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Show DWR officer warns hunters about breaking wildlife laws Utah Division of Wildlife Resouces Law Enforcement Chief Jim Ware warns deer hunters about violating wildlife laws and cites examples of severe penalties im-posed im-posed against lawbreakers. "We are particularly interested in apprehending ap-prehending violators who are., reducing the resource," says Ware. Several so-called "common" violations are actually a type of poaching. "There is no party hunting," emphasizes Ware. "Everyone must harvest his own deer. Everyone buys an opportunity op-portunity to hunt and others shouldn't help him . with this opportunity. Our officers have ways of detecting this type of violation." A person who shoots a deer for another person faces a fine of up to $1000. Ware also stressed the importance of properly tagging an animal. The deer must be tagged at the site of kill before being transported. The tag must be detached from the licensej notched ' for the date of kill and sex ' ' of the animal, and attached at-tached securely to the animal. Failure to tag may result in up to a $1000 fine. . Another common violation, which has a fine of up to $299, is the carrying of a loaded firearm in a vehicle. Hunters are also advised ad-vised about hunting in . closed and seven-day only hunting areas in southern Utah. Closed to deer hunting are units 31B (San Juan-Elk Ridge), 60 (Paunsaugunt portion) and 61A (Dixie-East (Dixie-East Pine Valley). Seven-day only units are 30A (LaSal Mountain), 30B (LaSal Dolores), 31 A' (San Juan-Blue Mountain, Moun-tain, 50 (AntimonyiSlA'i i Worth.! Boulder) ,51B (South Boulder), J 52 ' (Henry Mountains), 56 (Beaver), 57 (Parowan), " 58 (West Zion), 59 KEasf Zion), 60 (Kaiparowits portion), 61B (Dixe-West Pine Valley) and ! 61C. (Dixie-Terry-Ox Valley). ; Check the big game proclamation for boundaries , of 'these .areas. . |