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Show Holiday Results As Deer Season Begins This week end marks something some-thing of a holiday for a large portion of the male population of Cedar City, as most sportsmen take to the field in seach of deer on opening day, Saturday. A big controversy has been touched off In the state by sportsmen violently opposing the special doe hunts proclaimed by the Fish and Game Commission. In this area, there are a total of over 4,500 special permits for an-tlerless an-tlerless deer. It is not known at this time how heavy the sale of these permits has been. How. ever, many sportsmen, opposed to the doe kill, are buying permits and not making use of them. However, according to the Fish and Game Commission, in all areas of the state where hunting for deer was done under special permit and drawings were necessary, neces-sary, the sportsmen heavily subscribed sub-scribed for the number of permits per-mits to be issued. On the Salt Lake, Davis and Heaston areas, there were 2,300 permits to be Issued Is-sued for either sex. Over 4,000 applications were made. The commission also claims that the purchase of special permit li-censes li-censes Is very heavy over the entire state. The argument continues, with both sides sticking to their own stories. In any event, the hunters In this area will be out Saturday for the regular hunt. Most of the sporting goods stores in Cedar Ce-dar reported a shortage of deer rifles, but there appears to be a good supply of ammunlties on hand for most types of rifles. A sort of an official send-off to the hunting season will be held this evening, when the American Ameri-can Legion sponsors Its 15th annual an-nual Deer Hunters Ball. The affair af-fair promises to be a big one, with most merchants in town contributing to the success of the dance. |