Just an update on my proposal to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources about making muzzleloader hunting for antelope a statewide hunt.

I sent my written proposal out to the 5 RAC committee members and also to each of the Wildlife Board members.

Yesterday I received an email from Ernie Perkins, the head of the Wildlife Board suggesting 3 different avenues that get results on proposals such as mine.

His number one suggestion is that I contact the Division and set up a meeting with them to discuss the proposal at length.  He suggests this because it is the one way that most suggestions either get approved and/or modified to approval of all the ways to get it accomplished.

I contacted him vie phone today, He did not answer and so I left a message for him to get back with me and that I wanted to know who I need to contact at the Division to set up a meeting to discuss this proposal.

If this proposal even has a ghost of a chance of being accepted it does not look like would  be implemented for 2013, but if it is approved it might go through in 2014.  However, there is an outside chance it may be approved before the application guidebook is printed for 2013.

Bears Butt

Oct. 18, 2012