Show Elk Success Rated 47 Final figures covering Utah's elk hunts during 1962 were bythe released last week by the Department of Fish and Game The report shows 2522 per per- permit permit mit holders taking 1173 ani- ani animals animals mals for an average hunter success of 47 per cent on the 19 elk herd units where hunts were scheduled by the Utah Board of Dig Big Game Control last year A comparison with the 1961 elk se season son shows that 2526 hunters took 1118 animals for a hunter success ratio of 44 per cent that year The 1962 figures list 44 of the 2522 permit holders as failing to go afield in an at- at attempt attempt tempt to take their animal during the hunts Kill composition for all units shows bulls buIJs cows and 93 calves were har har- harvested vested to make the total of 1173 animals Hunter success varied con con- considerably considerably over the 19 units with a low figure of 10 per percent percent cent on the Mt Dutton area to toa t a hIgh of 76 per cent on the Ashley ey Vernal either sex hunt Harvest reports are annual annual annual- annually ly compiled on the basis of hunter report cards and collected by Dt Depart Depart- Department art ment conservation officers |