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Show and scored 168 points. Field checks on the Parker Park-er Mountain antelope unit showed 80 percent success, with good hunts also reported report-ed on Icelander Wash, Hatch Point and San Rafael Desert. Thirteen archery elk hunters hunt-ers report success so far, according to John, which indicates in-dicates "it was a pretty successful hunt, perhaps better than last year." In 1974, 16 elk were taken during dur-ing the archery season. Big Game Hunts Rewarding Reports indicate most of Utah's big game hunts have been rewarding to nimrods. Four of the five moose permit holders on the Ogden River unit brought home bulls; while, so far, 16 of the 20 permittees on the Uinta Uin-ta North Slopes report success. suc-cess. Two of the five bighorn sheep permit holders took rams, although all hunters reported sightingsheep.One hunter passed up a legal ram because it was collared for a Division of Wildlife Resources Re-sources research project. The largest ram taken scored scor-ed 164 points on Bonne and Crockett measurements and was the second largest ever taken in the state. The ram was ten years old and had worn down most of its teeth. "The animal probably wouldn't would-n't have survived the winter," win-ter," said Rodney John, Division Div-ision big game supervisor. The other animal, which was seven years old, scored 157 68 points, making it a good trophy animals, also. The largest ram taken in Utah was harvested in 1967 |
