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Show DEER AND ELK START EARLY RAIDS ON FARMS Deer and elk herds are down in the foothills ahead of schedule sched-ule this year, D. M. (Mike) Gauf-in, Gauf-in, big game supervisor of the state Fish and Game department, depart-ment, reports. The department has already received numerous ;alls concerning deer and elk on private land. Last year, Mr. C-iufin, said, Ihe herds were down almost as early, but the weather soon broke and they were able to go back. One of the first calls came from the Sister Superior at St. Mary's of the Wasatch, east of Salt Lake City, who reported that 200 deer and 10 elk were already on the school's premises. These were herded back into the mountains, where there is still ample browse. "Feeding these animals is npt the whole answer," Gaufin said. "Contrary to the common belief, deer cannot thrive on hay. Hay is good enough providing they can augment their diet with at : 'east half browse. You can give deer all the hay they can eat and they will still die of malnutrition mal-nutrition with their bellies full," le explained. |