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Show !ftg f GL3GT, fGO III" Bi38, pfcpG EHEiiOT8 to locate the elusive buck. There were few big bucks taken, and though the COUNTY NEWS has heard were satisfied with the hunt even though they hadn't yet bagged a buck. The numerous nu-merous doe and fawn were an indication that there are better times ahead. Hunter success was probably prob-ably not more than 10 percent the first weekend. Road hunters were having little success, but those hardy souls who are more mountain moun-tain goat than human, were generally able to get some shooting. If the success of the deer hunt depended on bagging a buck, then you probably came home the first weekend with a failure. Hunters reported report-ed seeing lots of doe and fawn, but few bucks. And the short seven day season In most of Beaver County means that the hunt Is over for many. Sill there were a few lucky hunters who bagged their deer. Reports indicate indi-cate that the story was much the same no matter where you hunted, but there were probably more deer taken off the Tushars west of Beaver, Beav-er, than elsewhere, possibly possi-bly because there were more hunters. But wherever you hunted, hunt-ed, the hills were dotted with orange, as hunters tried some reports of big ones, no one has been proud enough of a rack to call us for a picture. Hunters who haven't bagged bag-ged their buck by Friday will have to confine their hunting in Beaver County to that area west of Milford. North of Milford the line runs along highway 257 and south of Milford you must hunt west of the Union Pacific Pa-cific tracks. Most of Utah north of Beaver County is open until October 27, and there is a small area in Piute County just west of Beaver County still open. Most of the hunters the COUNTY NEWS talked to |