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A SPECIAL SECTION OF THE Saratoga Sun • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016

What’s Insidep2 What’s Inside p3 Good habits for a safer hunt p3 Tips for trophies p4 Apps for p4 The many hats of a game warden p5 Leave the drones home p6 Knowing regulations a necessity p8 All about the Pronghorn Area numbering explained

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Saratoga Sun file photo From left, Mountain Game Warden Ryan Kennada and Biff Burton listen to Welcome Hunters! Saratoga resident Tony Seahorn. Bog Boots • Stormy Kromer Scotch Caps We have Certified feed available Good habits for a safer hunt Saratoga By Max Miller Because most people in Car- pidity–and the guys will tell Although participants use bon County grew up around you (afterwards), ‘I was just Feed &Grain guns, knives, bows and ar- guns and gun culture, Bur- stupid,’” Burton said. 1953 Hwy 130 rows, hunting is actually one ton said gun accidents are a Burton reminded hunters (North of Saratoga) of the safer ways to enjoy the comparative rarity. “Firearms to always wear blaze orange Open 8am-5:30pm M-F outdoors according to Sarato- are our way of life here, and in the field during the season, 9am-2pm Sat. ga Game Warden Biff Burton. they’re just tools like a ham- and that horses can also wear 307-326-5133 Even so, the wild and remote mer or a screwdriver to us,” blaze to prevent accidental landscape of southern Wyo- Burton said. shootings. ming features perils as well Driving recklessly and as beauty, and Burton had speeding on all-terrain ve- some advice to offer hunters hicles (ATVs) can also be a ENCAMPMENT as shooting seasons start. hazard for hunters, especially “They say that there are no “I don’t know if alcohol is added to the mix. RIVER PROCESSING accidents–there’s preventable a hunter that “Slow down out there, stick to accidents, or negligence,” Bur- the roads and follow the rules Wild Game Processing • Smoked Sausage ton said. The warden said that hasn’t cut so you’re not putting yourself Dry Ice • Shipping Available most injuries in the field could in danger,” Burton advised. 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Got Game? that hasn’t cut himself when Game Warden A common thread among Got Game? they’re field-dressing or skin- Game and Fish many of these mistakes is ThinkThink ning or dragging an ani- over-familiarity. “The idea Full Service mal back (to camp),” Burton is, you get complacent,” Bur- FullWild Service Game said. According to a website ton said. Many hunters are Wild Game run by Buck Knives, abiding Even so, Burton said it’s too so used to the routine use of Processing by a few best practices can common for hunters to “make their tools that they fall into Processing prevent most common knife a stupid mistake shooting at bad habits or carelessness Since 1972 injuries. Sharp knives are something they shouldn’t be and put themselves or those 2 miles north Since 1972 safer than dull ones, and shooting at.” Taking time to around them at risk. of2 milesEncampment north of Encampment knife owners should keep positively identify your target That being said, Burton 327-5345 their blades clean, paying and paying attention to what made it clear he wouldn’t After 7 p.m. call particular attention to locking lies beyond it are critical to want to dissuade anyone from 327-5345307-329-6998 mechanisms that are critical preventing dangerous mis- hunting. “Small accidents to safe use. The site also re- takes. happen almost routinely, but 77 a.m.a.m. -- 77 p.m.p.m. minds knife users to always Other gun errors, like clean- hunting is really the safest Seven days a week Seven days a week cut away from themselves, ing a gun without unloading a sport. It’s safer than horse- and not to use blades for pry- chambered round, or pulling back riding or bowling,” he ing, which can cause them the trigger while unloading a stated. Go and get your deer to break-creating dangerous gun can be ascribed to simple or elk, Burton counseled–just shrapnel. thoughtlessness. “It’s just stu- don’t get hurt doing it. Gallery LauraFASHION, FURS AND MFINE ART HUNTERS! Don’t go home without a trophy for Check for the wife new items daily Fine Silver Laura M Gallery is full of eclectic Fashions Furs and Fine Art & Turquoise Jewelry Vintage Collectible Clothing Custom Wood Pieces Antiques & Collectibles Antler Art Laura M Backroom is filled with 115 W. 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By Fred Broschart bag and throw it in the freezer the worst enemy, but for This year will most certain- and think it’s good; it’s not, birds they’re just what you ly be the year that some lucky because all that heat (from need, Patzer said. After suc- hunters in the Valley get the hide) is in that bag and it cessfully hunting a bird you Open Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm the once-in-a-lifetime game takes two or three days for it would like to have made animal. For the sportsmen to freeze and in the meantime into a trophy, the best thing 113 East Bridge Ave. (Next to Lollypops) so fortunate, it is an under- you’ve got bacteria in there.” to do is gently lay the bird standable desire to have the The best thing to do, Patzer complete in the bag, taking animal sent to a taxidermist said, is to fold the leather special care to not bend or and have it preserved forever sides—the inside part of the break feathers. It’s important for, well, bragging rights. hide—together and lay it that the feathers lay flat in Valley Oil Co. But there are special con- out overnight to let it cool. the bag, he said. Then, once siderations that need to be By folding the cape leath- the entire bird is in the bag, WELCOME HUNTERS! taken into account if you er-to-leather, you help ensure freeze it and bring it to the want to have that trophy that the hide does not dry out, taxidermist. Propane, non-ethanol buck, elk, moose or even bird he said. In most cases, fish are a or fish stuffed and mounted to replica, Patzer said. Because premium now available hang above the mantelpiece of that, it’s not necessary to for years to come. take a dead fish to the taxi- Call Stephen at 307-329-5015 • 211 N. State St, Saratoga, WY 82331 Warden Patzer, at Trophy dermist. Instead, a fisherman Room Taxidermy and Koyote “Field care is can take a picture, then mea- Sports in Saratoga, said it essential— sure their fish, including the was important that hunters length and girth, and return who want their animals to the better the it to the water. That informa- Please check your be preserved by taxidermy tion will tell the taxidermist to pay particular attention to field care, the how to recreate the model. their field care of the animal. better your If an angler decides to have backdrop before “Field care is essential,” that particular fish mounted, Patzer said. “The better the product will be he or she should wrap the fish field care, the better your in the end” in cellophane and freeze it taking a shot! product will be in the end.” right away. Patzer says the “It’s a must.” Warden Patzer fish should not be gutted, For bigger game such as Proprietor, Koyoty Sports cleaned or cut in any way. deer, Patzer said that hunt- Care should also be taken ers should take care of the to make sure that there is carcass to make sure no post nothing on the fish that will mortem damage that may Once it is cool, then the hide pierce the skin, such as pine affect the quality of the end can be placed in a plastic bag needles. Welcome Hunters! product occurs. Patzer said and put in the freezer before Because scales have a ten- that animals should not be being taken the taxidermist. dency to fall off, most fish Stop by and see our large selection of WARM dragged, since that will cause Patzer said one pitfall he taxidermists do not use the outdoor gear including: the animal’s hair to be pulled has seen in the past is the fish’s natural skin, Patzer Carhartt • Wrangler • Socks out, and can result in bald desire to show off a prized said. Instead, they use ar- Thermal Underwear spots on the hide. kill to friends. Some, he said, tificial skin and paint it to Boots • New Bogs We now We have Getting the animal to the have left the cape out for sev- match. new carry Much more! Propane! taxidermist quickly is very eral days so they can show it Regardless of whether a inventory! important as well. Patzer off to their friends. This, he hunter wants to have big Yup, we carry that too! said that getting the animal said, can spoil the cape and game, fowl, fish or small 1504 S. River St., Saratoga, WY across from Valley Foods to the meat processor where make the end product a lower game mounted as a trophy, the animal can be caped— quality than hoped. the key to getting a quality have it’s hide and head re- Instead, Patzer suggests trophy besides proper field moved—and cooled down getting the cape to the taxi- care is communication with quickly is essential to a good dermist right away. From the taxidermist, Patzer said. trophy. there, the antlers can be tak- “Communication between Welcome If a hunter needs to cape en away and showed off while the client and the taxidermist an animal in the field, Patzer the taxidermist works on the is key,” Patzer said. “It’s im- said to cut to the animal’s rest of the trophy, he said. portant to take lots of notes to the Valley sternum and no farther. After For archery hunters who and inspect your hide when stopping at the sternum, pull hunt earlier in the season, it comes in.” & Good Luck, the cape over the animal’s when antlers may still be in Taking proper care of your shoulder and cut the neck at velvet, have to take special prized animal or fish, and Hunters! its upper end. care to make sure the very taking proper care of the Temperature control is also delicate velvet is not damaged relationship between client important in preserving the since that cannot be fixed in and taxidermist can help animal’s hide for a trophy, the shop by the taxidermist. ensure successful hunters Patzer said. For birds and fish—which have a trophy to be proud of “A plastic bag is the worst Patzer no longer works with— for years to come. enemy,” Pater said. “A lot of the rules are different. With Saratoga Auto Parts guys will put it in a plastic large game, plastic bags are 119 West Bridge Ave. Saratoga, WY The Sun online: www.saratogasun.com (307) 326-5330 Apps for hunting By Fred Broschart public are able to download These days, it seems there mapping apps that work is an app for everything. with a phone’s GPS system Even something as rugged as and allow hunters to see up- hunting is not exempt from to-date hunt area maps that the fact that technology is are maintained by Game and changing it. Fish. Apps like these allow According to Biff Burton, hunters to be sure they are in Game Warden for the Wyo- the proper hunt zone, Burton ming Department of Game said. and Fish, there are numer- “It is so cool, it’s unique in ous phone apps that hunters the world,” Burton said. “I are using to increase hunt wish I was better at comput- Carbon County’s Outdoor Headquarters satisfaction and be safer. ers; I’d be using it.” Several basic apps out Other generalized map- Firearms • Ammunition • Suppressors & Full Auto there are recommended for ping applications available Optics • Reloading Components hunters. Apps like Accu- for phones, such as Google weather, WUnderground Earth, give hunters far off Furs • Broker Mounts and others help sportsmen the beaten track a good idea 30 years taxidermy experience keep an eye on the weather of the terrain ahead and the conditions they will likely be locations of landmarks such Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm • Sat 9 am-3pm facing out in the field. as bodies of water and even Available 24/7 during hunting season Mapping apps are also buildings. useful for hunters, Burton said. On the Game and Fish See “Apps” on page 8 of 307-326-5551 website, members of the the hunting guide 104 East Bridge Avenue, Saratoga, WY 82331 Page 14, October 5, 2016 The Saratoga Sun A special section of the The Platte Valley Saratoga Sun October 5, 2016 Hunting Guide page 4 Leave the drones home Enforce, gather, educate ... Aircraft use not considered fair game Game wardens wear many different hats By Fred Broschart line when a technology may give By Max Miller or suspicious activity can work is done the old-fash- In the wake of recent regula- a hunter an unfair advantage over Biff Burton has been come from a meat proces- ioned way, with a warden tions handed down the Federal animals or other hunters. Saratoga’s Game Warden sor who gets a question- surveilling a suspicious Aviation Administration re- “It comes down to fair chase,” since 1989, and in those 27 able carcass or a rancher area on foot or from his or garding the use of drones or Un- Burton said. “Fair chase comes years, he’s done a lot more who hears shots after dark her pickup truck. “We’ll manned Aircraft Systems (UASs) down to giving an animal a fair than just issue citations. when hunting is prohibit- use all the technology for commercial and recreational chance to escape a hunter.” As Burton describes ed, Burton said. “Either available to us–and I don’t use, the Wyoming Department “Drones seem to cross that line to it, besides the import- someone sees (a violation) want to tell everybody of Game and Fish has said the most people,” he said. ant work of game law happen or they see the end everything we do,” Burton remote-controlled aircraft are Even though UAS technology enforcement, wardens are result, which can be a blood concluded. not legal for use as hunting aids. cannot be used legally to assist also called on to educate spot on the road, shooting As the popularity of so- Wyoming joined several other hunters in the course of their hunt, the public, act as arbiters where there should not be cial media sites has grown, states in banning the use of UASs that does not mean the technology in hunting disputes and any shooting or someone pictures on Facebook and in hunting. Alaska was the first will not ultimately be of benefit to gather field data in order sees their neighbor with an incriminating tweets have to recognize the use of drones in Wyoming hunters. to better understand and animal that doesn’t seem also become a valuable hunting and act to prevent the In other countries, drones have manage wild game popu- right to them,” Burton source of evidence for Bur- use of the devices in hunting by been used to crack down on poach- lations. offered as examples. ton. “We encourage people extending the definition of “air- ers, notably in South Africa where “We (game wardens) like WGF also does exten- to send pictures of every- craft” to include UASs, thereby game wardens have used the air- being different, and that’s sive record checking and thing, because then there’s holding the devices to the same craft to monitor endangered rhi- part of our culture and document review to catch a record of it,” Burton said. standards as other aircraft. In noceros populations and locate tradition,” Burton said, people trying to game the Despite all these so- Alaska, it is illegal to hunt the poachers who kill them for their calling Wyoming Game system. Burton said out-of- phisticated new detection same day you fly an aircraft. ivory, the BBC reported. and Fish (WGF) “warm- state hunters and fishers methods, Burton said suc- Wyoming’s regulation is sim- In other instances, the aircraft er and friendlier law en- will sometimes get caught cess at his job “still boils ilar, according to Biff Burton, have been used to conduct studies of forcement.” Charged with trying to apply for cheaper, down to hard work, deal- a game warden for Wyoming animal populations and migration, managing a district that in-state licenses–a mis- ing with people, treating Department of Game and Fish. data that give biologists informa- encompasses over 2,000 demeanor which current people with respect–how “We consider them (UASs) tion to make better population square miles, Burton U.S. Congressional can- they would want to be aircraft,” Burton said. “You can’t estimates of game animals. needs plenty of help from didate Liz Cheney paid treated.” In this empty use them for the purposes of “We look forward to the day when his neighbors in order to do a $220 fine for in 2013. country, no technology is hunting.” we (Wyoming Game and Fish) can his job effectively. Landowner coupons, meat more valuable than the ob- Burton said that the question use unmanned aircraft to gather “We like people to think processing and taxidermy servant rancher who picks has already come up in the Val- data about animals,” Burton said. that there’s a game war- receipts also leave a paper up the phone to call Burton ley. Last year, he had a hunter “What a great tool for wildlife man- den in every airplane that trail that investigators can when he sees something ask if it was permissible to use agers, and to keep biologists, like flies over, but there’s not,” follow back to rule-break- amiss, and an unfriendly a UAS equipped with a camera me, safe and out of the air.” Burton said. Instead, war- ers, Burton said. or short-tempered warden to go up and take pictures of the There’s a fair amount of resis- dens like him rely largely In the field, “We rely won’t get that tip. land on which he planned to hunt. tance to government organizations on help from residents, on collection of evidence “Our whole system of “I had to explain the law,” Bur- like Game and Fish using UAS other hunters, meat pro- and old-fashioned police wildlife management ton said. “That is an aircraft, and technology, Burton said. He be- cessors and taxidermists, work to figure out who did works better when peo- you can’t use an aircraft.” lieves that comes from the use of among others. what,” Burton said. These ple are talking,” Burton “And you can’t hunt within 24 drones by the military as a weapon “When people under- techniques have gotten said. “The risk of getting hours of using an aircraft.” overseas. He has had several land- stand why we make deci- even more effective in re- caught is still pretty low, Burton said a good rule of owners tell him they do not want sions about wildlife, they cent years as advances so we rely on these good thumb for hunters is that they drones flying over their property. become allies instead of in technology and greater ethics that we try to teach cannot fly an aircraft over a The Fish and Game Department complainers,” Burton ex- cellphone reception have people,” he went on. hunting ground—including un- already does that, Burton said. plained of his approach. let people report things If you see evidence of manned ones like UASs—then The only difference is that right To this end, he said on sooner. “If we can get to wildlife crime, it can be hunt that land within 24 hours of now they are sitting in the aircraft. any given day “You’d find the scene of a crime quick- reported by calling (877) the flight. Nor can there be any Perhaps in the future, when the me taking calls, working ly there’s more evidence WGFD-TIP (877-943- radio communication from the technology evolves, they may be at my desk, going to the there, or if an animal is 3847), or online at wgfd. aircraft to hunters on the ground, able to do their aerial studies from schools–a lot of running hurt maybe we can help wyo.gov/law-enforcement/ he said. the ground with UASs. around town.” Burton also it,” Burton said. stop-poaching. Officers like The issue, Burton said, was For now, however, the Game teaches hunting safety Advances in technology Burton are working hard ethical in nature. and Fish Department is merely classes and grants inter- have also allowed Burton to keep Wyoming’s wildlife Burton added that while Wyo- looking forward to the day when a views to media outlets and other wardens to use populations healthy for ming Game and Fish is on board UAS might help its biologists be- as part of his community remote-monitoring from generations to come–but with hunters using new technol- come better game managers. And outreach. trail-cams to catch sus- they can’t do it without ogy to make their hunt more pro- hunters are looking forward to this Reports of violations pects. Other times, that your support. ductive, comfortable and safer, he years’ hunt, as long as they leave said the department draws the the drones at home. 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By Max Miller mal with a “carcass coupon,”– dens like Burton to establish Saratoga Game Warden a low misdemeanor carrying that the hunter followed age Biff Burton takes his lunches a fine of $220. Failing to sign and sex guidelines stipulated when he can this time of year. and date a kill is fairly com- by his or her license. As hunting season opens mon–and it’s serious, Burton “Sometimes hunters mis- up for big game and trophy said. “If you don’t tag it you take a young buck antelope animals, wardens across the have a fresh license you can for a doe antelope– we have a state are kept busy enforcing use again and that’s just few of those every year,” Bur- laws that promote hunt- plain poaching,” Burton said. ton said. Other errors of iden- er safety and protect game Hunting more than 30 min- tification include mistaking populations from over-har- utes before sunrise or after an elk for a deer, or a moose vesting. sunset is also prohibited, and for an elk, both of which can “If hunting’s a big part of it’s dangerous to boot, Burton result in hefty citations. The your life, make it a point to warned. So is not wearing warden even recalled an in- know and understand game blaze orange, a $120 offense, cident two years ago where laws and make it a point which happens all too often a horse was shot by accident to follow them. Don’t take as aspen ally lights up and in Savage Run Wilderness. chances,” Burton said. “You shots ring out across Carbon Though Burton related the could go to jail for a long County’s rolling sage desert story with a chuckle, he de- time–that’s how important it and pine forests. scribed it as a serious safety is,” he continued. Trespassing was one of concern and an instance of Though the easy going Burton’s biggest concerns in reckless negligence on the Wyoming Game and Fish the past, but he said hunters part of the hunter. (WGF) warden prefers a are getting more and more In Burton’s view, these friendly approach, he warns conscientious about staying dangerous miscues can be that violations are common off private land every year. largely avoided by sticking to at this time of year, and the “With GPS, people are better a couple guidelines. He sug- consequences for such viola- at knowing their location,” he gested avoiding hunting next tions can be serious. explained. to private lands, or shooting Hunting violations largely Wasting game meat re- at running animals. “Taking fall into three categories in mains a problem, however. that long shot,” going out too Wyoming, Burton explained: Law dictates that meat from early or staying out too late low misdemeanors, high mis- game animals cannot be wast- can also result in serious demeanors and, in the most ed, so hunters are required to mistakes, Burton said. serious cases, felonies. Low harvest all edible portions of For the hunter that does misdemeanors can carry a their takes. “I always try to step outside the bounds of the fine of up to $1,000 and six remind people to remove the law, Burton said “The honesty months in jail. High misde- tenderloins from game ani- of people always goes in their meanors can carry fines of mals because that’s a fairly favor, and every Fish and up to $10,000 and one year new law,” Burton said. Wildlife Agency I know of re- in jail. Other penalties, such The warden also reminded wards honesty.” Self-report- as the confiscation of game hunters that firing a gun ing a violation could result in meat and loss of the privilege within 30 feet of an estab- lower fines, being able to keep CARRY YOUR LICENSE, to hunt may also be assessed, lished roadway is illegal, improperly harvested meat or and because Wyoming is a though he admitted the law retaining hunting privileges, signatory to the Interstate is tough to enforce. Burton said. “Game wardens Wildlife Violator Compact, Retaining evidence of the know that hunting is not an CONSERVATION STAMP those penalties can follow sex of animal taken is another exact sport or science.” a hunter to 44 other states, requirement that occasional- At WGF, “We don’t want Burton said. ly gets overlooked by hunters, to scare people, but we want By the warden’s reckoning, Burton said. Keeping the them to know that there are AND one of the most common vio- head or sex organs of an an- consequences if you break lations he encounters is the imal that’s been killed is re- game laws,” Burton conclud- failure to properly tag an ani- quired because it allows war- ed. HUNTER SAFETY CARD! Page 16, October 5, 2016 The Saratoga Sun A special section of the The Platte Valley Saratoga Sun October 5, 2016 Hunting Guide page 6 All about the Pronghorn On The pronghorn is a Wyo- exceed the population of peo- changed over the last decade many pairs of eyes are bet- ming icon. Its image appears ple within the state. In fact, is how fast they are and how ter than one, which is one of the on business signs, public population numbers have well they can see, but to what the many benefits of strong art,and even agency em- decreased significantly over degree is astounding. Prong- herding instincts. Range blems. We love that over half the last couple of decades, horn can detect movement Pronghorn, although still of the worldwide pronghorn and the population total is up to four miles away. The considered ungulates, vary By Abby Perry population is found within somewhere close to 410,000 human equivalent to a prong- greatly from other ungulates University of Wyoming the state of Wyoming. But today. There are, in fact, a horn’s amazing eyesight is in how they use and store en- Extension Carbon County Office how much do we actually third more people in the state looking through an 8x power ergy. Most animals fall into know about pronghorn? 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By Fred Broschart Game and Fish decid- A look at maps of Wy- ed to number popula- oming hunt areas might tion groups’ ranges, the lead some to question numbering system for why deer are included each species evolved in- in one hunt area, where- dependently of the oth- as other species in the er species’ hunt areas, same geographic loca- Burton explained. tion are part of another “In Colorado, their hunt area. deer and elk are in the The answer has to do same hunt areas,” Bur- with the way Wyoming ton said. “But that does Game and Fish tries to not mean they are man- manage animal popula- aging those populations tions across the state, in the same way.” according to Biff Burton, The numbering sys- a game warden with Wy- tem is part of the de- oming Game and Fish. partment’s management The business of the system for big game ani- Game and Fish depart- mals, Burton said. Hunt ment is to manage popu- areas are intended to lations of animals, Bur- distribute hunters in a ton said. A population of way to achieve a desired game animals is a group harvest in particular of animals that has very areas, Burton said. few individuals moving “Hunt areas are de- in or out of the group, signed to spread out CARBON COUNTY ELK AREA MAP Burton said. people,” he said. “People Such populations have tend to concentrate clos- ranges that they stay er to home or population within, Burton said. centers, so we needed a There is a population way to get people to go of Elk that live in the to different areas and Snowy Range and they harvest animals there.” stay in that area. Deer, A certain number of however, do not tend to licenses are granted for cross over the Snowy each hunt area depend- Range, instead moving ing on Game and Fish’s around the range’s pe- plans for managing the riphery. population of animals. A Those deer are also hunt area with a larger considered a snowy population that needs to range population, but be culled will have more the deer have a different hunters assigned to it boundary than elk, even than will an area that though their ranges do is not as overpopulated, overlap, Burton said. Burton said. Because of the way

Maps courtesy of Wyoming Game and Fish Department MAPS ARE FOR GENERAL REFERENCE ONLY. Please use the written boundaries printed in regulations for detailed boundary information.

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Burton said there are ity and other data that can also apps that can help be studied later to improve make people better, safer chances of a fruitful hunt. hunters. There are apps for There are also apps that sighting in rifles and bows, teach hunters survival he said, as well as apps skills on the off chance a that help hunters make hunter is stranded and ballistics calculations to needs to spend unexpected decide how and whether to time in the wilderness. take a shot. Burton said that the sim- There are also apps to ple act of being able to call help hunters track animals, out on a mobile phone is and to help shooters sight a tremendous advantage in their rifles. for hunters. Not only can “We encourage hunters hunters call or text other to use all of those things,” nearby hunters to help Burton said. “The technol- track wounded game, but ogy that makes hunters simply having a means of more successful are also reaching out can prevent making them more accu- a hunter being stranded in rate shots, better trackers the wilderness in the event and are making you safer of an emergency. by giving you an edge over Burton said that technol- the weather and that sort ogy can mean more success- of thing.” ful hunts for hunters, and it According to one hunting has helped make hunting blog, there are numerous a safer endeavor for every- apps that hunters can find one. Burton said he encour- useful. Some help hunters ages hunters to look at the understand animal behav- wide variety of smartphone ior and even help mimic an- apps available—some on imal calls more accurately. Game and Fish’s own web- There are also journaling site—that might make the

apps that allow hunters to hunting better for all com- CARBON COUNTY DEER AREA MAP keep notes of animal activ- ers, regardless of skill level.