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Show Hunters Choice Oren Gofers Permits Remain - .x . Orem-Geneva Times October 16, 1975 Permits still remain on 14 general season hunter's choice deer units in Utah, according to reports from Division of Wildlife Wild-life Resources regional offices. Originally, applications for the permits were to be made by August Aug-ust 22. However,since many permits per-mits remain, they are being sold on a first-come, first-served, basis. All units but the Ogden River (7) and the North Boulder, part (51A) have permits remaining. remain-ing. The permits cost $5 in addition to the big game license for residents, and $7 for nonresidents. non-residents. The general deer season this year will be October Oc-tober 18-28. The North Boulder unit(5lA) does have mjzzleloader's hunter's hunt-er's choice permits remaining. Muzzleloaders will hunt October 1-13. Post season hunter's choice permits on the LaSal Dolores unit (30B) will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis beginning October 29. The LaSal Golf Classic - t on ei Orem High golfers met Hill-crest Hill-crest at Mountain View in Salt Lake City yesterday and have one match to make up with Provo before playing in the RegionFour tournament next Wednesday at Wasatch State Park in Ikber City beginning at 9 a.m. To date. Coach Flash Mik-kelson's Mik-kelson's team has a 7-5 record for the season. They will host Provo probably today becuase of the deer hunting school vacation, vaca-tion, Monday. ' Brighton, a team that clobbered the Tigers 1712 - 212 Tuesday Tues-day at Cascade, is favored to in the championship trophy with Provo considered a strong contender. Orem, Hillcrest, and Granger will be battling for the third-place third-place spot with three teams allowed al-lowed to compete at the state meet Oct. 29 at Wasatch State Park. j ITS " v. n '' mi- J 3 SI -?v i t 1 wa iHi. .AW s it- -r ' rJ Y f t : I .- J a i ..." HOPING TO DEFEND THEIR title yesterday for Orem were to left) , Ron Monsen, Francis Deer Hunt By Cooler Cooler weather should make hunting easier Utah sportsmen sports-men on Saturday's deer opener, according to Division of Wildlife Wild-life Resources regional reports. The hunt continues through October Oc-tober 28. CENTRAL REGION Game Manager Kendall Nelson says hunters should expect better bet-ter hunting in the Central Region this year than last when regulations regula-tions were more restrictive. He ; pointed out that the bulk of the deer will be on the summer range, even though there are indications that some animals are moving onto winter range. The problem we have is that the herd had to be cut to fit the winter range along the Wasatch Was-atch Front; and when they are on the larger summer range, they're harder to find, "said Nelson. Nel-son. "Foliage is still quite dense and will add to difficulty sighting sight-ing deer." Range conditions are better than last year, which means there is more feed nad a lot of water. Deer are well distributed throughout the area. Nelson added that hunter's choice permits are still available avail-able on all six units in that region, i.c, the Heaston (11) Timpanogas (15), Hobble Creek (17), Diamond Fork (18), and portions of North Nebo(41)and South Nebo (42). SOUTHERN REGION A tough hunt is expected in the Southern Region says Game Manager Floyd Coles. Some bright spots for hunting are found on some fringe areas, while the central portion of the region should have the poorest hunting. It works out that units with least pressure in the past should have the best hunting this year. "The storm in late May that dropped two feet of wet snow hurt us,' said peak time for fawning, and it was a critical time for does. Deer fawn counts J 750 x 16 - 8 PLY LUG Ai)95 Cr 1 ) PLUS TAX Mounted ) I 700 Mounted Pirelli Motorcycle Tires In Stock ?aysofii.Tire.SoB,vic6 651 NORTH STATE Fritch, Gordon The meet was Salt Lake City. Improved Weather axe down, and I feel we lost both does and fawus." Recent stroms should improve hunting conditions. The range is in excellent condition despite the fact it had been dry previous to the storms. Buck only hunting dominates the southern region which will also cut down success. NORTHEASTERN REGION Deer populations in the Northeastern North-eastern Region are comparable to 1974, says Game Manager Bob Nielson. 'The deer are still pretty high, and unless these storms bring them down, hunting will be tough, he said. "Hunters should be prepared for bad weather. If traveling to remote areas, they should take plenty of gas, two spare tires, and chains, Nelson cautioned. "We also stress that they tell friends or relatives where they are going, using a lake or road for a landmark. It's awfully difficult dif-ficult finding someone who just tells friends they're going to the Ashley-Daggett area. We need exact locations. Nielson reminded hunters to be sure of their targets and alerted al-erted them to ask permission to hunt on private lands. SOUTHEASTERN REGION " Success is expected to be lower low-er than in past seasons on several sev-eral Southeastern Region units, says Clark Warren, law enforcement enforce-ment and information and education educa-tion officer. Populations are down on several sev-eral units, and on others, deer are scattered. Good fawn crops are reported on several units which should help hunting pick up in the future. Conditions vary. For example, Huntington Canyon still has dense cover which will make deer harder hard-er to spot. On the Muddy-Ferron area, leaves are falling and hunting hunt-ing should be easier. However, the latter has experienced a drop in deer numbers. He noted that Peavine Canyon Balanced x 15 6 PLY Region Four (from right Clark, Bob & Balanced "WHERE SERVICE IS KING" OREM, UTAH M?Htm).iM.f ni VS f Cramer, and Richard Nelson. held at Sugarhouse Park in on Elk Ridge will be closed as in the past. Hunter's choice permits per-mits remain on units 30A )La Sal Mountain) and a portion of San Juan-Elk Ridge (3 IB) v NORTHERN REGION Deer populations should be up in the Northern Region says Game Manager John Kimball. "Reduced success should be expected ex-pected because of mostly buck only regulations, but a good number num-ber of legal deer are in the field," he said. "Last week's storm was the first significant rainfall we've had in a long time," noted Kim- -ball. "Deer are distributed in small bunches where the water is. They should still be found in higher areas." Hunting will be impeded somewhat some-what by the dense foliage remaining. re-maining. "Even in higher areas, it hasn't frozen yet; and there are enough leaves left on the aspen to protect the undercover," said Kimball. All in all, however, hunting should be good in the Northern Region. Since the elk hunt opener, op-ener, we have seen more deer, and counts are pretty good,v concluded Kimball. Hunter's choice permits . still remain available on the Cache, part (2), Mantua-Willard (3)and Davis County (9) units in that region. Hunters are reminded they must wear a minimum of 400 square inches of "Hunter Orange" flourescent material on head, and chest and back. Star Clink Set Fo r Deer IVdoivs Coach Tom Nissalke will conduce con-duce a special clinic for ladies at Highland High School Friday, November 17th at 7:00 p.m. The clinic will be a special event to familiarize ladies with the game and give them a chance to meet all the Utah Stars players personally. per-sonally. Immediately following the clinic the Stars will play an exhibition game with the San Diego Sails at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend at-tend the clinic, but it will be designed especially for the ladies. lad-ies. Admissionprice for the game and clinic will be $2.00 for adults and $1.00 for youngsters 16 and younger. I I I I LUG TAX Free PHONE 225-6343 Dolores unit will be open to hunting November 15-30. Hunters wishing to participate in theGreenRiverexpeditionhunt may purchase permits beginning October 29 ona first-come, first-served first-served basis.. The season will be November 8-23 Only license holders who are not successful on the general hunt may purchase pur-chase post season permits. p& Or psii pay e? i, Mfmbtf Fwtoftt Cwpotil InwttnM Cw(wi'On In Tuesday afternoon's match, Brighton's Scott Brandt took medalist honors with a 36. Tyler Christiansen and Curtis Johnson John-son shot 40's for Orem, followed by Lynn Nimer with 43, Ryan Liddiard and Brian Nimer 44, David Carlson 47, and Greg Mower Mow-er and Carv Beagley 48. HELPING OREM AT Region next Wednesday will be (from Deer Highway Mortality Up Large semi-truck trailers still account for most deer highway deaths, according to Division of Wildlife Resources Biologist Rudy Drobnick. The semis have been responsible for most deaths ; due to their inability to swerve and avoid deer. Drobnick reports 1,018 deer were killed on Utah highways between Julyl, 1974 and June ' A lot of banks are more concerned about their assets than having happy customers. So the only real interest the average depositor sees is recorded in his passbook. Not so at Walker Bank. We believe a bank should be more than just a place to put your money. That's the reason we developed what we call Personal Touch Banking. It's the business philosophy that allows even encourages our employees to get involved and to take a genuine interest in our customers. After all, banking is pretty much a personal service business. Working with people and helping with their problems is why we got into banking in the first place. IT IT T -fl-tf Nimer, Lynn 30, 1975. The figure Is derived from reports made by Division conservation officers and State Highway Department maintenance mainten-ance crews who pick up the animals. ani-mals. The number of mortalities is up from the same period between be-tween 1973 and 1974 when 941 deer were killed, but down notably from the other years that records were kept. In 1970-71, 1,682 deer highway deaths were reported. The figure in 1971-72 1971-72 was 1.584 and in 1972-73 was 1,772. Drobnick said the Four meet left) Brian wai&er Nimer, and Ryan Liddiard. decrease in 1973-74 was mainly a result of the reduced maximum max-imum highway speed to 55 m.p.h. The Division is. looking at solutions sol-utions to the deer highway mortality mor-tality problem. An underpass south of Santaquin built to enable en-able deer to migrate across the highway on their historical trail proved satisfactory during the 1974-75 winter," said Drobnick. "Several additional crossing structures between Santaquin and Mona will be monitored alongwith the Santaquin underpass this winter win-ter to determine deer use." : ami |