Show Notes For The Hunter HunterA A total of deer proclamations proclamations proclamations procla procla- I covering the rules and regulations for the 1953 deer seasons have been mailed from the Utah Fish and Game Department Department Department De De- offices this year Most of these have gone to license agents with many others to resident resident resident res res- ident sportsmen and more than 2000 to residents non-residents who have requested the information DIrector Di Director Director DI- DI rector J. J Perry Egan of the Fish and G Game Came ame Commission says More than ever t this h hi f s 5 year it is important that each sportsman going deer hunting know the rules covering the area he intends to hunt Utah has been divided into two sixty-two deer hunting units forthe forthe for forthe the year with the general season season season sea sea- son set to open Saturday October October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober 17 The length of the I season varies from six days Inear I near the population centers of the state to lo thirty-one thirty days in some outlying sections Some areas are open for the killing of bucks only while some special special special J i i cial units permit the killing of ofa ofa a second deer Most of the states state's units cover either sex hunting for the eleven day sea sea- son One early deer hunt is already al already already al- al ready under way with a few i I I deer having been brought to Manti for processing This hunt I u T I is in Unit unIt unu ou 50 u in the Ine Antimony area where anyone holding a regular deer tag may take his game during the season which continues from September 26 through October 27 I All hunters wh-o wh who are arc also fishermen fishermen fishermen fish fish- fishI I ermen should take note that the fishing season closes October 11 at p. p pm p.m. m. m The day trout season which opened June 6 is the longest season for the sportsman Fishing through the season has been about average in most sections of the state with some of the best angling being found in larger streams lakes and reservoirs not so readily readily readily rea rea- dily fished out during the first couple of weeks of the season In noting the closing of the season the Fish and Game Com- Com n n notes that some waters are open all year Bear Lake remains open to fishing all year except in one end of the lake which is closed from October through December to protect spawning mackinaw trout Most 1 J i i I I I I I I other year-long year fishing waters contain few trout but offer an outing to fish for bass walleyes perch catfish and several of the trash fish species Still not a hunt in Utah Antelope Antelope Antelope An An- may become the object of greater interest in the fu fu- fu ture Surveys indicate t that hat h a t Utah's antelope herds are arc making making mak mak- ring ing an average increase this year in the nine large landI land areas where growing herds have been established These areas are chiefly desert sections A year ago a count of the Utah I antelope showed about 1500 an an- an A normal increase should see more than 1800 animals inthe inthe in inthe I the herds going into next year I Since 1948 an intensive predator control program has resulted in ina a build up of the antelope num num- ber The heavy winter of 1948 49 saw the greatest herd reduction reduction reduction tion in recent years as many of the animals perished Game division spokesmen feel that the p present r re e s e en n t up build-up of brood stocks should result in limited permit hunts in the not too distant future They say some sonic of the herds are of such size now that a quick up build-up can be expected unless unusual weather or other factors inter inter- fere Antelope will probably never increase sufficiently to be he anything anything anything any any- thing but a limited permit hunt but the present outlook is that the fleetest of all big g game a in e c animals will one day be pa r t of the hunting picture |