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Show 2B SUNDAY HERALD' Season Forecast For '62 Big H unting By LaVar JVARE Following is a summary of the ; hunts: various Supervisor of Central Region Office State Fish and Game Department Mourning Doves huntIt looks like another "big Because the Mourning Doves are ing season ahead for Utah's sports- migratory birds and travel through ' men. several states, it is necessary that " Km' l. Willi iidw they be controlled by the Federal Government as well as by the states. Due to the recent cold weather, doves are beginning the migration and have left the Northern Utah area. Opening day hunt-ter- s found many doves in the Ce- dar area, Elberta le VaUey-Tickvil- in Utah County, with a good "population in the Ferner Valley-an- d Dog Vdley areas of Juab County. fully worked out and as many as 15,346 chukars have been reared and released in one year from the "state's game' farms in Price and Springville. The Chukar Partridge preferthe dry,, rocky foothill country. Local populations are found in the area immediately east of Pfbvq4 and Springville, Goshen, Lake Mountain, and the Tickville area west of Camp Williams. Hunting season for partridge started September 15 and will close on November 15 for the entire Chukar and Partridge The chukar is a relatively new bird in Utah. Since the first release in 1951, 124,000 have been released. The original brood stock date. Next to the fishing opener, Utah's greatest exodus was obtained from Asia. PropaShootable populations of Hungarto the hills comes with the start of the general deer hunt gating methods have been success ian Partridge are found in Box which annually occurs Saturday, on or nearest to Oct. 20. There will be this year as some 160,000 or more of us go Afield Oct. 20. We'll scatter near and far to the distant mountain country where fishing and other activities find few of us going at other seasons. , This is as it should be in this memorable pursuit of man and beast which was underway long before the day of recorded history. And this is the trophy big game hunt for most Americans as the Several million deer in the Nation yearly become the prime big game target for most of us. s Time was, and not too Casey Bown v ago, when the deer hunter first, looked for tracks and then sought the buckskin making them. Under good management and ecological changes the deer came back and today the average gunner is unhappy if he doesn't see numbers of deer each day in the hills. We in Utah are especially fortunate as we annually take one of the highest harvests and at least 2'out of 3 of us bring home a buckskin. : Fortunate too, that we have the mule deer of this family which are accounted generally the largest of the three most common deer to our nation. The black tail deer of the Pacific rain forests and the white tail ..which is by far the most populous nationwide are not found here in Utah, occasional reports to the contrary. A dozen years ago we legislated the law, allowing either sex deer hunting. And because we'd made the doe something of a "sacred cow" with long years of buck only hunting, much alarm was expressed that we'd do away with the deer herds. Actually, the reverse has been true and we have healthier deer herds in comparable numbers to their high population point in most units. For deer reproduce rapidly, some 35 per cent or more per year, they are polygamous and fawns are bora in equal ratio of sex regardless of Elder and Tooele County. The Hungarian is a small, rusty brown partridge and an excellent game bird. Small populations have been reported in .Wasatch County., -- Grouse This year, for the first time, the entire state was open for hunting grouse .Sage Grouse season was two days only September 15 and j 16 with Forest Jrouse from September 1 in northern counties. It is necessary to obtain a grouse stamp to participate in this 15-2- hunt. Grouse populaThe large-Sa- ge tions are found in the expansive (See OUTSTANDING Page 4B) . n SHOP AT YOUR CONVENIENT B.F.GOODRICH STORE 423 West 12th North Provo Prfone FR - -:- 3-67- 15 : many-decade- I i Tl RES HIGH TREADS ;:) , JieriLcompMitiojiJ3iusi waste and in the wasting take the feedso limited on most winter ranges where the key to herd management is found. Our deer season this year promises to be a good one again. Winter losses were few, spring forage good. Given some storm to settle the dust and freshen the feed between now and hunting time it could be one of the best years. Last year's harvest was a plus 132,000 animals. Whether it exceeds that figure this year will depend primarily on weather the opening weekend. For we are weekend hunters and the record shows upwards of 60 per cent of our kill is made that opening weekend. There is good hunting nearby by home in Utah where-eve- r we live. Maybe this is accountable for one of'the game management problems, namely, getting the gunner further afield to some of our bigger herd units. Time permitting and if you are thinking of a change in deer hunting territory, try the Raft River Mts. Country in Northwestern Utah, the La Sal, the San Juan, Boulder, Henrys, Kaipar-owit- s, or some of the desert ranges like the Indian Peaks or the Deep Creeks. However, barring a pack trip into the rougher country, there'll becompany wherever we go and more of it with the passing years. Little is left of outdoor isolation, what with more roads, four wheel and other power vehicu- Jar travel. This probably accounts for several things jo include actual better hunting for the average gunner and certainly a more equitable deer harvest, There are still those who'll contendTthat deer hunting is cruel, needless activity. Only comment from your scribbler is that these same people are unwilling to recognize an age old way of life nor the fact that deer are their own worst enemies as it relates to eating themselves out of house and home. Cruelty really reaches its peak comes the tough winter when" herds are out of balance with the limited winter range. Besides, here is a fine edible meat when properly cared for and here is the finest season of the outdoor year when the mention: of buckskin triggers a quickening of the pulse, recalls memories always to be lived in pleasure and forecasts good fellowship and fun so traditional carefully 1 Qrxi N IffVoJlioJ J!ylgMiT!f.lr'',f' ' " $OY selected .used tire lill Pll ''n plenty of deep, .,: ' " Casey , . ,. 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