an open bull elk permit may not purchase an archery arch-ery elk permit. For those local hunters who decided to go ahead and purchase an archery deer permit, but do not plan on traveling far to hunt, archery hunting areas do exist not too far from home. Areas open to archery deer hunting that are close to home Include the Kanoshand Fillmore Units to the north, the southwest desert unit to the West, and the Circle -vllle unit to the east of the Beaver Unit. A legal description des-cription of the boundaries to the areas closed to archery arch-ery hunting may be found In the 1981 Big Game Proclamation. Proc-lamation. Generally speaking, speak-ing, the Boundaries to the Beaver Unit are 1-70 and the Cove Fort- Black Rock Road on the north, the Union Pacific railroad tracks on the west, Highway High-way U-20 on the south,and the Beaver River - Sevier River drainage divide on the east. The main area most local archers intend to hunt is the Clrcleville Unit, which lies directly east of the Beaver Unit. The boundary between this open unit and the closed Beaver Unit is the Beaver - Piute County line, which is also the Beaver Beav-er River - Sevier River drainage divide. My advice would be that anyone not familiar with the area he entends to hunt, and who is unsure as to wheth-er wheth-er it Is In the open or clos- : ed areas, should consult a good map of the Beaver Mts. and determine the status of that area. Although there has been a lot of controversy over where the dividing line Is, It really isn't that difficult. dif-ficult. If you hunt In an area that drains into the east side of the mountain,-(The mountain,-(The Sevier River) then you are in the open area, but If the area you are in drains west, then you had better head east to hunt. All of the Beaver Mountain Moun-tain Lakes and such popular flats as Big. Johns Flat, Big Flat, Gunsight Flat and Bet-enson Bet-enson Flat are all closed to archery hunting this year. Some popular areas which are on the east side of the mountain and open to hunting hunt-ing include Klmberly, Bullion Bul-lion Canyon, Bear Hole, City Creek, Long Flat (east of Big Flat) and Grindstone Flat. |