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Show pw M 1 T-WWVTWrPPVTT-- Lilian .1 III (kWHJP, ' ' ".''.'':.V'.r i'Wm.', ,JJ : M ' - If ' I i n . .. i ;' ''''"( ' I " ' I j - sw - i ' ; w . i ' , , j , - ; v i r i ' ? J1 i - - j ' i 1 : ' - , -''A ; Kevin Eldredge and son Landon of Hatch do a good turn just before Memorial Day weekend and they as-sessed the Utah state flag and American flag needed sepa rated on the post on Main street in Hatch. . They got out their handy drill and went to work in the "spirit of volunteerism" so strong in southern Utah communities. i i Hunters Encouraged To Buy Bull Elk Permits Early This Year SALT LAKE CITY - A Division of Wildlife Resources official has two items of advice for Utah's general bull elk hunters learn which license agents are selling permits for this fall and," if you want a permit per-mit to hunt on an any bull elk unit, buy it early. General bull elk permits for this fall's hunts go on sale at 7:30 a.m. on June 17. "The biggest change this year is the opportunity to buy an any bull elk muzzleloader permit, formerly known as an ML-300 permit, over-the-counter," said Judi Tutorow, wildlife licensing coordinator for the DWR. "The 1,300 any bull elk muzzleloader permit cap has been removed, and muzzleloader permits are now included in a 14,300 permit cap that also includes rifle permits." per-mits." More than 6,000 hunters applied for ML-300 any bull elk muzzleloader permits in 2003. With the 1,300 cap removed, there's a chance that many of the 6,000 hunters will take advantage advan-tage of the opportunity to buy a perrrut,and that will impact how . fast any bull elk permits sell this year, , . "Any bull elk permits have come close to selling out in the past, and I think there's a ; good chance they'll sell out this year," Tutorow said. "I would encourage hunters to buy their permit early." The easiest way to obtain a permit is at the DWR's Internet Web site (wildlife.utah.gov). Hunters may also buy permits at DWR offices. "Hunters who decide to buy a permit from a, license agent are encouraged to , visit the DWR Web site to learn which agents are selling general bull elk permits this year. "Because we think they'll be quite a demand for any bull elk permits, we're only allowing agents who are connected to our Agent On-line system to sell them this year," Tutorow said. "The system allows us to know, on a daily basis, how many permits per-mits have been sold. Selling them through the system will allow us to close permit sales and prevent permits from overselling over-selling this year." For more information, call the nearest Division of Wildlife Resources office or the DWR's Salt Lake City office at (801) 538-4700. |
