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Show GOVERNOR HUNT STANDS PAT Ogden, Sept. 23 Request made of Covernor George W. P. Hunt of Arizona Ari-zona by District Forrester R. H. Itutledge to have the Arizona execu tlve modify his executive order governing gov-erning the shooting of deer on the Kaibab national forest, is denied, in a telegram received from Governor Hunt today by Mr. Rutledge. Mr. Rutledge telegraphed G. M. Willard, Arizona state game warden, yesterday, calling attention to the necessity of removing the maximun. number of deer from the Kaibab forest for-est and requesting that the bag limit be increased from one to three; that the season be October and November instead! of only October and that the fees be reduced. In the absence of Mr. Willard from his office in Pheo-nlx, Pheo-nlx, Governor Hunt replied, sayiny In part: "There Is no authority under the Arizona law to permit of any mod iflcation of bag limit, license or season, sea-son, for taking game. The game warden war-den has been instructed to enforce the law as contained in our statutes." Forest service officials here aru still somewhat bewildered over the situation created! by Governor Hunt's executive order, especially, since uu ly in July an agreement was entered into by the forest service officials and Game Warden Willard of Arizona Ari-zona for the shooting of deer on the Kaibab forest under the same conditions condi-tions aa the shooting was permitted last year. The agreement made calls for a Lag limit of three deer, a fee of $5 tor each deer taken and a season extending: ex-tending: over November as well as zona for the shooting of deer in the arrangement. S. B. Locke, forest examiner, ex-aminer, points out, for various rea r.ons. The season should be lengthened, length-ened, he says, in order to insure better bet-ter care of the meat as there is a likelihood like-lihood of warm weather during October Oct-ober which will handicap hunters who travel a long distance. Those who travel a long distance can hardly afford to go for only one deer, while the -fee of $20, as provided by tnu Arizona game laws, is too high, in the opinion of the forest officials. Last year the Kaibab forest was thrown open to hunting of deer to re lieve the stringent grazing conditio. While the range is still overgrazed, there is more forage than last yeai, and there is no immediate danger of starvation. Mr. Losk3 says. However, the ranks of the deer should be tie pleted in order to insure protection for the future, he adds. With this in mind, the forest service provided for October. This would be an excellent the following section of the Arizona game laws, which Is cited in the agreement: ag-reement: "668 (b) Authority to open season. sea-son. When information is furnished the state game wardens that any species spec-ies of animals or birds has become, under extraordinary conditions seriously seri-ously injurious to agriculture or other oth-er interests in any particular community com-munity in the state of Arizona, an in vestigation will be made to determine the nature and extent of the damage whether the birds or animals allegec to be doing the damage should be taken or killed, and if so, during what times and by what means. Upon Up-on his determination an appropriate-order appropriate-order may be made by him allowing said birds or animals to be taken or killed." The forest service has reeeived information in-formation from the vicinity of Flag-stag, Flag-stag, Arizona, that Governor Hun may have been misinformed regarding regard-ing the true situation. Flagstaff and vicinity, which has a great interest in the Kaibab forest, favors the plat, of the forest service, it has been reported. |