Show Deer Get Breaks Breaks' Opening Weekend Statewide reports covering the opening week end of Utah's general deer season show the buckskin getting the tile br breaks ks t throughout ir ut man many many Y of the states state's maj major r herd areas Rain snow snow and and muddy roads limited both success success and pleasure for a 3 big share of the hunters afield the department of fish and game reported The department said several severa herd units in the north half a of I the state were yielding the best hunter success though spotty storms in some of these seel ion had made the going rough as had heavier storms in inmost inmost most mount mountain l n ranges to the tae south As predicted earlier hunters hunters hunters hunt hunt- ers were finding the deer well scattered from drom the lower elevation elevation ele ele- juniper r benches to Urn ber bel line in the high country One result of the ad adverse verse hunting conditions during the early season is a probable reduced reduced reduced re re- re- re deer harvest in contract to the heavy take that had been expected Records show nearly half the animals taken each year are arc killed during the opening week end of the sea sea- son Game managers were hoping hoping hoping hop hop- ing today for good weather during the second week end of the general season which ends over much of the state on October 29 They predicted good hunter success for or those thos unsuccessful hunters going goin afield if the curren current t storm period passes in time to make mak access and hunting possible i in much of the mountain country countr now inaccessible to normal norma tra travel vel Hunters were reminded also als that the regular license anc and tag may be used during extended ex extended ex- ex x- x tended seasons in all or par part of 11 il deer herd units They should save that unused tag i if they intend to go afield during during during dur dur- ing these later hunts All AU th the areas where extended Seasons season are set may be checked in th the 1957 deer proclamation malion under undo the item listed Extended Seasons Sea Sea- sons sons I 1 |