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Show Wildlife Federations, Game Officials Will Discuss Fish and Game Problems Here Problems of the 1943 big game hunt in the Cache National for. est will be discussed at a meeting meet-ing of all wildlife federation officials of-ficials of Weber, Box Elder and Cache counties and state game officials on August 3, Nephi Bott president of the Cache Wildlife Federation, announced today. Recommendations of boundary ing season and dates for a special spe-cial post season hunt will be discussed, dis-cussed, E. N. Larsen of Hyrum, chairman of the state board of big game control, reported. The special hunt has been suggested sug-gested for late November or early December, he said. Purpose will be to remove deer that harm orchards and berry patches during dur-ing the winter on foothills from of the 1.000 doe permits to be issued during the regular hunt-Providence hunt-Providence north to the Idaho line. Five hundred permits will be issued for this hunt. Procedure and a date for . drawing the 1000 regular doe I permits will be agreed on and other problems discussed. Last J year 1200 permits were issued on the area north of Blacksmith Fork river and 1300 on the area south of the river, Mr. Larsen explained. Although some stockmen have asked for removal of 3000 doe, forest service and wildlife offi- j cials have pointed out that the I present deer herd is not damaging damag-ing the summer range used by the livestock companies, he said. Mr. Larsen declared that the herd has been reduced considerably consider-ably since 1939 and conservation measures must be taken to prevent pre-vent extinction and possible closed clos-ed seasons. Recent counts have j indicated the herd reduction. I The group first will visit the new hatchery being constructed at the Logan rearing ponds ex pected to be complete at that time, Mr. Larsen announced. They also will discuss fish propagation problems as several wildlife organizations have asked ask-ed that raising of rainbow trout be discontinued at this hatchery and that it be converted over to raising only German browns and natives. Both of these species thrive better than rainbows, in northern Utah waters, it has been demonstrated. Expected to attend the meeting which will be held at the Bott camp in Logan canyon, are Ross Leonard, director of the Utah Fish and Game commission; commis-sion; Mr. Larsen, Allan C. Ran-dle, Ran-dle, Marion Madsen, Lee Kay and others of the state fish and game department; Clifford Huss cf Ogden, president of the state wildlife federation and Jack Clay, president of the Salt Lake federation. |