ByCarter Williams, KSL.com| Posted – March 24, 2022 at 7:39 a.m.

A deer buck spotted in Utah’s wild on Nov. 12, 2020. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is seeking another reduction in general season deer buck hunting hunting permits for 2022. (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources)

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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah wildlife biologists are again seeking to reduce the number of deer hunting permits in Utah as thestatewide droughtcontinues to impact the species’ populations.

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources estimates the statewide deer population is now 305,700, based on its assessments in December. That figure is not as bad asofficials had feared earlier this yearbut also about 9,150 fewer deer than last year’s count — and nearly 100,000 short of the division’s deer population goal.

As a result, the division is…