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Show Deer hunting successful in southern Utah regions r I . 11 A -,", t t, Jr a 4 1 t .11 f 1 ,A 6' ' j f'-i . , , f T ' . VMm mem probably been a factor in the success of this year's hunt, according to Jensen. Jen-sen. The recent cold weather and snow at high elevations has driven deer to lower elevations. The nice weather during the hunt made conditions ideal for hunters to spot and bag their deer. A drawback to the success of this year's hunt has been the amount of illegal hunting that has occurred. Most violations have been in the form of night hunting. "There's a lot going on," stated Jensen. "That will hurt your deer herd as bad as anything else." Jensen told of one party who had six deer in it's posession, and four of these were illegally killed. "That will hurt your deer herds," remarked Jensen. He said that over the course of a year the legal deer harvest is matched by the illegal one. Authorities did arrest several violators, including in-cluding Lewis Lytle of Las Vegas and his juvenile son. The pair shot a buck near the Woolsey Ranch, about 15 miles west of Cedar City, at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning. Iron County Sheriff's deputy Lee Hulet made the arrest and was assisted by Division of Wildlife officers Dave Hintze and Gary McKell. The two were jailed and released on bail. There truck, rifle, deer and other equipment were impounded. IK.C. Webster of Brigham City displays a nice little buck he bagged during the deer hunt. Hunting was successful in most areas and hunter success was up considerably from last year. CEDAR CITY This year's deer hunt has been one of the more successful suc-cessful hunts in recent years, according to Clair Jensen, regional supervisor for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. "All indications from right around the Cedar City area are that the success is better than it was last year," explained Jensen. "We've seen a lot of deerv The success has been good." Jensen said that nonresidents non-residents stopping at the checking station near Bloomington before leaving the State reported a 46 percent success rate, up from last year's figure. To illustrate the success suc-cess of hunters, Jensen cited the example of a party of 15 hunters who were stopped at a roadblock near Beaver .They had bagged 12 deer on opening day. That's not bad. The weather has |