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Show ANTELOPE HERD IN DAGGETT CO. TO BE TRANSPLANTED . Plans to trap part of Utah's antelope an-telope herd in Daggett county for transplanting in the western desert des-ert county , of Iron and Beaver counties were announced by Director Di-rector Ross Leonard, Utah Fish and Game Commission. The Daggett antelope herd, estimated esti-mated by the Forest Service to number about 500, has reached the carrying capacity of the extreme northeastern Utah range and is of little potential benefit to the Beehive Bee-hive state as now situated, Leonard Leon-ard said. "We are feeding these antelope only to have them migrate periodically periodi-cally to Wyoming and Colorado which are holding open seasons for their sportsmen," he pointed out. Asked just how the department aimed to trap these fleetest of all North American big game animals, ani-mals, Leonard explained "by setting set-ting up a corral with one-half mile wings and herding them into . it with an airplane and horsemen." The nucleus of an antelope herd is already started in Iron and Beaver counties as well as in more northerly west desert counties. This range is rapidly coming back under the intelligent administration administra-tion of the Grazing Service which has built water holes and restricted restrict-ed grazing, said the game chief. As such, it is an ideal habitat for prong hoursn. Indicating that Utah may some day have an open season on antelope, ante-lope, the state now has at least three herds numbering approximately approxi-mately 800 animals, Forest Service estimates show. |