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Show Final figures listed on year's elk hunt Final figures covering Utah's elk hunts during 1964 were released re-leased today by the Depart-! Depart-! ment of Fish and Game. The report shows 2418 hunt-; hunt-; ers afield taking 1033 animals ; for an average hunter success , of 42 on the 16 elk herd un-, un-, its where hunts were scheduled by the Utah Board of Big i Game Control last year. A comparison with the 1963 : elk season shows that 2565 hunters took 1045 animals for a hunter success ratio of 41 percent that year. I Kill composition for all units ; shows 632 bulls, 334 cows and 67 calves were harvested to make the total of 1033 animals The 1964 figures list 1208 bull only permit holders taking 407 bulls for a success ratio of 34 percent and 1210 either sex permit holders taking 626 ani-, ani-, mals for 52 percent hunter success. suc-cess. Harvest reports are annually compiled on the basis of hunter report cards and iinformation collected by Department conservation con-servation officers. |