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Show a half day of .clear weather during dur-ing the first week. Snow was four feet deep in the mountains and many hunters pulled out two days before the hunt ended, Sprouse related. Biggpst bull reported taken on the district so far was shot by Bill Lyons of Price. The animal had a 61-inch spread. One of the best hunts on the basis of hunter success was reported re-ported on the North Cache district dis-trict where 38 hunters bagged animals out of a quota of 40. Twenty got cows, full quota for t antlerless animals, and 18 bag-ged bag-ged bulls. Wardens in charge were La-Vere La-Vere King, Arnold Christensen and Morgan Jensen. They said the first few days of the shoot were slow, but after that the hunting picked up as the animals ani-mals drifted toward lower elevations. ele-vations. On the Salt Lake district, where the quota was 50 bulls, 37 animals were taken. Of these, 25 were spikes; seven were two-pointers; two-pointers; three were four-pointers; one was a three-point bull and one had six points. - ard pointed out that most counties, coun-ties, in an attempt to curb this dangerous shooting, have drawn up laws in support of the state statute. Another group of of officers ! who are on the lookout for off- highway shooters are the state's i highway patrolmen. Their reason? rea-son? Well, have you ever noticed no-ticed those bullet-pocked road signs which line Utah's highways? high-ways? Elk Shoot 'Fair (o Good' Incomplete returns on the elk shoot, which closed on nine districts dis-tricts Nov. 16, indicate hunter success ranged from "fair to good." the Utah fish and game department reported today. Early snowstorms and low-hanging low-hanging mountain fog which cut visibility to a minimum were the major factors in reducing the kill on those units reporting only a fair take of the animals Utah's biggest game. Typical of the reports was that from the Straight canyon checking station on the Mant.i district. Wardens reported 72 hunters checked through there with 43 elk, of which 29 were cows and 14 bulls. Other stations sta-tions on the Manti, which had a quota of 60 bulls and 00 cows, have not yet reported. Storm conditions were particularly partic-ularly bad, Deputy Warden Harry Har-ry Sprouse reported, with only State Officials Move to Curb Wild Shooting An abnormally high number of arrests of persons for shoot-! ins from automobiles or off highways, today prompted the Utah fish and game department to issue a stern warning just what Utahns could expect if they are caught at this danger ous practice. "State law is very clear on this point," said Ross Leonard, Utah fish and game director, "and we intend to enforce to the limit of our ability." He quoted from Sec. 103-21-7 "It shall be unlawful ... to discharge any kind of a firearm from an automobile auto-mobile or other vehicle, or to discharge a firearm within 50 feet of any public highway . . . the fine shall be not less than $25." The worst offenders, Leonard said, are motorists who see a rabbit alongside the road, slap on the brakes, grab for a rifle in the back seat and blast away out of the window without a second look. He said that cases are continually contin-ually being reported to the department de-partment of livestock being wounded or windshields of approaching ap-proaching cars" being shattered from ricocheting bullets. Leon- |
