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Show ANTELOPE TRAPPING IN DAGGETT CO. BEGUN THIS WEEK The State of Utah was scheduled sched-uled to begin its antelope trapping in Daggett County February -S, according to Ross Leonard, director, direc-tor, Utah Game department. The trapping is conditional, however, on whether or not it is possible to get trucks and the necessary equipment into the Glades area, Mr. Leonard said. And this, in turn, will depend on Whether the Green River is frozen solidly enough to hold the weight of the vehicles, the game chief said. Mike Gaufin, big game supervisor, super-visor, and Warden Henry Slaugh, veteran antelope trapper, were scheduled to complete a survey of road and range conditions this week. The two wardens flew over the -area with Jack Turner, veteran vet-eran Antelope-chasing pilot from Vernal. Results of their trip have not been disclosed. It is the plan of the state, Mr. Leonard said, to move upward of 100 animals from this corner of the state to suitable lands on the western deserts. The state has small herds on the western sage-lands, sage-lands, but these herds need new blood to bring them along, Mr. Leonard said. The state has already received 35 head of antelope from the Wyoming Game Commission, all of which were transplanted in western west-ern Box Elder County. Utah game leaders have borrowed the Wyoming Wyo-ming trapping net for their transplanting trans-planting operations, according to the director. |