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Show FOREST DEER SHOW INCREASE Deer on the Db:ie National forest increased approximately 20 per cent last year, according to estimates made by forest officials, of-ficials, whose tabulation indicates indi-cates a total this year of about 17,2 9 0 head. Of this n uniacr, 15.541 are estimated to be on the Dixie game preserve. One thousand eighty-seven bucks were taken from the forest last hunting season, sea-son, an increase of 129 over the previous year with two per cent fewer hunters participating. There were 21 per cent more 1 deer taken from the Dixie preserve pre-serve last year than the sea- ' son before. In this area, about 74 per cent of the hunters got i bucks, which is the best average aver-age reported on any forest in the nation except the Kaibab. |