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Show Page 14—THE HERALD, Prov Thursday, October 13, 1 Preparations for Utah's Biggest Outdoor Event Underway By HARTT WIXOM Herald Outdoor Writer Utah's elk hunt is winding up, the goose hunters have had their opening shoot, and preparations are under way for the biggest outdoor event of them all, the annual deer carniy For that matter, the quest for elk is beginning to take ona circus-like atmospherethese days wi me 25,000 meat seekers roaming in some cases, highways, for wapiti The scene between Manila and Dutch John during the past weekilluminated a host of hopeful hunters scouring the pavement, If an elk had appeared, there was less than 30 yards between forest walls, allowing precious little timeto get out, chamber a shell, and aim anaccurate shot But, there were also those who scored. Brent Crooks of Orem, who had recently returned from a successful ram hunt in Alaska, connected on a respectable bull. He hunted the north Manti. Other buils were takenby other than-veteran hunters on the Manti proving it can happen But, some like Jay Goodrich of Salt Lake City reported seeing cows, and some nice bucks, above Scofield. But no bulls The wapiti wind-upis Oct. 16, except for some restricted units withdifferent schedules. If you areoneof those going out the end of the hunt the most likely to be in the thickest timber in the farthest plac with blow-downcc quarry is They are also the past the joint’ for “casing esne, g Aspens are a good t ve 9,000 feet there is Wild haunt at this point. jeer upper Carter-Sheep Creek drai zieloader the south Manti in Muddy-Twelve country, upper Benny and Nebo Cre! d south 5 gt Look for places for example the less than the north The goose hunters saw the Canadians birds arelegal. Sincethe season opened fields. beginn Sc tah Divi ON of licenses and auLilMe, YOU Can take for chukars, {op watch for Resources 1 for grouse, waterfowl and cottontails era ale some geese have been taken along southern Utah and at Salt Lakes, but the serious scattergunners are still trying to determinethe precise flight patterns from water not Runt bears after Oct FVRAG repeat performance now that the big 8, ahead, tions as well as glassing tor fts blocked things Have SI north slopes You may have to on the waterfowl opener, and seek a Oct. Y IPE ACCESS Toute, Als, ny NeW roads OF access - Bato and similar hard-to-rachterrainin the less pr gui Oct 16. If they or ecking ju look f routes ed, their deer hunt is over Some possib spots are now out-of-the-way between Blacks and Smiths Fork t heart of elk country. to iked what he saw and dropped a r. The powder to grain loanCorel18” But, it’s the next inaugural, the buckskin joust which has more than a quarter million hunters watching the calendar in anticipation. Smart nimrods have already sighted in their WINTER RETREADS WIDE 78 SERIES rifles — or checked at 25 yard targets 2 Or to make certain firearms are shooting ic _§$ 50 for oa ~~ Bllackwalls — Any 13” sizein stock — plus 39c to 45c par tire Fed, Tax Exp, & 2 RecappableTires Add $3 per tire if not Recappable GEA1GOTE EG | ErBiAsrae isBae 15 BieAEDe 15 2534™ 2540"2 46" Saco S7c pm we Fed TaxExp a8 Erp "ADD $3 PER TIRE F TRADE:IN Not RECAPPABLE — ADD $2 PERTIRE FOR WHITEWALLS loan&Coeutelly 2 $25.00 $1.47 6 16/155-13}, 25.00 $1.40 POLYESTERCORD SNOW BITERS ONE WAY to check yourrifle to see if socpe or sights arestill are right on at this distance, you should be all right at longer true is to shoot at 25 yards. If you ranges. A78-13 BLACKWALL x o $ That's one reason | had my son. Wade, 14, along on a recent deer deer. South of Manila, on the eastern end of Utah’s Uinta Mountains the two of us watched a bobcat bound from the road infront of our truck lights. There is nothing particularly unusualin that, although Lynx rufus is not exactly as are i ield Guide to American Wildlife’’ has this to say about them: ‘A good measure of the true wilderness lover is the number of bobcats he has seen in the wild.” I've Seen a few, even have oneof two taken while hunting, on a recreation room wall. But, I was happy a young man could be along to see what we saw. First, the cat expected us to drive past. But, I stopped, grabbed a flashlight, rolled down the window, and shoneit out where he had disappeared Those scintillating and emerald green eyes peered at us from a log perch, even with the window open and us no more than four feet away. Next, he scrambled behind a spruce where we watched him sulk for some five minutes Obviously he did not want to leave Wade and | examined theplace at the side of the road where wehadfirst seen him. There was the reason our bobcat remained. a dead beaver Thelatter had been killed very recently, with a blood red cut on the back of the head Whether the cat, no h vier n weight than the beaver, had ed to take e argued wandering far away bobcat was not We returned in five minutes, and once more found the cat returning to the scene Again westudied the cat for a full five minutes, from 30 yards away However, a couple of steps in the predator's direction put him into the thick Ashloy Forest. The next morning the beaver was gone. We could see where he had been dragged, not uphill but apparently back into the boulders along a streambelow the road Incidentally, the bobcat is protected right now in Utah, pursued but notkilled, until populations are studied Wealso saw a high antlered buck not far from Browne Lake, along with other deer around upper Sheep Creek But, perhapsone of the most educating events of the day for father and son were the trophy-sized antelope bucks not far from Lone Tree and Mountain View, Wyo. I've driven over this Stretch before, and spotted a few stray does toward Manila, but never ihe most respectable bucks we sawthis day Taking a younger outdoorsman along brought “good luck.” It might do the same for you. 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