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Show Plan Is Reached For Deer Hunting In Kaibab Forest R. H. Rutledgs, district forester of the intermountain district, announced announc-ed that he and State Game Warden D. E. Pettis of Arizona have signed a memorandum of understanding concerning the hunting of deer on the Kaibab national forest this season. sea-son. Under, the terms of this understanding under-standing hunting of deer will be allowed al-lowed on the Kaibab forest during the month of October in accordance with the provisions of the Arizona state law and the regulations of the secretary of agriculture. The state of Arizona requires the following: Seasons, October 1 to 31; bag limit, one buck deer; Arizona hunting license, resident. $1.25; nonresident, $20. The secretary of agriculture requires re-quires the payment of $2.50, whether resident or nonresident or Arizona. This is practically the same plan as was put into effect last year. Mr. Rutledge also announced that he had opened the Kaibab national forest to hunting this year so that every effort might be made to reduce the number of deer on the reserve. The deer on the Kaibab are very numerous, nu-merous, being estimated at from 30,-000 30,-000 to 50,000. Mr. Rutledge said that United States Circuit Judges Ross and James and United States District Judge Jacobs Ja-cobs will hear the Kaibab case at Los Angeles September '27. In this case the government claims the ownership and control of the deer on the Kaibab Kai-bab national forest, including the right to dispose of them without regard re-gard to the state law, while the governor gov-ernor and state game warden or Arizona Ari-zona claim the deer can only be killed in accordance with the provisions provi-sions of the state law. The Kaibab national forest Is in the northern part of Arizona, north of the Grand canyon of the Colorado, and can best be reached by hunters who live north of the river by going down through the state of Utah. It can be reached from the south by way of Lee's Ferry or Needles. Hunting Hunt-ing camps will be established on the Kaibab where meals will be served and guides and horses furnished. More detailed Information may be ahtained from the forest supervisor at Kanab, Mr. Rutledge said. - . |