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The afternoon suns shines on Big Horn Lake in this view from Little Mountain
recently. North Big Horn County has enjoyed an amazing "Indian summer" this
year.
Most big.game hunting
seasons open on Friday
While some firearm, big-
game seasons have been go-
ing since September, many
other areas opened Oct. 1,
and another group of areas
will be opening Oct. 15.
Hunters familiar with
Wyoming big-game seasons
know that the state does not
have a uniform opening date
for all big-game species, but
there are many areas that
share the same opening
date. For deer and elk the
most common openers are
Oct. 1 and Oct. 15. For hold-
ers of general licenses, this
provides hunters the ability
to hunt openers for a num-
ber of different areas.
Both residents and non-
residents who hold general
elk licenses can hunt in any
general elk license area in
the state. There are gener-
al elk areas in most national
forests in the state includ-
ing Medicine Bow, Bighorn,
Targhee, Wasatch, Bridger-
Teton and Shoshone. Wyo-
ming's other national forest,
the Black Hills, is limited
quota for elk.
Deer hunters who have
general licenses also have a
number of choices on hunt-
ing locations. As with elk,
residents can hunt any gen-
eral deer license area in the
state. General licenses for
nonresidents are divided
into regions, and nonresi-
dent hunters with Region
General licenses can hunt
any general licenses area
within their region. For ex-
ample, a nonresident who
has a Region A deer license
could hunt any or all of the
six general license hunt ar-
eas within that region but
could not hunt the nine gen-
eral license hunt areas in
Region B.
Some deer and elk areas
are limited quota only, and
both residents and nonresi-
dents hunting those areas,
must have the limited quota
lieense for that specific hunt
area. Some limited quota
deer areas are within the
boundaries of nonresident
deer regions, and those ar-
eas are off limits to general
license holders.
The deer and elk regu-
lations contain complete in-
formation on hunting sea-
son dates and limited quota
and general license areas.
Regulations are available on
the Game and Fish Web site
http://gf.state.wy.us or at li-
cense agents throughout the
state. Hunters with ques-
tions can call the Game and
Fish at (307) 777-4600.
Fair board mulls superintendent applications
BY BRENDA TENBOER
The Big Horn County
Fair Board of Trustees has
a large pool of applicants
for the fairgrounds super-
intendent position formerly
held by Howard Gernant.
Eleven people turned
in applications and/or re-
sumds but with two board
members absent from Mon-
day's regular meeting, the
decision was tabled until
next month. The position
will remain advertised for
the next four weeks, accord-
ing to board chairman Al-
fred Anderson.
'%Ve've still got some
time," Anderson said.
Vice chairman Wil-
lie Bridges will attend the
Rocky Mountain Associa-
tion of Fairs convention in
Missoula, Mont., Nov. 10-
13. The convention features
educational workshops, na-
tionally known speakers
and entertainment show-
cases. It is an opportunity
to shop for entertainment
for next year's fair, which
is tentatively scheduled for
July 31 to Aug. 7, 2011.
"We want to look for
something kind of different
and new," Bridges said.
Fair secretary Vangi
Hackney will also attend
the annual event.
Member Karen Sylves-
ter said she has received a
lot of public input in favor
of returning to a "free night"
of entertainment.
The board members
agreed earlier this year to
consider one page of sugges-
tions to improve the fair at
each meeting.
Myriah Sylvester, who
worked as an interim secre-
tary and in the office during
the 2010 fair, had several
ideas.
The Web site, according
to Myriah Sylvester, was
poorly designed and not
easy to navigate, creating
a lot of confusion especially
with on-line registrations.
Hackney said the tab
for on-line registrations
has been moved and other
changes to make the site
more user friendly have also
been made, but the youth
also need to be trained on
the system. Hackney said
she went to Lovell and took
entries but it is impossible
for staff to enter all of them
manually.
Bridges said a computer
should be made available in
the office for those who do
not have access at home.
Kids need to be urged
to learn the program and
make the entries them-
selves, Anderson said.
Paying the superinten-
dents was another sugges-
tion on Sylvester's list.
John Haley, who at-
tended the meeting, said he
believes it is a good thing to
pay them, but "it depends
on your budget."
"We do kind of pay
them, we give them meal
tickets," Anderson said.
Hackney said there is
at least one superintendent
that drives from the north
end and pays for camping
space throughout the week
in addition to taking time
off from work.
The board will seek
more input and determine
if other fairs pay their su-
perintendents.
Myriah Sylvester's sug-
gestions also included do-
ing away with two separate
premium systems.
Anderson wholeheart-
edly agreed, saying the fair
now uses the American and
Danish system and it would
lessen confusion and cut
ribbon cost.
'Tdjust as soon get away
from Danish," he said.
Haley said usually
breeding stock is judged on
the American system.
Bridges also agreed
there is a need to get away
from Danish but minor ad-
justments need to be made.
"Right now in market
class there are a lot of pre-
miums paid out. We could
pay out top six and give rib-
bons to three," he said.
The need to veer away
from specialized ribbons,
such as those that say 4-H
or FFA specifically was dis-
cussed in length. The big ro-
settes cost about $12 each.
Sylvester and Matty
Moody, who was absent
from Monday's meeting,
were appointed to a com-
mittee to work out the nec-
essary changes.
Also on the agenda Oct.
11:
• The board voted to in-
crease the contribution to
the demolition derby purse
from $2,000 to $3,000 in an
effort to increase the num-
ber of drivers and specta-
tors.
Anderson said Mr.
VanderPloeg, who orga-
nized the derby last year
said he believes Big Horn
County could get as many
as 40 cars with a larger
purse.
"They did a great job
this year," Karen Sylvester
said.
Bridges said attendance
needs to increase by 12 per-
cent to recoup the costs if
entry fees stay the same.
• Last month the board
asked Hackney to survey
vendors to see if they were
in favor of having a choice
between setting up under
the grandstands or the mid-
way. There were mixed re-
sults.
The Greybull Athlet-
ic Club has repeatedly had
the opportunity to operate
under the grandstands, but
does not have an exclusive
contract. Other vendors in-
dicated they would like to
set up in the prime location.
No action was taken.
• The board discussed
three businesses or individ-
uals who have not yet paid ,
for advertising in the fair
book. Certified letters were
sent to remind them.
• The possibility of a
"play day" with barrels,
poles, and speed pole events
for adults and children was
discussed.
"I did this for 20 years
in Washington, it was really
popular, it is a family sport,"
said one resident. "I'd just
like to find out if there is any
interest around here."
Board member Mitch
Shelhamer who was absent
Monday is also interested in
organizing a "fun day," ac-
cording to Bridges.
"He most likely would
do it in the spring, though,"
he said.
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