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Show Game Board Reviews Successful Hunting and Fishinq Year All things considered, Utah had a pretty fair year with its hunting hunt-ing and fishing. This was the end-of-the-year statement of R. L. Turpin, Utah ish and Game Director, as he looked back over the past 12 questionnaire cards sent out shows that the deer kill will reach about 57 per cent. That according ac-cording to Turpin, is a good figure considering the traffic which our I game herds have had to bear thi "is and then made his forecast for the next 12. "We have a lot of good hunting hunt-ing and fishing in this state, and we realize that we have many problems to solve. What sucecss we have in 1949 will depend a lot on the attitude of the sportsmen " The game director pointed out that 1948 showed a record number of arrests. In commenting on this side of the picture Mr. Turpin said: "The manner in which the individual in-dividual sportsman conducts himself him-self is something that is beyond the reach of the State Fish and Game Department. For the good of the whole state we have to arrest ar-rest those men and women who ! nf)rcv n ..-. 1. year. Elk figures have already been released and the kill reached over 00 percent. As for ducks and geese,' there seldom has been a better hunt than that reported this year. State figures and those compiled by Floyd Thompson. Federal Game Management Agent, show about the best kill on waterfowl of anv year recorded to date. Fishing is still a problem. The state planted more fish than ever before, but a drought year hit the fishing picture and made things pretty tough on this side of the sheet. Turpin pointed out Utahs fishing will only be as good as its watpr mniti 4.. r. icpeui. ror our state I game laws. We will continue to do this in the future. "The only thing we can do," Turpin said, "is to appeal to the sportsmen of this state to start out right during the new year and resolve to help protect "their own fishing and hunting. The fish and game of this state is everyone every-one s business. In 1949 I would like to see very few arrests and 'vLreach this point we'll have h P1CtUre t0 Paint at the 1948 " y(?ar than We did for I tylJ6 directr pointed out that the deer take this year according ac-cording to early reports from the director explained. He said he expected ex-pected to have more fish for the sportsmen's creels than ever be- wm Ut nIy because the state will produce more fish to put in the state's limited waters Pheasant hunting was above average, he said. The noon-opening was- criticized bv manv. but after all is said and done it solved many of the state's poacher problems prob-lems and also aided the land own-er own-er considerably. of "Ze aV5- a ?00d year ahead a lot nf ? reCtr Predicted. but SreS1, |