Show BUCK LAW INCREASES UTAH DEER REPORT SHOWS ogden utah feb 14 district forester R H rutledge states thil an examination of reports from the national forests in utah indicates a constant increase in deer in the deer in utah were so red iced in numbers that a year closed season was established following this the buck law and a 10 day open season were put in effect owing to the easy accessibility of the hunting fields this short season removes more deer than would happen with a considerably longer season in regions where the hunting grounds were less easily accessible during 1920 on the national forests in utah there were killed les than bucks this has increased annually until in 1926 there were killed about 2000 bucks deer have become more aall over the state even well away from game preserves soon after the buck law went into effect were made that there were many barren does owing to an over killing of bucks but it is evident that each year there has been a satisfactory increase it is probable that some day it will be necessary to have an open season on does to prevent overstocking over stocking same law violations occur in the killing of does but they are infrequent owing to the necessity for hunters to look carefully to observe horns be fore shooting practically no acci dents by mistaking hunters for daei have occurred there is s general feeling in utah that the buck law has to a large extent been the roeana of putting this state back on the map as a deer pro t ducer |