Show interesting data concerning Con cernin T the h e deer season sea son during the hunting season tor for deer for 1036 which came to a cloeo oct 30 come peili nent information 1 was vai gathered and observations vi lions made stanger district no 2 national forest has an all area of 23 1100 surface acres and supports ap proximately 2900 cattle horses I 1 sheep and deer the deer herd proved this tall fall on the ranger district we lud hid toad load checks at ai richfield josoph joseph sevier covo cove fort corn creek those checking stations station checked in 1993 hunters huntera gil cars 95 horses which in checan out ont showed bucks killed 1 counts and from 1 where no clu colne stations sta tiona were provided tor for gave tile figured at 77 60 hunters 60 cars 90 bourse bourses bo with bucks killed average weights wore were taken on dit different terent ages of ticks bucks which showed allowed showed with lead hrad hr ad foci feet and tilde hide and drawn spike bucks pounds 2 point ducks bucks pounds 3 point bucks pounds 4 point trucks pounds pound 5 point bucks pounds C G point bucks pounds 7 point bucks pounds the weights talen taen at checking stations oas showed pounds of bucks removed weighed with head licad head all anil legs on but drawn estimates where there were no stations showed pounds re 4 we had tile the pleasure of entertain ing the regional neg ional forester R 11 rut ledge on a tour four day hunt built lie made a careful study of conditions while on oil the hunt approximately 5 1 percent el cent of tile the hunters came from california and nevada tile the balance from tile the state of utah it is estimated that tile the average cost tor for each buck killed Is 2000 the forest service receives no revenue tor for the deer this belongs to the state of utah anti and nil all that tho service is interested in is to see that thai the state law Is complied compiled with will our deer held li an estimate estl mato from checks and observation shows that thai on oil tile the same it area as above stated there ete eie 26 25 bucks found dead and not taken does found dead fawns found dead pound found crippled 35 bucks 30 does and 4 1 fawns from the above plus pills tile bucks removed we feel aftel that it more precaution la is not taken while hunting deer we will soon be back to the period of 1910 when one would scarcely see a deer in a days ride on the tha forest james jensen forest ranger |