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Show Game Commission Charts Survey On Big Came Herds The annual statewide rides to survey the big game wintering range will soon get under way in several herd areas, the de-parment de-parment of fish and game said this week. The department said an invitation invita-tion is again extended for all interested parties to take part in this annual range inventory. A schedule is now being made up listing the survey dates for the state's 62 deer herd wintering winter-ing areas with the rides to be conducted in February, March, and April. Interested groups or individuals individu-als in any part of the state are urged to contact the department field representative in the areas to learn the dattes for the survey of their choice and preparations necessary for participation in the rides. The surveys are conducted on the herd wintering ranges each year to determine deer use and conditions of these ranges. Trend counts of deer numbers are also made at the same time in many of the herd units. Department spokesmen described de-scribed the rides as a prime opportunity op-portunity for groups to aid in this phase of the game management manage-ment program and at the same time have an enjoyable day in the field. Conditions noted and the facts gained during the surveys form an important part of the total information used by the Board of Big Game Control in setting the annual fall hunts. . |
