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Show Department of Fish and Game to department personnel, sportsmen's organizations, and other groups and individuals alike. They will be used as an aid to the Fish and Game Commission when that body schedules the rules and regulations covering the 1954 angling season during a special meeting set for next January 16. Any group or individual not re ceiving a questionnaire may direct di-rect such recommendations to the wSht Emission lo96 West North Temple Rait Lake City, not later than January Fish and Game Hews Notes ... Utah archers bagged 96 deer during the recent fall seasons for a 15 plus success average, according ac-cording to field census and kill card returns coming to game department de-partment offices from boy and arrow hunters. Final figures show 623 special archery permit holders had one of their most successful seasons on record, with 27 bucks and 69 does being harvested. Popularity of this type hunting is forecast by the greater numbers of archery enthusiasts afield this year. An increase of 179 permit holders is noted compared to the 444 such permits sold during the 1952 season. All figures are from the six special spec-ial permit archery hunting areas allocated by the Board of Big Game Control this year. No figures are available for the general Jeer season when any holder of a big and anglers in the United States spent six billion dollars during 1952. Basis for these figures was the nearly 19 million fishing licenses li-censes and 12l2 million hunting licenses issued by the 48 states last year. The report shows the average license buyer spending slightly over $300 a year for his sport. The purchase of clothing, licenses, ammunition, guns, tackle, dogs and dog food, cameras, film, special spec-ial equipment, lodging and hundreds hun-dreds of other items chargeable only to his sport were included in the average cost. A comparative figure shows the six billion total to be 136 more than the sales of all household appliances, ap-pliances, television sets and radio sets combined. It is 50 greater than the annual sales of all drugstores! drug-stores! A recent survey authorized by the Utah Fish and Game Commission Com-mission is now going forward in the study of the economic aspects and evaluation of the state's fish and wildlife resources. Figures and facts from this study, along with those made nationally, should cause citizens in all fields to give wildlife more consideration than is now accorded this source of a six billion dollar industry. Truly big business! Recommendations covering the setting of the 1954 angling proclamation proc-lamation are asked for in a questionnaire ques-tionnaire being sent by the Utah game license could hunt with either bow or rifle. A recent shipment of 281,500 brook trout eggs are now distributed distrib-uted to several of the state's 12 fish hacheries for processing. They were purchased from a private hatchery source in Montana. A total of two million brook trout eggs are expected o be in the hatcheries by the end of January. Jan-uary. Half will come from the Montana -source and half from private pri-vate hatcheries in the - eastern states. Cost of the eggs averages $1.25 per thousand. The state hatcheries each year process about two million brook trout eggs for planting as fry and fingerling. Majority of these small fish, go into the high mountain country over the state where they are known to be adaptable to the cold water and shorter growing season. Most are taken in by pack train. The two million brook eggs handled each year are only part of the average 25 million eggs so processed and planted into' waters of the state. The larger figure represents mostly trout but does include some warm water species such as the recently introduced , walleyed pike. Two million walleye , eggs are on order this year for , spring delivery. They will be stock- ( ed into reservoirs and other waters where trout fishing has not been productive in the past. 1 That hunting and fishing is big ' business is again shown In figures from a report released by the ' United States Department of Com- ' merce following exhaustive- re- ' search on the subject. 1 According to the report, hunters ' |