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Show Dti's time to prepare voir the arclheiry cH!? hunt By Hartt Wixom, Vernal Express Outdoors Writer PnnsiHprpH taWino nn orphorv? Make it for the bow deer season a month away! The experts are drilling arrows through bullseyes now. Neophytes, all the more, will need to get in some practice sessions. 1 Check with a Robin Hood type in a local archery club, or drop into a shop which sells bow-arrow hunting gear. iThey can give you some great ideas on how to prepare. But if you rehearse for the shoot with target shafts, be sure to also angle some of the heavier hunting . tips. Become accurate with the latter within 25 yards, then stalk quietly that close when the season arrives. I You'll need camouflage clothing, ' l : i i r i i i . sneakers msieau ui lUKiug uoois, a quiver (or missle-carrier) which doesn't rattle etc. Watch the little things, because you'll have to get 10 times closer to score Indian style. As for where to go. I'd make it hieh. i The deer aren't bunched in the bottomlands bot-tomlands bv any means this time of year. Get where the aspens give away to conifers, and you should be all right ; in the late summer heat. If it rains, you ' may need f ourwheel drive. But at least t you won't have to worry about the usual bugaboo, snow. Unless, of course, you hie in to the whimsical upper up-per Uintas. ) You might also plan to get out and ; scout around for big bucks now even ! if you don't bow hunt. The racks are in velvet, true, but they are fully I developed. What you see is full growth. And if you don't reduce them to posses sion with primitive weapon, there is always the regular rifle quest. It isn't likely you'll accidentally kayo the buck of your dreams without knowing where he is and where he goes without knowing about him ahead of time. Scouting is deemed a chore by some, but it is the secret to autumn success. I like to mix mine in with a touch of nature study, maybe some fishing. You can take the kids, or even the neighorhood scout troop if you swear them to hand signals in potential hot spots. The latter includes stopping near rims, peering ahead to cover edges, et al. Do this with binoculars, and it won't even hurt if the kids" whisper a bit along the trail in and out to hot muley country. Some of the best hunting I've had in all Utah is from Riley Canyon east of Woodland over the south slope to Rock Creek (just above the Ute Indian Reservation) to Lake Fork and for that matter, up on Diamond Mountain and into the Book Cliffs. Monster bucks, perhaps only a few, but oversized nevertheless, reside from road's end on Willow Creek to the summit, plus side forays westward to the Uintah-Ouray lands. Much is roadless. You simply have to check it out ahead to get in the best places, afoot or horseback. But if ground cover is frozen in midday, mid-day, you're likely too high! Deer cannot can-not get at the best feed. Water may also be in an icy mantle. 'i i -rrynrim'-Tr Ft Book Cliffs bucks are seldom on top if weather has been extremely cold (as it often is) , snow or no snow. I've found respectable bucks in the oak brush slopes more than aspens and spruces. This type of challenge requires 3-4 days to do justice. If you don't take horses, plan on some rugged back packing.. - Some other proven territory includes in-cludes the upper Weber River drainage over into West Fork of the Bear. Of course, if you go over Chalk Creek, you'll need permission or special landowner permit. But there are fringes along private land, if you have a map and compass, which allows you to hunt public land all along the Uintas. If you have a fishing rod along, through early September offers excellent fly fishing in these highland lakes. However, I've found in most years that waters turn barren of feeding fish with the mid-October cold snap. Actual hunting season isn't the time to angle alpine waters. Yet, early autumn's nightly freezes often kill and windrow insects in the shallows, attracting trout to a free-for-all gorging session. Between Bet-ween fishing, you can look for tracks, beds, rubs, and other sign. You'll be most happy later you did. Utah's Volunteers I I the helping hands J join us fr.doy, Augmt 2, 1985 Vernal Express 9 Rough Time Department The number one ' leader in the rough time department would have to be a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, with the last name of Huffman. First, the good news Huffman has zero losses. However, he also has zero wins for a 0-0 record. Now for the bad news Huffman has an earned run average of 108.00. He pitched in one game and lasted only a third of an inning. He gave up two hits and walked walk-ed three batters, which means five runners got on base while Huffman was on the pitching mound. Two other pitchers with rough earned run averages are Boston hurlers, Dorsey and McCarthy. Dorsey has a 0-1 mark and has an earned run average of 20.25 and McCarthy Mc-Carthy has a 23.14 mark with a 0-0 record. Dorsey pitched 5.1 innings in two games and gave up 12 hits and 10 walks, but he did strike out two batters. bat-ters. McCarthy hurled 2.1 innings in two games and gave up six hits and two walks. Seattle's Reynolds has a batting average of .045 as of July 14, 1985. He has gained two hits in 44 at bats in 19 games. He has scored five runs and has one double. Castillo of Detroit is batting .059 and has two hits in 34 at bats in 25 games. He also has one double. First Place Moves Bruce Sutter signed a rich contract with the Atlanta Braves and the team he left the St. Louis Cardinals are in first place. Neil Allen, a relief pitcher, pit-cher, who wasn't doing much hurling for the Cardinals, was traded to the second place New York Yankees. A ""err ' ; ." X I -. . 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