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Show Hunters asked to observe high standards of hunting ethics The fall hunting seasons are upon us. Big game, upland game, and waterfowl will be legal targets for the hunter's gun during the next several months and for this array of game, well over 300,000 hunters will be in the out-of-doors to enjoy these seasons. The Department of Fish and Game today urged all hunters to observe the highest standards stand-ards of hunting ethics in their quest for game this year. No one can condone unsportsmanlike un-sportsmanlike conduct if we are to continue to enjoy the hunting privileges long traditional tradi-tional in Utah. Hunters must watch their outdoor manners as insurance to continued public pub-lic hunting. Game is the property of all people, but many of the hunting hunt-ing areas are on private property. prop-erty. Hunting on such property is a privilege, not a right, and this privilege can be withdrawn with-drawn by the landowner. A hunting license does not authorize trespass on private property. The Department urges ur-ges all hunters to ask the landowners' land-owners' permission first. In regard to vandalism, the Department of Fish and Game asked the cooperation of all hunters to report or stop any such acts noted. As a final word on hunter ethics, the Department reminded remind-ed all outdoorsmen of the hunter's creed '. . ."To be law abiding; respect the rights and property of others; and be careful with fire and firearms." Hunters will be serving their interests by observing this pledge. Good percentage get antelope Fifty-one of the 81 antelope hunters afield in Utah this year were successful in bagging bag-ging a buck animal, according to a report covering the 1965 antelope hunt issued this week by the Department of Fish and Game. The report stated the 81 special permit holders who went afield over the two weekend hunt on five hunting units achieved a 62.9 hunter hunt-er success. Special antelope permittees are selected annually during public drawings for buck only hunts which are scheduled by the Board |