| Show f nock k hudio hudson right stai fard a john W wry 0 y har hardin din ir on tier gunfighter in universals sars in t er nationals the lawless 1 l brood Is I 1 treated for gun wound wounds following a shoot in 11 highlight scene from the now william pull hn mcintire and mary castle left to right pla lm supporting rl rol as julia adams Is soon n in the lam nino star role soon at the MaIn Theatre winter survival of mule deer in utah reported students wildlife managers and sportsmen of utah have recently received results of a highly interesting study on winter survival ot of deer the article published recently la in the journal of wildlife management Is a summation of three deer herds in utah during the severe wint er of f 19 1949 49 91 authors listed are W leslie robinette nette and jay S gashwiler with ift the U S fish and wildlife service odell julander and justin G smith range conservationists with the and range experiment station of the U S forest service the published material Is 13 credited as a contribution of the utah cooperative big game gem livestock and range relation ship project joint cooperators are the utah state fish and game Cona commission mission ur the U 9 forest service the U S fish and wildlife service and the utah state agricultural college stating that the winter of of 1848 49 one ot 61 the severest recorded in utah pu put deer herds in a desperate plight the authors report keport on a abuy to find the extent of winter mortality on some sample deer herds and its relationship to the available avalli blo natural of the deer the question to be answered toy by the study was can w we p prevent the drastic losses ate suffered rz by deer herds during severe winters with an adequate sup up ply of range forage observations were made on cc south fir creek eek about 18 miles east of delta e utah on the heaston oame am preserve near tooele thoele utah and on meadow creek near fillmore utah correlating 11 winter loas loss at C deer with amounts of forage forsko available the study showed that t on south so J 0 oak Cre creek cheeka eka a winter deer I 1 range in relatively good condition and where there were 57 pounds of browse brown per deer day pie oe winter death loss ion was 0 per ir cent of the entire herd or ollya little above normal winter loss on meadow creek which had 12 pounds of browse available ble per deer day 26 per cent of the deer herd ned jhb 3 ran range ge was considered depleted j the heaston area which was severely depleted of browse plants had 9 0 pounds of poorly distributed browse for each each deer day and here 42 percent of the herd was wiped out during the winter the authors stress the wasteful destruction that accompanies overstocking over stocking and in a concluding statement they said that moderate i stocking of deer Is necessary to maintain the health and well being oft of the herds proper stocking Is also absolu absolutely iely essential to maintain the amount of forage necessary sa to protect the wet watershed water ershel shei aeto ag values and soil of the w winter inter deer ranges in the intermountain country i I 1 principal species of forage plants used by deer In winter were listed as bitter brush clif frose sagebrush mahogany aha and jui P r |
