Show i2t Sunday March 27 1988 Standard-Examin-er Outdoors Chappie moves from purging balls to painting art ByJIM WRIGHT Standard Examiner outdoors editor 5 "Cave Chappie has made the successful al transition from punter to painter if unusu- o Chappie a former punter with the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams recently won the Utah state duck stamp competition Grapple's painting of a pair of mallard ducks winging over a Northern Utah marsh will adorn the 1988 conservation stamp required of all Utah waterfowl hunters Stamp proceeds go toward future wetlands restoration “I’ve done artwork ever since I was a child" Chippie said in a phone interview from his studio inIrvine Calif “We had a cabin in the Sierras so all the art work I did in school was wildlife related I had pet squirrels I painted baby birds all kinds all-pr- of animals" Chappie said he continued to draw and paint throughout his school years more as a hobby than anything else “What started it from a professional aspect was I had just got married and got drafted by the San Francisco 49ers — I was the first punter drafted that year — and we were looking forward to my pro football career" he said “We moved into an apartment and didn’t have anything to put on the walls so my wife said ‘Why don’t you do some paintings like what you did for your folks’ walls I'd studied taxidermy so I decided to paint some of the birds I'd mounted I did three or four of those then one day I had a friend come over and he brought a guy who worked at an art gallery and the guy bought everything I had on the walls" Chappie’s interest in painting grew until he said he was a “half-tim- e e football painter and a half-tim- prayer" “At the end of 1974 I was traded to the New England Patriots" he said “I went back there for training camp and I was there about three or four weeks and one day I just thought I was ready to retire I was 27 or 28 jears old and I wanted to see if I could make it as an artist fulltime" Grapple has done very well as an artist He paints wildlife exclusively concentrating on waterfowl upland game birds and hunting dogs He’s managed to win various wildlife competitions at the rate of a little better than one a year since 1984 In addition to the Utah duck stamp Grapple has n won the 1984 North Dakota stamp 1985 the California wild competition turkey stamp the 1986 Kentucky duck stamp the 1986 Quail Unlimited grand slam print and the 1987 Quail Unlimited national print He said he’s also been commissioned to paint a number of Ducks Unlimited prints “It’s a very different life" he said “In football you were outside every day with 40 other people where as an artist you’re inside every day alone I enjoyed being around the people I think the hardest transition was going from having a lot of people around to working alone indoors" He said the discipline of pro football carried over to his painting career trout-salmo- first-of-sta- te “Nobody asks you if you want to go play the Chicago Bears on Sunday” he said “You just do it You have to I try to do the same with artwork You don’t just do it when you feel like it you have to do it every day It’s a job I try to put the same consistent effort into it that I put into football" Chappie’s painting took top honors from 55 entries Two Utah artists ML Lang of Salt Lake City and Drew Smith of Logan finished second and third “I tried to make it as general as possible” he said “Hopefully it illustrates a typical high desert Former NFL punter Dave Chappie’s painting will adorn Utah’s 1988 state duck stamp marsh” Nature’s mildness treats big game herds with kindness By JOHN SILVESTER Standard Examiner correspondent Ever since taking a heavy toll in the winter of 1983-8- 4 nature has been paying back her creatures with mild winters and adequate feed This year the bill might be repaid in full if preliminary scouting flights and observations of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources officers hold true “Everything from elk to deer moose and antelope are really doing well” said John Kimball DWR Northern Region big game manager “We’ve had deer at 7000 to 8000 feet all winter When we were flying over the deer and elk were running all over the place They’re in great shape” Utah experienced a deficit of big game in several areas of the state after the diSeveral herd sastrous winter of 1983-8- 4 units suffered losses of nearly 90 percent of big game animals chiefly mule deer Kimball said three mild winters have helped depleted herds regain most of their numbers “Compared to two years ago we probably have half again as many animals both deer and elk” said Kimball “We’re approaching our carrying capacity for mule deer in Northern Utah and if we have another mild winter we are going Commissioners close steelhead season early LEWISTON Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has voted to close the Clearwater River steelhead season three weeks ahead of schedule because of sparse returns of spawning stock a spokesman said The motion to close sections of the main Clearwater from Lewiston to Clear Creek near Kooskia and the north fork of the Clearwater was made effective last week The river’s south f?rk will remain open said Rod Nichols a spokesman for the Idaho Fish and Game Department The closure was prompted by a low return to Clearwater hatcheries of spawning steelhead The department estimated that 1300 to 1800 fish would return to the Dworshak National Fish Hatchery far fewer than the minimum 2500 needed to meet escapement goals he said A provision of the closure states that if 2500 or more steelhead return to the hatcheries the season will be reopened Nichols said Originally the season was set to end on April 15 to have more deer than we know what to do with" Kimball said elk have also wintered very well and hunters may see a rise in the number of permits issued in several areas of the state The mild winters have had a drastic efmer months fect on the elk population statewide In 1984 wildlife biologists estimated the “At the end of each winter when the Utah elk population at 25000 animals snow begins to recede and the grass This year it is estimated the herds have greens up big game change their feed from sage bitterbrush and the like to grown to nearly 40000 elk Kimball said the rapid increase in sevgrasses” he said “Our big game animals eral deer units is reflected in the numare a class known as ruminants which bers of antlerless permits issued In ’mean they are cud chewers and need 1987 the DWR issued 5000 antlerless bacteria to break the food down If they or control permits Kimball expects that aren’t strong enough then that can’t number to double this year happen and even though they survived Although preliminary reports point to the winter they’ll die But judging from what I’ve seen there isn’t much chance high big game numbers this year Kimball said the herds have to clear one last of that happening The animals are just hurdle before enjoying the fruitful sum too healthy” “We 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