Iron County Record | 1972-04-27 | Page 10 | Hunting Licenses Tough "Literally"

Hunting licenses tough "literally" "Hunting and fishing licenses licen-ses for this year are probably the toughest we've ever had in Utah," claims Doug Pay of the Division of Wildlife Resources. Re-sources. The Assistant Chief of Fiscal Fis-cal and Accounting for the Division said the licenses are made of special material that appears as paper but is very difficult to tear by hand. License Lic-ense agents support the durability dur-ability claim by stating that even the perforations are hard to tear. Many must use scissors scis-sors to separate a purchased Sportsmen will find no perforations per-forations in their combination or big game license this year. Deer tags must be cut from the license with a knife when a dm is ready for tagging. Removing tha notches rnu.t also be done with a knife. Accidental Ac-cidental separation of the tag from the license will not worry wor-ry hunters this year. Washing machines may be frustrated by the new license material. Accidental washing has probably destroyed more licenses than anything else over the years. The license itself it-self should survive the sudsing, suds-ing, but whether the ink will last has vt to be tested. "They don't float - my license lic-ense sunk like a rock," said one unhappy fisherwoman when she applied for a duplicate. dupli-cate. Wind blew it from her hand and it sunk in Flaming GoTge even before she could make aa appropriate comment.