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Show Utah Foremost In Pecentage Of Deer Killed SALT LAKE CITY Utah again topped the nation in percentage of successful deer hunters, according to the results of a survey just completed com-pleted by John Mooneq, sports editor edi-tor of the Salt Lake Telegram. Analyzing reports submitted by 12 of the nation's leading deer-producing areas, Mooney found that Utah ranks no worse than third in the percentage of deer killed and tops the nation in the percentage percent-age of bucks killed. Figures released by the Utah fish and game commission show that 64.672 Utah hunters killed 51,777 deer in 1944. 40,743 hunters killed their buck, for a kill percentage of 62.99 for all buying licenses, and in addition, 16,320 antlerless deer licenses were sold, with 11,034 hornless deer killed for a percentage percent-age of 67.61. The two states heading Utah in kill percentages were Wisconsin & Minnesota, both of which allow the killing of either sex on the big game license. In Wisconsin, 150,-S05 150,-S05 hunters killed 128,296 deer, but of that total 62,044 were hornless deer. Minnesota's 104,801 hunters killed 67,182 deer, but again, almost al-most 50 of the kill was hornless deer, which Utah doesn't figure in its table of kills. In addition, Minnesota employs a system of closing the season on deer every few years to build up the herds for the slaughter. Since 1935, there have been three years when no hunting of either sex was allowed. Pennsylvania, commonly believed believ-ed to lead the nation as a deer state, trailed far behind Utah, both in kill pecentages and in number of deer killed. The table shows 582, 242 Pennsylvania hunters killed 23, 961 bucks (Utahns killed 40,743 bucks) and 14,921 hornless deer (Utahns killed 11,034 does) for a total of 38,882 deer, as against U-tah's U-tah's total kill of 51,777. Utah's success suc-cess percentage ( and this counts only buck kills ) was 62.99 against a 6.6 in Pensylvania. According to the figures of the State Fish & Game. Commission, southern Utah was not the best spot of the state as it has been for so long in the past. A county by county tabulation shows that Millard is among the moderate producers of deer, as to what is was several years ago. In Beaver county 1343 hunters bagged 729 bucks; Juab, 556 hunters hunt-ers killed 315 bucks; Millard, 781 hunters killed 394 bucks; Tooele, 3562 hunters killed 2613 bucks. |