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Show Annual Deer Hunt Will Begin Next Saturday An estimated 100,000 hunters will be in the hills this year on the opening day of the deer hunting. hunt-ing. This year is expected to set a record for the number out after their deer. How many will get their deer remains to be seen at a later date when the season has closed. i Hunters in the Oak City and Dry ' Creek areas are asked to watch i for tagged deer, as the department of interior has been carrying on a tagging operation there for several sev-eral years. About 140 fawns have been tagged there in the past four years and from this tagging program pro-gram the department hopes to learn more of the migrating habits age classes of harvested deer, and aiso me percentage ot deer tagged that are bagged by the hunters. If a hunter gets a tagged deer in this area he is asked to report the fact at the checking station in Oak City or to the local game warden, Eb Stapley. The hunter who gets one of these tagged deer is asked to save the head until it can be picked up for later study by the department. ' Hunters are hoping for a storm prior to the hunt as many of the leaves are still on the trees making mak-ing it harder for the hunters. Also the hills are so dry that there is a definite fire hazard unless some rains come to wet it down. With so many in the hills this year hunters are urged to be extremely ex-tremely careful in their shooting so as to avoid accidents and anything any-thing that a hunter would regret later. |