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Show Figures on 1944 Deer DeerHunt DeerHunt Hunt in Utah GivenWhen Given GivenWhen ' When 'When it comes to deer coun country country country try lying lymg outside the special per permlt permet permit mlt met districts southern Utah does doesnot doesnot doesnot not necessarily provide the best bestdeer bestdeer bestdeer deer hunting huntmg as popular concep conceptIon conception conception tIon or the annual trek of red redcapped redcapped redcapped capped nimrods mmrods ramrods to that part of ofthe ofthe ofthe the state might indicate mdlcate accord accordfig accordtrig accordtog fig trig to Ross Leonard director of ofthe ofthe the Utah Fish and Game com corn cornmission show that In in the " entIre entIre'state entire 'state state ' state state35 35 772 hunters were able to bag bag20 20 909 bucks for an average of of58 58 45 per centIn centIn cent In Grand county there were were262 262 licensed hunters who k1l1 kill k1l1ed killed killed ed 125 bucks for an average averageof averageof averageof of 48 per cent In San Juan Juancounty Juancounty Juancounty county the luck was much bet better better better ter getting698 with 822 hunters gettm getting , ! 698 bucks for a percentage of of85 85 ( incidentally the highest m in mthe inthe inthe the state ) I Four of every five hunters hunterswere hunterswere hunterswere were successful in m bagging baggmg a aUtah aUtah Utah alUtah deer either doe or buck bucklast bucklast bucklast al last fall states Director Leon Leonard Leonand Leonard ard and A total of 64 672 persons personspurchased personspurchased personspurchased purchased buck tags Moreover Moreoverthree Moreoverthree , three out of every five hunters hunterswho hunterswho hunterswho who stalked only the wIlIer wIlIerbucks wilierbucks wilierbucks bucks bagged a set of hornsBased hornsBased horns Based on a tabulation of deer deertags deertags deertags tags returned by hunters in 111 con conformIty conformrty confortuity formIty formrty with state law the 1944 1944Utah 1944Utah 1944Utah Utah deer hunting huntmg summary summaryshows summaryshows summaryshows shows I 1 A total of 64 672 hunters huntersbagged huntersbagged . bagged ed 40743 40 743 bucks and 11 034 034does 034does does : 2 The percentage of buck kIll kIllwas killwas killwas 0341 was 62 99With 99With 99 99With With 16320 16 320 special doe per permite permite . mIte purchased the hornless doe doekill doekill ' kIll is presumed to be 67 61 per percent percent percent cent 4 Since Smce it is necessary to have havea a buck tag to obtain obtam a doe per permlt permit permit mlt mit 64 672 hunters therefore thereforebrought thereforebrought thereforebrought , brought home a total of 61777 61777deer 61 777 777deer 777deer deer which is 80 pel per cent suc sue success suecess suecess suecessWe cess cessWe We have the signed cards of ofthe ofthe ofthe the hunters themselves to bear bearout bearout bearout out these figures and are proud proudto proudto proudto to announce that they show showUtah showUtah showUtah Utah is still in m the forefront of ofthe ofthe ofthe the nation when it comes to the theaverage theaverage theaverage average hunter hunters s chance of bag baggmg bagBing baggmg gmg Bing a deer said DIrector DIrectorLeonard DirectorLeonard DirectorLeonard Leonard LeonardSan San Juan and Tooele countIes countIesproVIded countiesprovided countiesprovided , proVIded the best hunting huntmg out outsIde outside outside , sIde the doe areas with 85 and and73 ! 73 per cent buck kill respect respectIvely respectively respectively Ively |