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Show Total deer take in Utah for 1963 is 109,399 A total of 109,399 deer were taken by hunters during the 1963 seasons, the department of fish and game announced today. This is a reduction of 21,157 deer compared to the 1962 harvest of 103,556 animals. ani-mals. The figures show 165,531 hunters afield took 90,056 deer on the regular license for a hunter success ratio of 54.4 per cent. Of the animals taken ta-ken on the regular license 70 were bucks, 30 does. There were 19,343 deer taken tak-en by special permit holders at a hunter success ratio of 78.5 . This was 13,559 fewer deer than were taken on special spec-ial permits during 1962, when the Utah Board of Big Game Control set 17,765 more such permits than for the 1963 hunts. Department of fish and game director Harold S. Crane noted the principal factor for the reduced deer harvest of 1963 was the over-all reduction of the deer herds throughout the state. This was reflected in the decreased number of special permits made available by the Board for 1963 and the 5 decrease in hunter success on the regular license. The director noted that for many years the Board had programmed the hunts, both regular and special, to bring Utah's deer herds in balance with the available feed on each range. He said this had now been accomplished to a large degree on most of these 62 herd units throughout the state. Opening day of the general deer season for 1964 is Saturday, Satur-day, October 17. Length of season and all other measures concerning the annual deer hunts will be set by the board about July 1, when information in-formation from the public and the game-range management agencies has gathered and is weighed before the final hunting hunt-ing schedules are drawn. |
