| Show ON THE DEER HUNT More storm with the resulting mud and fog made deer hunting pretty slow last week end with many parties we have havee talked to failing to get a shot among them The hunting over West Vest opened over the week end but we have heard of only scattered success Richard Olsen Elvin Christi Christi- ansen Royal noyal Lambert and friends from Salt Lake City filled up over West Vest hunting over the top Getting Getting Getting Get Get- ting home was another matter The arrived here after skidding down the other side of the mountain mountain mountain moun moun- tain and driving the long way home We Ve talked to one California I hunter who saw just two deer in four days of hunting and got one of them He wasn't too thrilled thrilled thrilled led with our deer herd We Ve have been snorted up for our comments of last week in int t that hat h a t several former l were among the California Hunters Hunters Hunters Hun Hun- we wished little success to But they will be back next year for they know this range and know we usually have a pretty fair hunt If every Californian who hunted here for the first time had filled up we would expect him back with about 30 friends next year We Ve understand how they would be disappointed after taking a week off traveling this far and paying 43 for a license only to fail to get a deer Wes Yes Mogle l pulled a for 2 shot at the beginning of the seann season sea sea- son nn Hn He wac was c hunting over on nn yO ow u. u un Cove Mountain 1 when he saw a abuck abuck abuck buck and dropped it When he went over to it there was a doe doc laying against it both dead Wes Yes says he couldn't figure it out at first but saw that they had apparently been running side by side He had shot through the buck into the doe hitting both bothin in the heart Wes Yes has been measuring horns in the big buck contest but has only one entry a inch 30 spread brought down by Rodney Cox Rodney got the big one over West Vest last Saturday and says he had lad 7 or 8 points on one side and 6 on the other lIe He says they practically stepped on every deer they got over there last Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- as ns they were really hidden hidden hidden hid hid- den up Ellis and Joe Johnson m made mad a d e hunting look easy on the seasons season's opening They went up North of the Dugway in Manti lanU Canyon and each had a buck by the first morning David Thomas was with them but missed getting his buck And we like the one about the tourist who told a local boy he surely thought Utah had a good goodlaw goodlaw goodlaw law on drunks Asked what he meant he said Why this idea of having all nIl your drunks wear red I Is wonderful Congratulations to the local boys for leaving the booze alone during the hunting hours and for practicing safety with those rifles Lets Let's keep free of accidents accidents' that have plagued other areas o 0 |
