| Show Memorandum On OnOn OnOn On The Deer Dee r Hunt Huntr HuntI Hunt r. r It I t will wilt be several days or per per- perhaps perhaps haps naps a a few weeks before accurate data on this seasons season's deer hunt bunt can be released to the public We Ve have demonstrated that the big game ame population pop lation can be controlled in any given locality by hunting Big game can be satis satis- satisfactorily managed as to numbers If I f we have overshot or undershot on any area we will adjust matters accordingly another year There is no justification for panic panie on either the part of stockmen or sportsmen We Ve can and will control the numbers of deer on every range unit nit in the thc state We Ve arc are not going goir to allow the deer to destroy either cither public or private range We Ve arc are not rot going to destroy the deer either cither Our greatest problem is to make our big game herds fit the available winter range areas There are arc but very few places in Utah where the utilization of forage by deer on sum summer summer summer mer ranges is seriously effecting livestock interests When deer or ells elk arc are persistent persistent- persistently ly damaging crops we ye are going to t kill kilt them In some instances game- game proof fences fel will be built Jn In other instances land will be purchased for the use of big game Anyhow pet Pct deer that pester the farmer arc doomed We W V want wild deer that do not a diet of alfalfa and cabbage salad We Ve are preparing to make a care care- careful careful careful ful winter survey of all deer herds herdson on winter ranges to get set more accurate accurate accurate ate information on the number of deer remaining on each range unit throughout the state Continuous observations throughout the winter will be made THE DOE PROBLEM range Long-range guns and no field glasses results in the killing of a number r of female J male deer on every deer hunting area in the state Our guns shoot effectively far beyond our natural field of oJ clear vision There is less than one chance in ina a hundred that tha the doe doc killer will willbe willbe willbe be caught in the act a t by a regular warden The deer hunting area in Utah has expanded to include more than ten i acres Imagine 30 wardens policing such an area arcs We Ve must depend on on the help of the honest sportsman to keep the law law- lawless lawless lawless less in line tine Honest hunters Jet get ct excited and kill female deer occasionally Such accidents should be imme imme- immediately immediately immediately to the nearest warden When a hunter kills a doe by b take he should take care of it and bring it in It is the man that kills a doe doc and leaves it on the range that should be prosecuted to the limit Such wanton killers should lose their right to hunt I assure that we will be bet bet- better better better ter organized to conduct the deer hunt of 1942 than we were to con con- conduct conduct conduct duct the hunt of 1941 I am con con- convinced convinced vinced winced that checking stations alone will not stop or even check the killing of deer 1 |
