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Show Comp. News- Eile Eox 6310 Lincoln, Neb. 60506 Y& imwme SS Etafa Peer Ifard u The Moab Sportsman's Club is continuing with its efforts to see that the local deer herd is rebuilt. In a pamphlet published this week by the club it states, "The percentage of licensed hunters who have bagged a legal deer in the Moab-Mor.ticello area have declined steadily- from an average of 74 per cent in 1970 to 23 per cent in 1975." It continues, "According to all biological information, Utah's deer herds have declined by appproximately, two-thirds two-thirds since 1970." Thi: Club states that according to the executive session of the Board of Big Game Control, the Moab Forest Service claims that the deer herds here are down to where they should be, and that they arenot going to rebuild them. They also state that the local forest service has already said they will ask for more doe removal in 1977. The Sportsman's Club members feel it is very poor management to give hunting unit 30A an 11-day hunt while other units with larger deer populations were assigned only 7-day hunts. Says the Sportsman's Club pamphlet, pamph-let, "The Division of Wildlife Resources lists approximately eight reasons for the deer herds declining so rapidly. But, as we all know, only two of these reasons can be easily controlled: Hunters and Predators." Utah sportsmen are asked in the pamphlet to give their help in five ways: 1. To eliminate the Forest Service representative from the Big Game Board and replace him with a sportsman. 2. To eliminate doe permits. If an excessive deer population exists, the club recommends that a short either sex hunt be held. According to the club doe permits are simply a money-making tool used all too frequently by the Division of Wildlife Resources. 3. To eliminate the law which requires a hunter to buy a deer license in order to hunt elk or submit application for an antelope or buffalo permit. 4. To find ways to control predators more effectively. 5. To see that more money is spent in areas that will directly increase the amount and quality of game animals, game birds and fish. This money, says the Moab Sportsman's Club, should not be placed in the hands of an appointed agency to be used for more people control. For further information interested persons are asked to contact Dwight Johnston at 259-7182 or Debbie Brown at 259-6704 or to write to Moab Sportsman's Club, P. O. Box 729, Moab, Utah 84532. |