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Show Eli Hairves.il Last fall's big game harvest figures, released recently by the Division of Wildlife Resources' game management manage-ment section, show a record elk harvest and a slight drop in the harvest of deer from 1977 figures. MORE THAN 32,000 elk permits were sold in 1978 for the state's open bull season, and 2,923 bulls were harvested harvest-ed for a nine percent hunter success. This is up one percent per-cent over 1977. In addition, 2,020 restricted elk permits were issued through the drawing and 1,088 bulls, cows and calves were harvested. Archers took 82 elk during 197a Grant Jense, big game supervisor with the division, said Utah's elk herd is on the upswing. The state will probably see record harvests in the future. JENSE POINTED out that the slightly lower deer harvest har-vest in 1978 was probably due to the poor weather on opening open-ing weekend fall. He said the deer take, especially in some southern areas, was down nearly 50 percent due to poor access on opening day. More than 63,000 deer were harvested during Utah's general season for a 33 percent per-cent success ratio. MUZZLELOADERS harvested har-vested 193 deer in 1978, slightly fewer deer than in 1977. And archers harvested more deer-l,400--than in the previous season. |