Show B 4 alj la 0 southern sports arts sportsmen Spoils men of southern utah filed it 11 vigorous protest saturday november 20 against reducing the deer von oil the alie state game preserve tn lit the iho dixie national forest the protest was adopted at a joint joani nic meeting eting of iron irga and lV ashington counties fish endgame and game protective associations after it a thorough discussion of tile tho problem supervisor betenson explained tile used in thedger the deer count on oil the forest last laef april at which time it was esti macd d there head bead of door deer at that time in ail agreement was waa reached between forest and game officials the sportsmen and interested livestock permit tees that the herd should bo be reduced to fo licad head this fall tic lie further explained that tho recent limiting season showed a sharp decline in the percentage oi of successful hunters on tho dixie preserve in ili comparison with othey other years and with other sections h in i utah much opposition apparently appa bently has artson arisen ng against the proposed reduction there were only 1508 bucis bucks killed by hunters during the bunting this fall and it if the agreement of reducing the deer were followed an addi additional additions tiona 1 2500 must be taken 1 bryan lund said that if it had ind been estimated that during the last five years there were between IS and head bead of dearon deer on tho the forest and suggested probably tho the annual loss was greater than it was ali thought ought t state commissioner newell D cook jools who lw was wag pres present eilt stated staled that several protests signed cl by permit toes on tho the forest had already reir reached lied his office which opposed any additional reduction of the deer ile ho considered that the killing of 2500 more licad head would mean the extinction of tile the herd from froin a j check that was taken of the door deer on the preserve title this fall showed that sixty per cent were miniature two pointers or less while the average elsewhere in ili tho the state was waa 44 per cent miniature those present approved n request made to hold another session nt at cedar Ced arso so abai aba the board of big ag game control could meet and reconciler the original oro ginal action in ordering tho the head he ad deer je re duct tons ioni anthe on the dixie natio for ost cat I 1 i j |