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Show PLAN SURVEY OF THE KAIBAB DEER HERD A survey of the Kaibab national forest for the purpose of recommending recommend-ing to the state game commission the bag limits and length of season for hunting deer in the forest next fall is to be made jointly by the ! state game department, the forest service and the United States biological bio-logical survey. The party will assemble in Kanab, Utah, the latter part of this week, and will begin the survey from there. The survey is made for the purpose of determining the number of deer in the forest, feed conditions, and the condition of the herd, so that recommendations may be submitted to both the game department and the Forest service as to the number of deer to be allowed as a bag limit and the length of the hunting season. Last year the hunters were allowed allow-ed to kill two deer, of which one could be a buck, and the season ran from October 1 to December 15. The survey will require more than a week. |