Iron County Record | 1953-07-23 | Page 4 | Elk Hunting Permit Application Procedure Outlined

Elk Hunting Permit Application Procedure Outlined Sportsmen applying for elk permits this year should note the following changes in the laws, rules and regulations governing this hunt as shown in the recently recent-ly published proclamation. Application by mail ONLY on special envelope forms provided by the Fish and Game department. depart-ment. These forms will be available avail-able without cost at all license dealers by Aug. 1. The $15 application appli-cation fee must be submitted by means of a certified checks, cashier's check or money order. Do not send personal checks or currency. Applicants will seal the fee in the special envelope provided pro-vided and it will be returned to them without being opened unless their name is successfully drawn on the district applied for during the public drawing. The above application procedure proced-ure is new this year. It was devised de-vised to assist the department in handling elk application monies as well as to streamline the whole procedure covering the office of-fice work and the public drawings. draw-ings. "Every person, while hunting big game animals, shall wear conspicuous red headgear, and red shirt, sweater or jacket." This new law requiring the wearing of outer clothing other than a red head covering while hunting elk, deer, or other big game animals ani-mals was placed in the new fish and game code during the 1953 meeting of Utah's state legislature. legisla-ture. Elk may be hunted this year with only the following calibre guns: 30-06, 270, 30-40 Krag, 300, 7 M.M., 300 II & M Mangum, 318, Mauser, 308, 303 British, and 7.62 375 H & II Mangum, 405, 8 M.M.. Mauser, 308, 303 British, and 7.62 Russian. This Board of Big Game Control ruling was made In the Interest of reducing the number of elk that are wounded and lost to the hunter. Sportsmen planning to apply for one of the 1500 elk permits allocated by the board this year' should check application dates and other regulations concerning this hunt before making application. applica-tion. Reprints of the 1953 proclamation procla-mation may be obtained at department de-partment headquarters or license dealers by Aug. 1.