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Show New Utahl (Lehi Edition) - Wednesday, August 19, 1998 - 12 Page Reminders given for Harvest Info. Program By Brian Brinkerhoff Outdoors Correspondent How can you tell if you're hip? In the '50s, beatniks were hip. In the '60s, hippies were hip. If you feel like your chance to be hip had passed you by, upland game hunters will be relieved to find out that an opportunity awaits them before they head afield this fall. To improve accurate reporting about the harvest of migratory game birds, the Division of Wildlife Resources will cooperate with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in implementing the Migratory Game Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP), starting with the 1998 99 hunting seasons. Mark Hadley, Media Relations coordinator for Division of Wildlife Resources, reported that the program's purpose is to improve management of the nation's migratory game bird populations by collecting better information on hunter participation and harvest. Many other states are already participating in the program, with all states to be phased in this year. Beginning Sept. 1, 1998, anyone hunting mourning doves, pigeons, sandhill cranes, swans, geese, ducks, coots or snipe must be registered in the HIP program. Although there is no charge to register, while afield, migratory game bird hunters will be required to prove that they have registered in the HIP program by presenting their hunting license with their HIP number written on it. Hunters may register early for the program by calling -- band-taile- d providing their 1998 hunting license number and license code key, name, address, date of birth and the approximate number of doves, ducks and geese they harvested in 1997. Hunters will then be given a HIP registration number they must write in the space provid- ed on their license. Lifetime license holders will be provided a sticker to attach to the back of their license card for entry of the current season's HIP number. Some hunters will receive a diary in the mail to keep track of their effort and offered for participants will be asked to return it to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service after the season. Hadley added that this information will be used to estimate hunter activity and success. Improved harvest information will allow Utah and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to By Brian Brinkerhoff Outdoors Correspondent Many Utah hunters are now making last minute preparations for the August Archery Hunt opener and counting the days until this popular big game season begins. Although Utah's archery hunt may be one of its safest, with only one recorded death of a hunter during the hunt's history, Lenny Rees, Hunter Education Program Coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources, provides the several tips and suggestions for archers, preparing to go afield follow-u- p harvest during the year and make better management deci- sions. The HIP registration number is much like a duck stamp, in that it is valid for the entire 1998 - 99 waterfowl hunting season, even though you need a new hunting license each January. For example, if you are hunting ducks in January 1999 you will need a new 1999 hunting license, but your HIP number from the fall of 1998 is still valid. The Division advises hunters to carry both their new 1999 hunting license and their 1998 hunting license with the HIP number written on it during the January portion of the season. Aug. 22. Rees said most accidents involve two practices hunters being unsafe in tree stands and hunters having arrows out of their quiver when they shouldn't. He recommends the following: Make sure your tree stand is large enough to hold your weight. Attach a safety line immediately after climbing into your stand and use portable stands, rather than constructing a permanent one, which will deteriorate over time, are unsightly, and damage the tree. "Keep your arrows in your quiver, until you're ready to shoot," Most archery hunt accidents result from archers jabbing themselves, while carrying arrows in their hand (which should be in the quiver). Check your equipment to ensure that laminations are not flaking or separating, that your strings are not fraying, and that the pulleys and cables on compound bows are working properly. Check to ensure that the equipment used is matched for example that your bow's draw matches the arrow's spline. Rees noted that arrows often fly off target if the bow's draw weight produces more force than the arrow is capable of handling. s When sharpening to razor sharpness, be careful not to cut yourself. Practice as much as possible to improve chances of a clean kill. Obtain permission from landowners before hunting on Hunters must register again in the fall of 1999 for the 1999- 2000 season and write their new HIP registration number on their 1999 license. routes was 52 percent down from 1997 and the number of doves observed along routes was down 51 percent. Colder and wetter than normal spring weather may have slowed the migration of mourning doves this year and delayed breeding efforts. Utah averages more than 22,000 dove hunters, who harvest slightly more than 200,000 mourning doves each year. Because of the weekday, non-holid- start, fewer hunters are expected afield for the 1998 opener than were afield for last year's opener. Persistent hot weather the spot where you last saw the animal and find your arrow to see if there's blood on it. If there is, determine the direction the animal last took. If you have a compass, take a reading of the animal's direction, then wait 30 minutes before tracking it. Hunters who track an animal too soon, often spook it into running. Most shot deer will be found dead by the hunter at a reasonable distance, if the hunter waits 30 minutes before beginning to go to track it." While tracking the animal, check for blood on the ground and on nearby brush. Mark the trail with biodegradable paper on the last blood spot seen, if the trail becomes faint. This marker serves as a starting point, which allows you to search in a circular pattern from the paper, as you search for additional blood. Several markers along known blood spots can help hunters better visualize the animal's direction. Once your game has been located, field dress and cool meat quickly to preserve it's quality. Many archery hunters often lose some of their prized meat due to spoilage in this warm weather. Use game bags to help keep flies off the meat. Automatic Scorinq! 1 E. 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For more information, or to volunteer for the event, call the Doug Miller Hotline at 12704 The Kawasaki Prairie 400 4x4 ATV Magazine called it 1997 "ATV of the Year." And now the Prairie is available in drive, too. Making it our next automatic success. Check out both today. Down, FOR learn about horses for casting, elk and Dutch Balloon rides oven cooking. will be available for those who Participants can properly packing extended trips, fly and duck calling, broad-head- across northern Utah between now and Sept. 1 would keep doves in the state, but low pressure weather patterns will move mourning doves south before the Sept. 1 opener. Division biologists also have OR CHOOSE races. Hot Sandwiches 7 g Jill 2 mu " """' Super Family Fun! Clean. Smoke Free w and Polaris. Another track is available to test the newest Jeeps and sport utility vehicles. Other events include an archery range, Park's Sportsman's "Big Daddy" ski and snowboard sale, a mountain bike track, bluegrass music, and snowmobile grass drag By Brian Brinkerhoff Outdoors Correspondent Outdoor toys will be available for big boys and girls to as the play with August second annual Doug Miller Outdoors Expo is conducted at the Utah State Fair Park, allowing recreationists to try the newest outdoor equipment before they buy it. Miller reported, This is an Outdoors Expo like it should be... it's outdoors. We are extremely excited to bring this expo to the state. Utah, and the west has so much to offer to all kinds of outdoor enthusiasts. This four day event will feature outdoor equipment from many of the top outdoor manufacturers, retailers, and providers of outdoor entertainment and fun.'' Activities at the event will include a kid's fishing pond, sponsored by the Division of Wildlife Resources, a rock climbing wall, and an ATV course, sending riders through various terrains, including a ATVs available mud bog. include those provided by Honda, Yamaha, Arctic Cat, 19-2- Archery deer hunt tips Shiftless. And Proud O Toys for The Lehi High School football team will be operating a car wash and concession stand this Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Lehi Albertson's across from the flour mill to raise funds for the team. The cost is $4 per car, $6 with vacuuming included. Hot dogs will be available at two for $1 and soft drinks will be 50 cents. Team members will be on hand from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Utah dove hunt starts It is that time again, when upland game hunters dust off their shotguns and head out for some exciting mourning dove hunting. On Tuesday, September 1, upland game hunting will once again be underway in Utah. Dean Mitchell, Upland .Game Coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources, reports that spring weather during nesting seasons has been unpredictable this year. Early spring rains stimulated a vigorous growth of grasses and forbs, important to many game birds during their reproductive period. Lush herbaceous cover provides ideal nesting conditions, plenty of hiding cover for broods and an abundance of insects, necessary for food. Chick survival has been negatively affected .however, by rain, colder temperatures and even five inches of snow during the first weeks of June. Data collected by the Division of Wildlife Resources indicates mourning dove breeding populations in Utah were down notably this year compared to 1997. From 15 dove "call count" survey routes conducted statewide this past May, the number of doves heard along grownups to be showcased this weekend at Utah State fairgrounds Pioneer football team sponsoring car wash and concession stand :4 |