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Show Page 8 '3H dice? c:n:!l:c3 ci Cr.:rc-w'c-d gcncTdl c?cc7 cccrea t 'Etme2-(Neu- bzTz Nephi, Utah s Hunters afield for the opening high and scattered, Cornicelli Cornicelli said. of Utahs 1998 general season said. Northern Region hunters will buck deer hunt October 17 A wet summer resulted in an find check stations in the followshould find increased numbers of abundance of water in the re- ing areas: deer awaiting them through gion, spreading deer out over a Snowville in Box Elder Counmost of the state. large area. Advanced scouting, to ty Deer numbers are stable, or locate areas deer are using, is Logan Canyon and Blackare increasing, throughout extremely important to hunter smiths Fork Canyon in Cache Utah," said Mike Welch, big success this year. County Cornicelli suggests locating Pineview Reservoir in Weber game coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources. travel lanes, bedding areas, and County Welch credits stable and in- actively used water holes. The Mountain Green rest Hunters need to spend time in area in Morgan County creasing numbers of deer to a Silver Creek Junction in relatively mild winter through the field and learn where the most of the state, which result- deer are moving, Cornicelli said. Summit County ed in good fawn survival. A wet Dont rely on a traditional area Cornicelli also provides huntspring also provided good forage, unless that area has paid off dur- ers the following reminders: "all Division Wildlife Manageallowing lactating does with ing a year when conditions are newborn fawns to remain in good similar to what we have this ment Units in the region are nutritional condition. closed to motorized vehicles. year. The only management unit Hunters should find increased "some U.S. Forest Service arIm aware of, that experienced a numbers of deer on all the re- eas are closed to the use of vehicles. Contact the significant winter loss of fawns, gions units except the Cache was the Cache Unit (in northern Unit, where a harsh, late winter U.S. Forest Service ranger disresulted in 50 percent of its trict office that manages the area Utah), Welch said. More than 80,000 hunters are fawns being lost. youll be hunting, to learn restricThe winter was late enough tions. expected afield for the 1998 hunt, which runs October "for your safety, when afield In that we lost almost no adult deer d of Utahs on the unit, so hunters can ex- make sure youre wearing a min1997, almost general season hunters were suc- pect to find a higher proportion imum of 400 square inches of cessful in bagging a buck. of older deer there, Cornicelli hunter orange material on you Welch reminds those going said. Overall, though, deer num- head, chest and back. afield that written permission is bers on the unit are down from Central Region Deer numbers have increased required to access private lands last year. and that hunters need to be careOn the Box Elder Unit the through most of the Central Reful with fires as fire danger is regions unit with the most pub- gion and hunters should enjoy a high, due to increased amounts lic land Cornicelli reports min- good hunt this year, weather perof vegetation brought about by imal deer loss from this past win- mitting. As always, hunter success will heavy precipitation earlier this ter and that hunters should expect to see decent numbers of depend a great deal on the year. Those who havent purchased young bucks. weather that occurs during the Because of a 50 to 60 percent deer hunt, said Bruce Giunta, a permit to hunt in the Divisions Northern, Central or Northeast- fawn loss two winters ago, hunt- Central Region wildlife managern regions may still do so, as ers should not expect to see a lot er. Weather really affects access permits are still available from of mature bucks on the unit, he license to said. areas and the success various statewide agents hunting and Division offices in Ogden, Hunters should find good num- hunters find, he said. Salt Lake City, Springville, Ver- bers of deer on all of the regions If it doesnt rain or snow huntnal, Price and Cedar City. remaining units, all of which ers should enjoy good success in Permits to hunt in the Divi- enjoyed a good fawn crop two the Central Region, where more sions Southeastern and South- years ago and experienced mini- than 17,000 hunted during the mal deer loss this year. ern regions have sold out. general season last year. Almost A buck deer hunting forecast Hunters are reminded that 4,900 deer were taken in 1997, for each of the Divisions five re- with the exception of the North for a success rate of 29 percent. gions follows: Slope of the Uintas, all of the reOverall, deer herds in the are areas of the region mountainous in units the Northern Region maining region While deer populations are up on private property and hunters located east of are doing on all of the regions units but must obtain written permission quite well, Giunta said. Were one, advanced scouting and from landowners prior to hunt- seeing good growth in the herds snowfall in higher elevations will ing. and many of them are approachbe important to hunter success Cornicelli also encourages ing management objectives. this year, said Lou Cornicelli, hunters who take a deer, to stop The growth of deer herds in Northern Region wildlife manag- at one of the regions many deer areas of the region west of er. check stations, where Division has been slower. Last year 27 percent of those biologists will check the weight, Growth in deer numbers on who hunted the Northern Region determine the age, take antler the desert mountain ranges west has been less favorable, during the general season were measurements and check the of successful, with more than overall body condition of their with the Oquirrh Mountain herd 22,600 hunters taking more than animal. perhaps being the best of the lot, These check stations allow us Giunta said. Last winter we saw 6,000 deer. If we receive some good snow- to collect important biological a pretty good bump in that popfall up high the deer will move data that allow us to better man- ulation. Weve seen steady growth down, but right now theyre still age northern Utahs deer herds, . in 17-2- 5. one-thir- o C:Lrr:c?3 cCc!!:c7 E57 Wednesday, October 7, 1998 increase their success. Choose an area, learn it well, and stick with it year after year, Cranney advises. The more you know a piece of real estate, the better your chances of consistently finding deer." One concern Cranney has for general season hunters is them getting lost, especially if theyre hunting a new area that isnt familiar to them. Even the old, veteran hunters since the low point was reached in 1993, Giunta said of deer herds in the region. Each and every year since then weve seen slow but reasonably steady growth, and we believe there are few more deer this year than were present in 1997. can get turned around when Three reminders for those storms move in that cut down hunting the region: he said. visibility, "the Vernon Unit remains Cranney strongly encourages closed to hunting. hunters to let someone at home "those hunting the Wasatch and know where theyre Plateau (Manti Mountain) in going,camp and when they plan to reSanpete County must have a turn. Southeastern Region deer permit He also has two other remindto hunt the area. A Central Re- ers for those hunting the region gion permit is needed to hunt this year: elsewhere in Sanpete County. "in an effort to help deer herds "that portion of the Wasatch in the Book Cliffs recover, the Mountains management unit lo- Book Cliffs Unit remains closed cated in Salt Lake County, to hunting. known as the Wasatch Front ex"a substantial amount of land tended archery area, is an ar- in the Uintah Basin is Ute tribal chery only, hunters choice hunt- land and is not open to public ing unit. Any deer archery per- hunting. Hunters are encourmit, regardless of region, is val- aged to obtain maps, available id there. The hunt in the Wa- from Division offices, to learn satch Front extended archery Ute tribal boundaries. area runs through December 13. Southeastern Region Northeastern Region Fair deer hunting is expected A fairly mild winter in the Uin- in the Divisions Southeastern tah Basin should result in Norththis season. eastern Region hunters finding Region Weve seen slight improveincreased numbers of deer as ment in the regions deer herds, they take to the field Oct. 17. said Jim Karpowitz, SoutheastOur survival rates were good ern Region wildlife manager. All (this year), said Steve Cranney, units are below harvest objecNortheastern Region wildlife tives, but are improving. manager. We definitely had a Last year 35 percent of Southgood carryover of fawns and oth- eastern Region general season er age classes of deer. Well cer- hunters were successful in taktainly see more yearling bucks ing a deer, with more than 10,900 than we did last year. hunters taking more than 3,800 We should have a good hunt deer. this year, Cranney said. As or slightly better Last year Northeastern Region huntergood, is expected this success, general season deer hunters en- year. joyed a 29 percent success rate, Buckdoe ratios are pretty conas more than 11,700 hunters sistent across the regions genertook almost 3,400 deer. al season units, which include Cranney said those hunting on the Manti, Range Creek, San the South Slope and Currant Rafael, LaSal Mountains and Creek units should find good sucAbajo Mountains. Although the cess this year. units fall below the Deer populations in Daggett regions n statewide objective County are still lower than wed of 15 bucks100 does, each unit like to see, Cranney said of pros- is improving. pects in that area. For the first time in several He also said the deer populathe north part of the reyears, tion on the Avintaquin Unit was gion should be as good or better somewhat stagnant, and deer than the south part of the relower numbers there would gion, Karpowitz said. than some of the other Units. For years the Abajo and LaSal The regions final unit open to Mountains had been the shining hunting, the Anthro Unit, is stars of the regions deer units. more of a desert unit. It doesnt Thanks to reproduchave a lot of summer range and tive successincreasing and recruitment of doesnt hold a lot of deer. animals into the herd, the Hunters who know the Anthro young Unit often do quite well, though, which is exactly the advice Cranney has for hunters looking to post-seaso- Manti deer herd on the Wasatch Plateau is on the rebound and should provide some of the best hunting in the region. . Hunters are reminded that the Book Cliffs and Henry Mountains uni ts remain closed to deer 1 hunting during the 1998 deer seasons. Elk Ridge and the Do--j lores Triangle may be hunted only by limited entry permit f holders. , on the San herd deer Also, the Rafael unit is limited mostly to agricultural land in westerp Emery County, which is private property and accessible only to those with permission to trespass. '! Southern Region A mild winter resulted m almost no fawn loss on any pf the regions units and gopd numbers of deer should await hunters ' October 17. In 1997, 31 percent ofthe more than 19,1100 hunters who hunt- ed the popular pgion took a buck during the general season hunt. Almost 6,000 deer were harvested. ' , ; -h ; These are the best water distribution and range conditions Ive seen in years," Jeff Grandi-soSouthern Region Wildlife n, manager said of conditions in the region this year. Theres food and water for deer everywhere, he said. While these conditions have helped Southern Region deer numbers increase, they also may make it tough to locate deerl Scouting is going td be at a premium this year, because the n deer are really scattered, said. He recommends hunters scout in advance and that they begin their scouting efforts in areas where they have typically found deer in the past. Scouting an area youre familiar with is better than going into an area blind, hoping to ind them, he said. One item hunters may wish to look for are good numbers of acorns," which Grandison said will only be foupd at certain, elevations this year. We have a really good acorn crop down low but not a good crop up high, he said. The deer will probably be on those acorn crpps, about the time of the hunt. ' ' Grandison said the mild winter resulted in the best fiamn survival in the region in a wuji 9 years. I would expect to see a few more yearling bucks in the harvest than weve seen the past couple of years, he said. 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