Show The 1974 deer harvest went pretty much as says Rodney Division of Wildlife Resources big game SEASON was set to achieve a decreased and that goal was he Deer check station information indicates a harvest of mule deer for this year's October 19 through 29 This compares with deer taken in John pointed to several factors accounting for the decline this The biggest of was due to buck only hunting on most units in the Elimination of control fewer hunters afield this year and limited seasons on those areas which did have either sex hunting were other contributing John the apparent clamor of some hunters for buck only hunting in the many switched to units with either sex hunting the first three This increased the harvest of does on these when all decreases and increases of harvest in specific areas are a net reduction this year of over deer harvested-mostly does-is JOHN noted that all Division officers who worked in the Nebo and Fishlake area-the site of three day either eight day buck only units- reported increased a feared influx of hunters onto the state's other either sex area did not That in southeastern was bucks only the first four days and either sex the last seven DURING the first officers there checked hunters with The second when either sex could be hunters brought out does and the time either sex hunting began in that distant from population most hunters had gone said OVERALL hunter success was about 33 percent this Biologists had estimated a 30 to 35 percent success Harvest questionnaires being mailed this week will indicate more exact |