Show SOME ELK HUNTERS GET ELK SOME JUST GET DISGUSTED The Elk hunt which opened last Saturday proved to be very discouraging for some hunters cinch but others think it was a The elk hunt held last year saw 97 per cent of the hunters get their game during the season Edmunds Edmunds Edmunds Ed Ed- We Ve checked with Gamer Corner munds at the Manti ManU checking station on Tuesday evening and found that only 33 elk had been checked out until that time Mr Edmunds said 93 hunters had checked in at his station for the hunt indicating that only a few over a third of the hunters got their game in the first four days of the hunt Most of the elk were taken on the bench and in the timbered timber timber- ed country according to Mr Edmunds who keeps a record of where the kills are made and according to the hunters who had been successful Hunters roving loving the high country saw no elk at all in most cases while some got their game w way y down the canyon Seven elk were re reported reported reported re- re ported in the vicinity of the Brox Picnic Grounds in the mouth of Manti canyon on Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day evening and one big bull elk was seen c crossing th the highway highway high high- way headed west near the old brickyard a couple of miles south of Manti The fact that many hunters arc are discouraged is shown by the number of permits being held by Mr Edmunds now The hunters have checked in their permits to him They can still come and try the hunt again but if they dont don't get back they are checked out as of now One veteran hunter said he believes the elk took to thick timber when the shooting started started started start start- ed this year Some years have seen the elk take off for the theother theother theother other side of the mountain in such situations 0 0 |