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Show DWR outlaws Archery Cocking Device specific device which was banned, as the cocking device is only one item in the company's line of sporting equipment. Board members made the ruling after listening to archers at the annual public meetings where many expressed ex-pressed their opposition to the use of the device. Those archers argued that the mechanical nature of the cocking system removed much of the "primitive" aspect of archery hunting. In establishing regulations governing the 1977 big game seasons, the Board of Big Game Control made it illegal for archers to use a mechanical cocking device, referred to earlier as a "Sure-Shot." By way of clarification, the Division of Wildlife Resources said the ruling was made to prohibit the use of any mechanical cocking device on bows used for hunting game animals in Utah. "Sure-Shot" is a brand name of a Utah manufacturer manufac-turer and should not be construed as being the |