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Show American Fork Canyon closed to cow elk hunters By KAREN GREEN With the opening of the new an-tlerless an-tlerless elk hunt on the Salt Lake-Timpanogos Lake-Timpanogos unit, many people have stopped me to ask why the 75 permits were available this season. There are a few main points the hunting public should be aware of: --The permits are only valid to hunt in part of Salt Lake County; the area includes from 1-80 in Parley's Canyon to the Summit County-Salt Lake County line, thence south to the Wasatch County line, thence south to Guardsman Pass in Big Cottonwood Canyon, thence west on U-152 to Wasatch Blvd., thence north on Wasatch Boulevard to where 1-80 and 1-215 East meet at the mouth of Parley's Canyon. The hunt area includes no part of Utah County. Anyone found hunting on one of these permits outside the prescribed area will be cited into court. -The issuance of these permits was necessary as there was quite a large winter kill on these elk in the Olympus Cove area during the winter of 1982-83. Rather than see the elk starve because of lack of winter range, the DWR wants to cut the herd to survivable levels by allowing the sportsmen of the state to help with their hunting activities. This will help insure that the elk maintain their population levels in association with the amount of winter range they have. There are no plans to open an antleiiess hunt on the Timpanogos part of the unit. The herd in the Mill Peak area is not at winter range capacity yet, and probably won't be for many years. Since the antlerless hunt in Salt Lake is during the regular open bull season, there is a chance someone with an antlerless permit may try to take a Timpanogos cow. Anyone seeing or hearing of any illegal hunting activities, please contact me, Karen Green, at either the Highway Patrol, 224-2441, or the DWR in Springville, 489-5678. |
