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Show Results of Deer Hunt Reported "If I had to summarize the 1976 general deer hunt by the results from the deer checking stations, I would have to say that the overall success was at least 25 percent and might be one or two percentage points above the figure," said Rodney Rod-ney John, Utah State Division of Wildlife Resources big game supervisor. John commented that the success by regions was about as expected. The two northern sections of the state yielded the best hunting this year and the central region was also quite good. This was predicted in the preseason forecast. Likewise, the forecast called for hunting to be slower in the southern and southeastern regions. The southern region (southwestern Utah) was down in harvest, but the figures show better success than predicted. The southeastern area had good success. John said that the final statistics for the 1976 season would not be available until the first of the year; but that, in general, he was pleased with the early indications of success. Bloomington checking station sta-tion showed a ten percent decrease in the number of hunters checked but a slight increase in the number of deer harvested. Hunter trip success was 33 percent. Daniel's Canyon checking station checked 19,675 hunters, hunt-ers, an increase of 11.8 percent over 1975. The num- ber of deer checked was up by 34.5 percent with a 13 percent hunter trip success ratio. The new Spanish Fork Canyon checking station processed pro-cessed 30,501 hunters, and 3,507 deer were checked through the facility. No comparative com-parative figures were available, avail-able, this being the first year for the station; but hunter trip success was a relatively good 11.6 percent. Chalk Creek station showed a large 43 percent increase in the number of hunters and a whopping 59 percent increase in the number of deer taken. The 3,264 hunters checked in with 428 deer for a hunter trip success of almost 19 percent. Beaver Creek and Blacksmith Black-smith Fork stations showed hunter trip success percentages percent-ages of 12.6 and 8.4 respectively. respec-tively. It was the first year for Beaver Creek, but Blacksmith Fork figures showed the number of deer taken rose by 43 percent. Snowville station also showed show-ed the number of hunters decreased, but deer harvest was up 26 percent. In assuming the responsibilities responsibil-ities of the Director of the Utah State Division of Wildlife Resources, Don Smith has expressed his intention of taking a personal approach to wildlife management. To begin be-gin his administration he has scheduled a series of 20 community forum meetings to be held throughout the state. The purpose of the meetings is to allow personal, two-way communication between the people of Utah and the Director's office concerning wildlife management and its implications. All interested persons are welcome to attend the meetings. Each meeting will last approximately two hours and will consist of a brief introduction, introduc-tion, outlining the Divisions's organization and purpose. The introduction will be followed by a question and answer period. The Moab meeting will be held Saturday, November 13. |
