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Show I Wednesday, Nephi, Utah August 18, 1999 Youth coccor cign-up- o 2 lot August and are girls, ages Boys encouraged to sign up for Nephf will City Youth Soccer. Sign-up- s take place Saturday, Aug. 21, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Old Gym in Nephi. Playing season will run 4-1- 5, Registration fees are $25.00 for and $30.00 for players age players age For more information, call Wil4-- 9, 10-1- 3. liam or Cheryl Motes at 623-224- 8. Avoid tomato tantruma You've nurtured your tomatoes like a dog pound puppy all summer. Then when you go out to pick the first one, you discover, to your dismay, a brown, leathery, sunken area that looks like rot on the blossom end of the fruit "Dont scream, pout or pull the plant out by the roots, says Jerry Goodspeed, Utah State University Extension horticultural-is- t "Simply throw that particular fruit out and wait another Utah's archery hunt may be one of its safest, with only one recorded death ofa hunter during the hunts history. But while only one death has occurred during Utahs archery hunts, there have been numerous instances of hunters hurting themselves. Most of the injuries during the archery hunt are said Lenny Rees, hunter education coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Reself-inflicte- sources. Rees said most accidents involve two practices hunters being unsafe in tree stands and hunters having arrows out of their quiver when they shouldnt. Rees provides tips on how hunters heading afield for the Aug. 21 opening of Utahs archery deer hunt can avoid these accidents: 1) tree stands hunters should make sure the tree is large enough to hold their weight. After climbing into the tree stand, the first thing a hunter should do is attach his or her safety line. Rees also recommends using a portable tree stand, rather than constructing a "permanent one. Permanent tree stands have a tendency to deteriorate and, over time, become unsafe," he said. They are unsightly, too, and a person damages the tree by putting nails in it. 2) "Keep your arrows in a hooded quiver that covers the broad-headuntil youre ready to shoot, Rees said. One of the most common accidents during the archery hunts involves archers jabbing themselves or hunters walking close to them, while carrying arrows in their hand that should be in their s, Rees also provides tips on prep- arations to make before the season, safety items to remember while in the field and tips on tracking animals and preserving meat 1) preparation a. equipment checks make sure laminations are not flaking or separating, that strings are not fraying and that the pulleys and cables on compound bows are in good working order. Also, be sure your equipment is matched, that your arrows Page 7 ground but the brush, too. If you begin to lose the trail tie a piece of biodegradable paper on the last spot you see and then search for the trail, walkAuthorization and the proper ing a circular pattern out from permit for the area you wish to the paper. The paper will serve hunt Know the boundaries of sis a marker, letting you know the region youll hunt in and where you started from. Also, tying paper at the lowhere that regions limited enof the last three or four cations areas are. hunt try 2) before releasing your arrow, spots you see, and then standbe sure of your target and whats ing a distance away and looking at the paper trail, is a techbeyond it. nique that will help you visu3) after the shot a. watch the animal and deter- alize the direction the animal mine the direction it took. Then last took. c. once youve located your go to the spot where you last saw the animal and find your arrow, animal, make sure its dead. to see if theres blood on it. If You can do this by determinthere is, and if you have a com- ing if its eyes are open. If pass, take a reading of the direc- theyre not, the animal probamuch as possible. d. obtain permission from private landowners, before hunting on their property. e. obtain your Wildlife Habitat spline (the stiffness of the arrows shaft) matches your bows draw weight. If your bows draw tion the animal went. Then wait weight produces more force than 30 minutes before it. your arrow is designed to han- Hunters who track antracking too animal dle, your arrow will likely fly off soon can spook it into running. target b. broadhead sharpening be Most deer shot will be found dead careful to not cut yourself while by the hunter at a reasonable quiver. State law requires that arrows sharpening broadheads. Your distance, if the hunter waits 30 be cased while in or on a vehicle. broadheads should be razor minutes before beginning to While outside the vehicle, its left sharp but dont hurt yourself in track it. b. when tracking an animal, the process. up to hunters to protect look for blood not only on the c. practice your shooting as 1999 mourning dove and band-taile- d seasons begin September 1st Mourning dove hunters will f Utah's fall 1999 upland game hunting seasons on Wednesday, Sept. 1. The same number of hunters as last year are expected afield for the 1999 weekday opener. Utah has averaged some 22,000 plus hunters, who have harvested just more than 200,000 mourning doves each year. In 1998, 18,030 dove hunters harvested 160,014 doves during the y season. Based on data collected by the Division of Wildlife Resources from 15 dove "call count survey routes statewide this past May, mourning dove breeding populations in Utah were up measurably this year compared to 1998. The number of doves heard along routes was up 96 percent from '1998 and the numbeT of doves observed along routes was up 60 percent. Persistent hot weather across northern Utah between now and Sept. 1 will keep doves in the state. However, as seems to be the case every year, if low pressure weather patterns arrive that drop temperatures, mourning doves will begin moving south before the Sept 1 opener. Division biologists have also learned that regardless of what the weather does, some mourning doves begin to leave Utah about the first week in August. These birds begin their annual southward migration based on the photo period or length of the day. As daylight wanes in the fall, doves are stimulated to move to their wintering areas in Mexico and Central America. The Division is prohibited by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act isnt bly dead. If they are, touch one of the eyes with a long stick that will keep you out of harms way. Once the animal is dead, field dress and cool the meat immediately. The warm weather that nor- mally accompanies the ar- chery hunt can cause meat to spoil quickly. Keep flies off as well. pigeon areas with wheatstubble, com, which to mail wings in. Wings Game Proclamation. A random oats, sunflower and all kinds of from pigeons help biologists de- sample of hunters will be surripen. This is a simple case of weeds. termine sex and age structures, veyed at the end of the upland blossom-en- d rot (BER). TomaAfter feeding, doves pick up as well as reproductive success- game seasons to determine statetoes, squash, peppers, eggplants band-taile- d wide harvest levels for each upgrit along gravel roadways and es in the and melons are all vulnerable to land game species. Accurate water. middle The to then fly pigeon population. this problem. The good news is enare hunters information is essential to is of the loafing day spent game Upland part that normally only the first few Look for couraged to keep track of their the survey and the harvest trees. and in roosting fruits to ripen are damaged." doves roosting in dead trees dur- harvest and days afield using the igcord provides a convenient way Blossom-en- d rot is technically harvest record provided on page to track and report this ing these times. physiological disorder brought 19 of the 1999-200- 0 not law, U Although by required Upland on by a calcium deficiency in the idea to a wear hunter its good young fruit, Goodspeed explains. , orange during the first week of Although it is a calcium problem, the mourning dove hunt. Ball it is mostly related to water imand vests in hunter orange year. caps balances and stress in the plant. Some of Utahs most prosper- help tremendously in reducing Blossom-en- d rot can be a probGive your college student a subsciption to ous dove hunting occurs in the the chance ofa firearms accident lem when the weather is hot and southern part of the state. 5 while afield with many other Call The Times-New- s today! something interferes with the seadove 1999 The hunters. mourning classmates and with in them touch to and take family! Keep ability up plants son will remain open through Utahs 1999 band-taile- d pigeon move calcium into the fruit Sept. 30. Bag and possession lim- season also begins Sept 1. Problems arise when the roots its will be 10 and 20 respectiveHunters should plan on spendare damaged or there are excestime in the coniferous forests ; ly. sJ. ing ,4. sive salts in the soil, which can ; southern Utah for this native of dove and Mourning ferinclude an of band-taile- d are hunters pigeon migrant Although most common tilizer, he says. Hot weather inreminded must in woodlands from the Pine Valthat registhey creases the incidence of BER, as the federal ter in ley Mountains in the west to the Migratory well as fluctuations in the water. Game Bird Harvest Information LaSal and Blue Mountains in the Some varieties are also more susProgram (HIP) before going east scattered sightings of these ceptible than others. afield for these two migratory birds hint that they may be pioControlling BER can be as simDove and pigeon hunt- neering into preferred habitats species. freple as reducing the watering ers should pay close attention to in the central part of Utah. quency, Goodspeed says. Do not HIP registration details in the In 1999, bag and possession tomatoes, especially 0 Game for band-tail- s will be five limits Utah Upland in day and heavy soils. A good re10 Proclamation. and respectively. The season Registration mulch around the plant helps quirements, and the process for closes Sept 30, the same day the reduce water loss due to evapoobtaining a HIP number, are de- mourning dove season closes. ration and keeps the moisture Band-taile- d scribed on page 7 of the proclapigeons are the level a bit more consistent in mation. Utah with yellow only pigeons roots. Water deeply around the To be most effective during the legs and feet Feral pigeons have and infrequently. season, hunters should keep in red legs and feet Another cultural practice that mind the daily activity routine of Hunters are encouraged to conhelps reduce the likelihood of n doves. duct scouting for BER is avoiding band-tailfeed birds The Locate areas that normally early he adds. Most tomatoes in the and late birds and note in in are morning again feeding should only be fertilized at the from the areas movements are their day. Typical feeding feeding time of planting. Excessive for small grain crop fields and weedy areas to midday roosting and tilizer builds up in the soil and patches. Doves are almost exclu- loafing areas. adds to the salt content. sively seed eaters. They prefer Pigeons prefer foods such as "Also, try to avoid damaging or buds, acorns, berries, seeds pine injuring the roots," Goodspeed some pine needles. Flight and weeds next to to the "Roots can be BER, growing says. vegetables susceptible damaged- nasty while weeding with a hoe or cul- - plant A good mulch not only will peppers, melons, squash and paths can be intercepted. In addition to the HIP registrativating too deeply around the reduce water loss, but it also re- even eggplants, can be helped by tion, pigeon hunters are required duces effecweed other methods the same The that are growth. plants. Simply pull out those tive on tomatoes. Of course, in to drop by any Division office and a free permit prior to the case of eggplants, nobody re- pick up band-tailThe permit hunting ally cares. Other problems tomatoes expe- allows Division biologists to conrience this time of the year are tact pigeon hunters to collect more information about Utahs slugs, snails and the dreaded to- band-taile- d pigeon population. ! mato hornworm, Goodspeed . who take birds hunters Pigeon tomalike and snails says. Slugs are to encouraged dip and save toes about as well as we do. Fruit Announces: from each a bird. wing Wings can on or near the ground is most k bag and vulnerable. They begin eating be placed in a Fall registration for the Band-ta- il stored in a freezer. The best as fruit it any ripens. 1999-200- 0 Dance Season. control is using some support to hunters will be contacted by the U.S. keep the fruit up off the ground and Fish and Wildlife Service provided with envelopes in and out of their way. couple of days for the next one to kick-of- 30-da- over-abundan- ce over-wat- er n, (1918), and international treaties with Canada and Mexico, from opening the dove season earlier than Sept. 1 each year. Dove hunters who usually hunt in northern Utah, but get frustrated when there are few birds around, should give Utahs southern counties a try. Millard, Beaver, Iron and Washington counties in southwestern Utah, and Emery and San Juan coun- ties in the southeast, generally harbor birds until later in the hair-ve- The Perfect Gift! 623-052- 1999-200- pre-seaso- s. s. Sftanrn 's School of Vance zip-loc- This years Spring Production The Little Mertnidd S All new variety classes: Tap.. .Celtic.. ..Jazz Salsa... Funk... 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