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Show Page 10 - THE HERALD. Provo. Utah, Him' HUNTING, Wednesday, September 26, 1990 7T K aV '.T-rTK- m iff o Red Butte restrictions explained by officials I "One-hundrfifty hunters will be allowed in the Red Butte Research Natural Area to hunt deer this season. The hunt is used as a management tool in an effort to maintain the near natural condition of the area," says Michael Sieg, Salt Uke District Ranger. The Salt Lake Ranger District, el Wasatch-Cach- National Forest, e will be allowing motorized access, on a limited basis, into Red Butte Canyon for the purpose of deer hunting during the general season. The hunt will be from Oct. 20-3- 0, 1990. Although an unrestricted number of hunters have been allowed to walk into Red Butte in previous years, last year was the first time motorized vehicles had been allowed in the canyon. Only hunters whose names are drawn will be allowed to enter Red Butte. Hunters must follow additional restrictions in order to protect the resources and research equipment in the area. The Forest Service will allow vehicles on the main canyon road only. vehicles, such as deer carts or wagons, will be allowed to transport harvested game to the main road. Camping, horses, and fires will not be allowed. If bad weather occurs, the gate will be closed and locked for resource protection and public safety. In order to hunt in Red Butte Canyon, hunters must complete applications for the draw system. There will be 5Q0 applications available on a first come basis beginning Sept. 27 and will be accepted until Oct. 9. Applications can be obtained at either: Salt Lake Ranger District Office, 6944 South and 30th East, Salt Lake p.m.) City, Utah (hours 8 a.m.-4:3- 0 or Wasatch-Cach- e Monday-Frida- y National Forest, Supervisor's Office, Federal Building, Room 8103, 125 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah (hours 7:30 a.m.-- 5 p.m.) Monday-Frida- y. Applicants must have both a valid Utah Big Game License and a Salt Lake County Big Game Hunting Permit. Applications must be made in person. Come in and see our NEW line of EMERALD WHIRLPOOL SPAS and register to WIN A TRIP FOR 2 to the at this deer and one's arrest by the Division Take aim and fire of Wildlife Resources won't be simulated. John BAHAMAS Photo purchase necessary See Clear Springs for tull details. No has come up with unique tool a deer that stands there and poses DWR By JOHN BEST Herald Correspondent . One of the first and most important rules taught in hunter safety programs is, "Be sure of your target." Apparently not many Utahn's are learning that lesson. The Division of Wildlife Resources is catching many greedy hunters who shoot illegally at the Division's deer simulator, a lifelike mounted deer used to catch illegal hunters. The poor sportsmahunters can't be very n-type sure of their target if they are popping away at a stuffed deer, violating four or five laws at a time. Karen Green, conservation officer for the Central Region, says the deer simulator program has been used in the central region for three years now. In those three years 25 arrests have been made for various violations including shooting after legal hours, shooting from a road, shooting from a vehicle, using illegal weapons and ; shooting out of season. Each of these violations has cost the crimior is that "deerly?" nals dearly Anyway its cost them big bucks or is it dollars? The average fines are from $300 to $1000 and confiscation of equipment. The deer simulator program is simple. The stuffed deer is placed along a road, where hunters can see it. The deer is only put out after dark, or during the daylight only after deer season. The deer simulator is only put out when it's illegal to shoot for one or more reasons. Several officers sit and watch the deer, and usually they don't have to wait long. It's all right to stop and look, but when the spotlights and guns come out so do Green and other officers. Green says, "It's really opened my eyes to the type of hunters in Utah. It has proven to us how many Utah hunters are unethical. to It's also very not sportsman-lik- e blind a deer with lights and stick him with an arrow or shoot him with a gun. "We've found that most hunters won't shoot at the simulator out of season. But during the season it seems most hunters will take a deer any way they can regardless of ethics. It is scary when you think of the number of people who will shoot at a deer in the dark. It means a lot of deer will be taken illegally and a lot will be wounded and left because it's impossible to track them in the dark," says Green. The violations that illegal hunters can be charged with are Class A or ass B misdemeanors, depending on the circumstances. Most of the accused plead guilty. If it does go to court the DWR has had good support from the judges. Several of the accused have pleaded entrapment with the deer simulator program. But according to Green the judges have ruled that out because all the DWR has done is provide the deer. All the options are up to the hunter. The hunter decides where, when and if they should shoot. The program does have some drawbacks. One night last rifle season it was so busy with anxious hunters shooting at the deer, cars lined up. That night three tickets were issued and more could have been, except many hunters left when they saw cars lining up. Register thru Oct. 27, 1990. "This year during the archery season one truckload of hunters was going so fast they passed the deer. They drove down the road and turned around right by our marked truck and came back and shot the deer. It seems like they get so excited they get tunnel visioin and can think of nothing but shooting the deer," says Green. Other regions are also picking up on the deer simulator program and find success in cracking down on illegal hunters. Perhaps the only thing that could make this program better is if trie DWR could paint a bulls eye on the deer. Green says hunters get so excited, that many of them miss the deer. tlllMIl in Si Ike. The Scout Carbine is modeled Herald Correspondent after a lever action rifle but there Thompson Center (TC) has been one of the leading weapons manufacturers for many years. Their TC Hunter pistol has taken game from every continent in the world. For the past several years, TC has made the Contender Carbine, a single shot carbine available in 13 calibers from 22 long rifle to 0 Government. TC is best known for their black powder muzzle loading weapons. 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