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Show Elk Hunt Application Change Revealed to Nimrods Sportsmen were reminded today to-day that applications for 1955 elk permits will be received at department de-partment of fish and game offices of-fices beginning Aug. 15 through Aug. 22. Application is by mail only in the special envelope now available avail-able from license agents over the state. Envelopes postmarked later la-ter than midnight, Aug. 22, will be returned to the sender. The department said application applica-tion method for the 1,450 elk permits per-mits over 13 hunting units, as set up by the Utah Board of Big Game Control this year, varied in only one major respect from the past two years. For the first time two people may make dual application for elk permits. The Board made this ruling following a recommendation recom-mendation for same from the state's organized sportsmen. The regular elk application en-vejope en-vejope provides for either single or dual application. Where two people wish to hunt together they may Include choice of hunting unit, names and addresses, big game license numbers and double dou-ble the single fee in one elk application ap-plication envelope. That envelope will be given a single number on the drawing for the district applied ap-plied for. Should that number be drawn, each of the duaj applicants appli-cants would receive a permit to hunt. The department noted that both applicants must apply for either "bull," or "either sex" if permits for any two such animals ani-mals are scheduled on the unit of their choice. Reason for this regulation is that the single number for the drawings must of necessity go into one type drawing or another. J 1 |