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Show Utah Deer Herd Winters Good In spite of harsh conditions this past winter in several areas, the Utah deer herd did not suffer considerably, according to reports from Division of Wildlife Resources personnel. Although official figures from range rides are not all in, the DWRs five regions made the following reports: Northern Region - Deer made it through the winter fairly well, with the exception ex-ception of losses in the East Canyon and Lost Creek areas. John Kimball, regional game manager, indicated that losses in these herd units were expected due to increasing populations. Central Region - Winter road kills were a problem in the Central Region. Other winter losses occurred in the Midway area, where snow was heavy. Northeastern Region -Although highway mortality was a problem between Starvation Reservoir and Current Creek, other winter losses were not significant. Southern Region - No particular problems were reported from this region. Southeastern Region -There were winter deeY losses on the east side of the Manti, due to effects of last year's drought and a harsh winter. Other areas of the region did well. |