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Show Deer Season Opened with Bad, Almost Impossible Conditions Physical conditions during the first two days of the deer hunting season were rated "bad to worst,' by the estimated 170,000 nimods who braved the elements on the opening day, October 18. Veteran and confirmed hunter hunt-er Paul Adamson said conditions condi-tions were the worst he had encountered in many decades of personal experience. In fact, Mr. Adamson noted that at sunrise on opening day visibility at Chalk Creek, near Devils Slide, Utah, was zero. "We built a bonfire on the hillside, hill-side, to conserve the butane fuel in the camper, and just stood around waiting for things to improve" he said. And they didn't, he added. Mr. Adamson returned to Pleasant Grove, "skunked," which is a rare experience for him. The local deer processing plant on Pleasant Grove's Main Stret reported that only eleven deer were brought in during the first two days of the hunt. However, all day Monday and by 11:00 a.m. Tuesday business busi-ness was picking up. At that hour a total of 50 prime deer were hanging in the cooling rooms. |