i I lng number of farmers and ranchers who close their land to pbllc hunting, some of them signing up with private pri-vate hunting clubs. Nishi-guchl Nishi-guchl commented. "The way to keep private land open to public hunting is for hunters to exercise courtesy." "The law requires hunters to get a landowners permission permis-sion before entering on his land, and a reminder is printed on the hunting license. li-cense. But some hunters go right onto private land without asking. They may even tear up fences, damage buildings or equipment and injure livestock. Those actions ac-tions are what causes farm -ers to close their lands to hunting, even if the 'slob' hunters are few in number. State law allows posting of land with the use of flour -escent orange or bright yellow yel-low paint or with 'No Trespassing Tres-passing signs. Even if the land is posted, it wouldn't hurt to ask the owner if he permits hunting. Some farmers just want to know who is on their land and some of them use the DWR hunting hunt-ing permission slips and need to have visitors fill them In. The Farm Bureau head urged hunters to police their own ranks and to educate the careless hunters to the need for courtesy, if private lands are to be kept open for game harvest. Most wildlife feeds on private land. It's only right to be courteous to the man who pays the feed bill. s The Utah State Division n of Wildlife Resources thanks t Utahns for their support of y the nongame state Income 5 tax "Do Something Wild" program during 1981. A total to-tal of $214,000 was donated to help protect Utah's non-t non-t game wildlife which is nearly 90 percent of Utah's wildlife. A higher percentage of , taxpayers lnUtahpartlcipat- , ed than in any other state with a nongame tax checkoff program. 16.2 percent of Utah's tax filers receiving refunds showed their concern con-cern for nongame wildlife ' with their donation. PERMIT FEES The permit fee for under -' subscribed deer control units is $10. PLUS a $1. postage and handling fee. All applications must be submitted sub-mitted by mail only on Sept. 21. Hunters should send their name, address, big game or combination license number, hunt number applied for and an $11. check. MUZZLELOADERS Permits for thedeermuz-zleloader thedeermuz-zleloader season, October 31 through November 8, are now on sale at DWR offices in Salt Lake, Ogden, Spring-ville, Spring-ville, Vernal, Price and Cedar Ce-dar City. The $10 permit will be available until Oct. 16, one day prior to the start of the general deer season. The muzzleloader permit does not entitle a person to harvest two deer. If a person per-son does not harvest a buck-during buck-during the regular season, he may hunt during themuz-zleloader themuz-zleloader season. It is legal le-gal to buy both an archery permit and a muzzleloader permit. During the muzzle-loader muzzle-loader season, a person may hunt in all areas of the state open for the 11 day general deer season, except in areas where restricted moose or elk hunts are being held. With the dove huntingsea-son huntingsea-son already under way and 1" other open seasons coming il . soon, hunters should cooperate cooper-ate with farmers fully by getting permission to hunt on private land and by being careful around standing crops, said Frank O. Nishi-guchi, Nishi-guchi, President of Utah's Farm Bureau. Frank, himself, him-self, is a farmer in Garland, Gar-land, Utah, explained that corn, hay and other crops still standing in fields can suffer heavy damage from careless hunting practices. Many sportsmen have been concerned about the increas-