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Show Fifty percent hunter success noted by fish, game dept. The 19G9 Deer hunt in Utah looks like it Is going to be a'bout a 50-50 thing according to early reports from the Utah Fish and Game. The Santa Clara checking station reports a 47 success rate with many hunters returning out of state Saturday due to the bad weather conditions. Weather across the state was some of the worst in the history of deer hunting in Utah with snow reported at all higher elevations and rain and fog in the valleys. Hunting in the local area was reported slow but the success suc-cess rate would also be in the 50 category. Prospects for the rest of the hunt are a little brighter, however, weather reports indicated in-dicated a warming trend with fair skies to prevail over the state for at least the next five . days. |