Show bi big 9 i game gaine has wintered well the deer and elk have wintered well on these winter ranges which have already been checked by the bath fish and game department accord ng to ross leonard utah fish fisli and game director spring counts were completed this week on part of the manti mantl and dixie national forests the manti count showed about the same num her ber of deer in the little joe s val ley aey area the game animals were in small bunches and were found high in the hills leading back off the lowland winter ranges the deer were in good flesh condition elk have not gone into the high country on the manti as yet leon ard said recent snows have kept these animals lower down than is usually the case at this time of the year seventy head of elk were counted on the manti mantl range the counts were made by the game department U S forest ser vice sportsmen s groups cattle men and sheep men |