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Show Advice Given to Deer Hunters La.,t minute advice to. hund- reds of red-?elad nimrods who; will invade Cache forests Satur-1 clay for the opening of Utah's greatest .sporting event the an-1 cu.,1 deer hunt was extended! oday by La Vere King, deputy: fame warden in charge of county coun-ty law enforcement officials. H. warned that although no permanent checking station will operate this fall, blockades will be staged throughout the area at any time and hunters cars will be searched. Several special wardens have been appointed for the hunt. Please save your fats and hides as ammunition for the hunt was made available only because of the necessity for these items by the government. Mr. King said. Hunters who leave fat attached to meat will find that it becomes, rancid in cold storage lockers and is of no value to them while turned over to the government it becomes be-comes the source of more glycerine gly-cerine for ammunition. Mr. King urged hunters to ieep these general factors in mind: Saturday is the opening date in general for deer in the entire state, but there are three closing clos-ing dates October 26, November 7 and November 16. "Examine the proclamation and know the regulations .governing the area where you are hunting," he advised. ad-vised. All antlerless deer hunting is 'by special permit only. Fee is $2, but the applicant must first hold a regular big game license. Hunters must stop at checking stations whenever they are established es-tablished and shall register in and out of such areas when requested re-quested to do so. There also is a post season hunt on a number of areas. These have been scheduled from November 27 to December 5 to remove "nuisance deer" at the one thinks he will not get shot if he doesn't carry a loaded gun in hiss car or boat,- or forgets to unload his gun when coming j into camp, or he is not well acquainted with his gun. Investigation Inves-tigation shows that many acci- ( dents occur because hunters lack information on how' to unload guns." Other "things to remember" include: Never hunt unless the safety, is locked o n yourunghec.c is locked on your gun; check your hunting companion's habits see that he hunts like you do; after your game is taken and you are moving it, be sure to unload your gun; make sure you j shoot correct ammunition don't ; shoot high-powered ammunitioiij in old guns, they may not stand up; beware faulty ammunition, some has been "bootlegged" this year and is dangerous. "We also have an, average or three fatalities each year because be-cause some individuals think they are just as tough as they used to be and try to prove it," "he said. "They die from exhaustion. exhaus-tion. Provide your self with warm clothing and waterproof footwear," he concluded. time and place they are doing the damage. This will avoid a genereal doe hunt over the entire en-tire fall range which would result in killing of many deer that do not contribute to our farm-game trespass problems. .He urged hunters to cooperate again this year in returning the deer tags attached to each big game hunting license, whether or not a kill is made. The information infor-mation gained from these tags gives the state department "a most complete and authentic record'' re-cord'' of the kil and makes possible pos-sible future successful management manage-ment of our deer herds. "The tag is in two parts," he explained. "One part is a self addressed and stamped postcard lorm for recording information on the kill. The other part is a removable tag to be attached to the game after it is killed. There are a few blanks on the postcard form for recording various data relative to the kill and although some of these questions may seem unimportant to many, the data is as vital to us as your favorite gun on the hunt is to .you." We would like to have at least 80 per cent of the cards returned this year, he continued, as he rurged hunters to cooperate by -'returning the cards promptly, or in any ycase not later than five days after the season closes. "A record of hunting fatalities in Utah show that less than sev- en per cent are actually in the field," he declared. "The major . percentage occurs because some |