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Show Muzzleloaders To Stalk "Buckskins7 Utah muzzleloaders will be out for buckskin come Saturday, Satur-day, October 1. The special season for smokepolers runs through October 1 1 in four deer herd units: Wellsville, Unit 4; Stansbury, unit 12; Minnie Maud, unit 27 A; and Monroe Mountain,unit48. New regulations this year require that muzzleloaders for hunting use black powder and be equipped with iron sights only. Minimum legal hunting size for the long rifles was dropped drop-ped to.40caliber. Although the muzzleloader hunt runs concurrent with the open bull elk hunt, there are no elk in the four deer units, so traditional buckskinners wont be sharing their huntin territory with "newf angles" elk hunters in blaze orange attire. at-tire. Black powder buffs can look forward to a good hunt this year. The units set aside for them are prime hunting areas. Bow hunters afield in August reported seeing more deer this year statewide- encouraging wordsforallUtahsportsmen. |