Show SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS IN THE FIELD 4 DEER HUNTING DATES ARE SET BY Deer hunting seasons for 1963 were set by the Utah Board of Big Game Control during an all-day session at Department of Fish and Game offices last Sat-u Hunters can now begin planning their fall hunts as the Board set a general statewide deer season for animals of either sex to begin 19 and continue for eleven days through The Board closed one herd unit to all deer set earlier seasons for four herd longer seasons in several and made provisions for issuing both one and two deer special permits for some units in an effort to further channel hunting pressure into many of the State's 62 deer herd units where a greater harvest is needed to balance herds with available forage A statewide archery deer season was set for Aug 17 through Sept but was agreed upon by the Board only after much discussion Other actions saw the Board legalizing the use of archery gear for the taking of all species of big game during the regular prescribed The Board also rescinded firearms regulations and legalized the use of all rifles firing a center-fire crossbows and the use of rim fire cartridges fen rifles remain illegal Deer hunters may purchase only one special permit in addition to their regular license deer This may be a special either sex or two deer Other governing rules and regulations will follow the same pattern as in the past several years These along with the seasons for each herd will be published in proclamation form and will be to the public soon after Board actions followed public hearing conducted over the State where individuals and organizations submitted recommendations for these These recommendations were along with those of Forest and Bureau of Land Management game-range managers as the seasons were Board members are Chairman Harold S. Welby Dan William D. Hurst and Othel SF BIG GAME SEASON OPENING DATE IS SET The 1963 seasons for buffalo antelope have been set by the Board of Big Game A total of elk permits were authorized for 19 hunting units with the seasons set for the various units beginning in for most hunts to some late seasons in The Board set a hunt for 15 moose Five of these were authorized for the of the Bear 10 for the remainder of this herd unit which lies east of the Bear River to the West Fork of the Beaver Season dates are 21 to An indeterminate number of permits were authorized for hunting buffalo in the Henry Mountain area where the State's only public herd ranges The number of animals to be taken and the dates of the hunt will be dependent on the success and findings of the Department's testing and program this Authorized antelope permits totalled covering five herd Dates for these seasons were set for two three-day weekends 19 and and Application dates for all these special permit and the rules and regulations covering them will be shown in the annual proclamations covering these Board spokesmen said reprints will be available to the public soon after SF BULLETIN PUBLISHED of the High a series of three bulletins covering all lakes in the three major of the Uinta Mountain high country are now available to anglers planning trips into the back Department of Fish and Game spokesmen said The series of three publications lists all lakes in the Rock Lake Swift Dry and Uinta River and details physical characteristics and type of fish found in each The bulletins are available at a cost of twenty-five cents each from Department of Fish and Game offices the State SF The High Uinta fisheries survey crew of the Department reports that many of the lakes in the Uinta country are still ice-covered and that trail access to many lakes is still blocked by heavy SF Bids are now being requested for reconstruction work at the State Springville Fish Department of Fish and Game spokesmen said today Plans call for a complete reconstruction of ponds and raceways at the hatchery to facilitate fish production at this important Construction work is forecast to be completed bv early winter of |