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Show Early fa!! elk tots provide 5 rounded harvest "Early fall elk hunts p,,' vide a more rounded harve of the elk herd," according -1 Earl Sparks. Assistant Chief I charge of big; game mana7 ment for the Utah Departnie ( of Fish and Game. j The early fall hunt fives better distribution of harv.i over the entire herd range"; also allows for a more unifoi-reduction unifoi-reduction by sex and age the herd. j Elk populations are more ? ' actly controlled through eaS" hunts since hunters are not d stricted by weather as they later in the season. Many hunters shy from September hunts thinking weather is too warm for pr J er care of the meat. Howefl Sparks suggests that the portant factor in fall ml spoilage is more in the wajjjl s handled, not so much weather. , "A skinned and propijJJ hung carcass protected fj flies will cure just as well 3ci September as it will in Nov. 1 1 ber. In fact, November s t age is not uncommon when animal is left unskinned oi 'as a snow bank," he said. ,.,te |