Show N For Fir Sat Deer Hunt The eleven day deer hunting season will open with a bang Saturday morning at daylight Deer hunting laws remain about the same each year a fact which should hould help deer hunters to keep out of trouble but it never fails that a good number of hunters will forget to tag their game or unload their rifle before they put it in a vehicle Failure to tag deer and carry carrying carrying ing a loaded gun are but two taro ot of the more commonly violated deer hunt rules the Division of Fish and Game say hunters should observe more carefully this deer season One deer of either sex may betaken betaken be betaken taken on the regular hunting license license li license li- li cense except on three buck only areas Box Elder Raft River West Pine Valley and am Terry Ox Valley There is a general eleven day season except on five units which will close after five days of hunt hunt- ing lag These five day hunts ar are for forthe forthe forthe the Heaston Stansbury Tintic Vernon Vernm and Mineral Beaver-Mineral units All deer must be tagged at atthe atthe the place of kill and before being transported and the proper proper- notches removed to indicate the month and day of okill kill along with the sex of the animal taken It Itis Itis is unlawful for locker plants tc tt accept deer unless they are properly properly properly prop prop- erly tagged It is unlawful to carry carryon on or 01 orin orin in any vehicle any firearm which has live ammunition in the firing chamber Every person while hunting shall wear conspicuous red or x yellow headgear and shirt jacket jacket jacket jac jac- ket or sweater Hunting for deer is allowed only during daylight hours by persons 16 years of age or older One new regulation has been put into this years d deer er proclamation proclamation proclamation pro pro- and will be strictly enforced This law makes it illegal illegal il illegal il- il legal to use a spotlight headlight headlight headlight head head- light or other artificial light to locate any game with firearms firearms fire fire- arms aims in possession of the person person person per per- son using the light This new rule was adopted to prevent the killing of game and livestock illegally at night and was copied from laws used In other states successfully Fish and Game Director John Jo JoE hn E E. E Phelps is Issuing an appeal to all of the many Utah citizens citizen who will be In the field and fore forest during the balance of the fall fan 1 hunting months to observe th the e highest standard of conduct an and d ethics In issuing this urgent message the Director noted that nearly third one-third of all will be bet out in pursuit of some type a of t wildlife during hunting seasons season s this fall and said No one c can an be in their out out- door conduct if f we are to continue continue continue con con- to enjoy the hunting privileges privileges privileges leges all of us now share Hunting privileges on private land are becoming more restrictive restrictive restrictive tive which means every case of misconduct by any hunter Is providing providing providing pro pro- viding further evidence for additional additional addi addi- t ional restrictions As a final word Mr Phelps noted Deer and pheasant seasons seasons sea sea- sons are especially critical times for keeping the goodwill of the private landowners P Please lease be law abiding respect the rights and property of others and be careful with fire and am firearms during the hunting seasons |