RAC shoot down 9 day rifle hunt YIPPY!!!!

The RAC did not pass the 9 day rifle hunt. That was the best thing i heard all day!

Not approved

A recommendation to lengthen the general rifle deer buck hunt to nine days in southern Utah was among the recommendations the board did not approve.

"Plenty of rain and snow over the past two years has really helped the vegetation and the deer herds in southern Utah," McLaughlin says. "The number of bucks per 100 does has increased to an average of 15 bucks per 100 does, which is the minimum goal set in the state's deer management plans,"

Even though deer herds are improving, hunters were still concerned about the effect four extra days of hunting would have on the herds.

"Most of the bucks taken during any deer hunt are taken during the first weekend of the hunt," McLaughlin says. "Because most of the bucks are taken during the opening weekend, we don't believe adding four additional days to the hunt would have hurt the herds.

"We also wanted to provide young hunters and their families with an extra weekend of hunting. Because of their school and church commitments, many young people can only hunt on the weekends. The current five-day hunt limits many of them to one day of hunting,"