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Show Big Game Hunting Season Slated Can you take time out from fishing fish-ing to think about next fairs hunting? The Utah Board of Big Game Control has Just drawn up its final 1953 big game schedule. The board had previously set a general eleven-day eleven-day either sex fall deer hunt to open Oct. 17 through Oct. 27. Authorization was given for the issuance of 1500 elk permits, with the general elk season set for Oct. 3 through Oct. 13. This compares with 1820 elk permits issued for the 1952 season. Some early and late season hunts for elk were set up where conditions warranted a departure from the above regular season. No hunts were scheduled for either antelope or buffalo during 1953. In the case of both animals it was felt that present herd numbers num-bers should be Increased before any hunts were allowed. Board members gave lengthy consideration and discussion to the fall deer harvest before scheduling several new type hunts under broad management powers given this body by the 1953 legislature. Every effort was made to encourage encour-age a more equitable distribution of hunters .into deer-range problem prob-lem areas over the state. To this end, a shorter season was set for five units near the state's centers of population. Extended, early, special permit, conditional and two-deer hunts were also scheduled. Included in the board's actions on the latter were the following: fol-lowing: Shorter season Oct. 17 to Z2, either sex, Salt Lake, Heaston, Stansbury, Vernon and Tintic units. Longer season Oct. 17 to Nov. 1, either sex, Dagget County, North and South Nebo, Fillmore, Kanosh, Oak ' Creek, East Zion, La Sal Mountain, Elk Ridge, Blue Mountains, Moun-tains, Gordon Creek and Pine Valley Val-ley units. Buck only West Desert, Strawberry Straw-berry Valley and Midway units. Bow and arrow Sept 5-27 either sex, Snow Basin, Salt Lake (Big Cottonwood game preserve), Lake Fork-Mill Fork-Dairy Fork (in Spanish Fork Canyon drainage), drain-age), North Beaver, Bald Mountain Moun-tain (KTanti), and Diamond Mountain Moun-tain (near Vernal) units. Early hunts Sept. 26-Oct. 11, either sex, Antimony and North Beaver units. Hunter numbers to be limited on the North Beaver area Two deer units open to all regular reg-ular holders Oct. 17-27, one deer must be antlerless, Salina and Last Chance-Quitchupa units. Extended season either sex, regular license, five week ends immediately im-mediately following general October Octo-ber season, Ephraim, Twelve Mile, and. Antimony Creek units. Conditional hunts authority given giv-en to fish and game department to hold such hunts in several problem prob-lem areas along the Wasatch front if winter conditions make them necessary. Special permit hunts were authorized au-thorized for 10 of the state's 62 deer hunting units. Permits for these will continue at $3 for residents resi-dents and 55 for non-residents. Proclamations detailing the rules and regulations for the deer and elk hunts will be published during late July. Printed copies will be available at fish and game department depart-ment offices early in August. |