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Show Wildlife Notes in the Utah Big Game Proclamation is the statement, state-ment, "These areas consist primarily of private land and hunters should obtain permission per-mission prior to making application for these areas." During the general deer hunt, the Division received many complaints from hunters hun-ters with control permits who had been denied access t private land, particularly in areas controlled by private hunting clubs. Northern Regional Game Manager John Kimball noted. "If the hunter obtained ob-tained permission to hunt previously and then the landowner changed his mind because his land had been taken over by private hunting hunt-ing clubs, the hunter should complain to the landowner and not the Division. To put the Division in the middle of that stew is impossible ... All we can do is to provide for proper management. We offer the permits because it is in the best interest of habitat for wildlife and it has nothing to do with whether hunters can get on the land or not." He added that the question ques-tion is whether the landowner land-owner or the state has the final authority to say who trespasses on private land. Obviously, given that premise, pre-mise, the Division cannot give trespass permission. The Yukon Territory didn't have the kind of big game he wanted so Rick Furniss, a White Horse outfitter, came to Utah to hunt. He shot a record Shiras moose in the Ogden River unit on Oct. 31 and became only the ninth person in the world to harvest all 27 species of big game in North America. His feat completed in Utah is called the Grand Slam 27. The four subspecies ot moose in North America are the Alaska moose, the Eastern moose, the Northwestern North-western moose, and the Shiras moose inhabiting the Rocky Mountains. Furniss had no idea Utah had such a big moose herd, commented East Weber Conservation Officer Jerry Dahlberg. The outfitter had been scouting the area for a week and had spotted many potential trophy moose before be-fore choosing the big bull moose he harvested on opening morning. Furniss plans to return to Utah in the future to hunt for a trophy elk. Dahlberg commented that the moose hunt in the Ogden River unit has never been better. At least three moose of a possible harvest of eleven will be records. Access onto private land in the northern part of the state was a problem for many deer hunters during the general season and it may be a problem on some units during the five-day notice antlerless control hunts in late November or early December. (All permits for these hunts have been sold.) Wildlife Resources Northern Nor-thern Regional Law Enforcement Enforce-ment Officer Paul Woodbury says the Division is working to obtain some access, but , landowners do not always - ' cooperate. Units which could present acute access pro- -blems are Mantua-Willard. Porcupine area part (201) and Coalv ille (206). Hunters should have obtained trespass tres-pass permission in these areas. Although many of the deer will be below land controlled by private hunting clubs in the Chalk Ceek area, the amount of access given by private landowners is uncertain. Woodbury expects ex-pects no access problems in the Cache, Rich County (200) or Wellsville, Box 'Elder County (202) units. However, How-ever, hunters should always seek permission from land owners. The Division will b able to guarantee some foo and horseback access intc the two privately-ow ned East Canyon units in Morgan County (204) and Summit Countv (205) and Lost Creek (203).' Hunters arc reminded that it is their responsibility to obtain permission to hunt on private land. Printed in red |