Show Preliminary deer hunt results analyzed Preliminary results of the 1976 general deer season based on checking station data and projected license sales figures indicate that this years year's hunt produced su success cess for percent of the seasons season's deer hunters That is a 58 percent improvement in hunter success over the final figures for the 1975 deer season which was percent Projected figures approximate approximate approximate ap ap- proximate some hunters were afield The number represents about four percent fewer hunters than during 1975 The breakdown shows approximately approximately approximately ap ap- proximately resident hunters and some nonresident pursued deer during the general season The projected regular season harvest totals deer Final figures for the 1976 general deer season will be available in February DISTRIBUTION of hunters differed somewhat over 1975 due probably to predictions and publicity of Wildlife Resources information h sources predicted that less success was was expected in the southwest portion of the state In addition publicity Inthe in inthe inthe the southeastern section of Utah tended to shift pressure to other areas Hunter pressure was shifted northward as a consequence con con- sequence Preseason predictions identified the northern parts of Utah as the region which would yield the best hunting in 1976 and apparently were influential in directing hunters REGIONAL harvests appear to lo correlate closely with preseason predictions The great greatest st deviation appears to be bethe bethe bethe the southwestern part of the state where success was not expected to be much if any better than 1975 In spite of the AI decrease in pressure in that area the harvest increased slightly and the percent of success went up considerably The southeastern section showed less hunter pressure but improved hunter success over 1975 |