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Show j Annual Range Rides I For Deer Surveys j Getting Under Way I The annual spring range rides j to survey and inventory Utah's i deer winter ranges will soon be 1 in full swing. ! The first of this year's range ! rides began Feb. 21 in Millard j County. j The Department of Fish and game noted that individuals or! ; groups are again welcome and! i encouraged to take part in these1 range rides to see how the deer! herds are wintering and what condition the ranges are in. I I The information gained, to- I gether with other range data' collected later, will be consider- I ed by the Board of Big Gamp Control in setting the fall hunting hunt-ing seasons. Conditions will be assessed on each of the state's 62 deer win tering ranges. A majority of the work is accomplished by horseback, horse-back, while others are conducted as range walks. |