Show SAYS KAIBAB DEER BEER NONE TOO PLENTIFUL 1 fredonia Fre Fro donla dorila arizona july 26 editor coconino sun flagstaff arizona we hake bava read your article in your paper ot of july 19 on the kaibab doer deor and wo we as aa well as aa the rest jest ot of tife the citizens of 0 fredonia Fre donla think that the report la Is misconstrued in the f first place you state that tons tens of oc thousands will starve it if left to light lor for their own existence this com coming ing winer we dont believe that possible unless you import more deer as there is not such a number at present we dont believe there Is over deer on the forest at present as there is a noticeable decrease on the range this sum summer merThe tho hunting last tall fall greatly reduced the size of the herd and mere are very few fawns being found by the people who are trying to raise fawns this summer which means that the in crease will not begin to replace the deer that were killed by hunters last season the range is in excellent condition at present there has been lots iota of rain and the grass and undergrowth is very good and more than the deer daer can consume this summer thedger the deer are fat at now and feeling tine fine you laa ban see mem playing in the parks parka every night which they would not do it they were starving I 1 we W e would like to know just where I 1 that place on the forest la Is that 90 per cent of the trees have been killed by the deer stockmen Stoc kmen that ride the range continually dont seem to know anything about it there Is ample feed to take care ot of all the deer summer and the winter range has al way staken care ot of thedger the deer jn in fact the deor deer can spread out and io go west onto mountain or north onto utah ufah mountain we are riot I 1 in favor ot of seeing them slaughtered at present it there was a charge to hunters of 5 per der de deer and allow each hunter TWO deer there would be enough hunters come during the tha coming hunting season to adjust the herd and g range conditions satisfactory to all these dodd dead deer spoken of down in the deep canyons we think were the wounded deer arld ana not on account ot at not being able to climb out there are always about as aa many deer wounded that run oft to die asthore as those found after such ouch a hunt as the one last year the deer la Is one of the greatest assets we have as aa scenic attractions to the tourists who visit the kaibab forest and north rim ot of grand canyon and we consider ane herd bard should be protected tor for this purpose as much as possible we would like to have another more thorough investigation before any action la Is taken to reduce the herd tor for when the last report was made it was before the summer ralan rains began arid and things are now entirely different respectfully yours WM 13 |