Show California hunters and Utah deer On the opening day of the 1977 1917 deer hunt somewhere in the neighborhood of hunters were in the field Of that number number some were Californians What was the attraction that drew chew that many state out-of-state hunters huners from one olle area to Utah In the most simple terms it was wasI I ilah's tah's deer and the fact that the for hunter success is islar far lar greater in Utah than in California alifornia In their 1976 hunt California alifornia hunters registered a hunter success figure of 92 I percent while during the same year Utah hunters recorded a U 33 percent success ratio But while those numbers tell part of the story there is also another reason that California hunters give for their willingness to purchase a nonresident license and that is that a Utah deer just simply tastes better than a California deer That factor would undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- un- un be difficult to prove taste being such a subjective matter but the idea is interesting interesting interesting in in- to contemplate Whatever the reasons it is a fact act that a great many California hunters spend fifty weeks a year just waiting for forthe forthe forthe the two weeks when they can hunt Utah's deer And whatever the benefits those hunters enjoy enjoy en en- n- n joy it is a fact that Utah benefits too This his year it is estimated that state out hunters will leave behind more than three and a half million dollars in Utah |