Show Mule Male Deer D er Fawns From Kaibab Forest Will Be Put On Antelope Island A island In Great Salt lake ANTELOPE lake the scene cene of of the last Mast big I buffalo hunt about a year ear ago Is s to toe tobe be e turned Into a game sanctuary ac- ac according according cording to recent indications Many of the buffalo were killed off of during the last hunt but a small sized herd remains Now deer and probably antelope are to be placed on the he Island Twelve head of fawn Cawn mule deer recently re recently re- re recently trapped in the Kaibab national forest crest in northern Arizona will vIII ar arrive at- at attire tire rive In Salt Satt Lake tonight for tor removal I to o the Island according to S S. S B B. Locke In n charge of fish and game matters In n intermountain district forests who returned Thursday from the forest The fawns taVo-ns are about five tI months old FOR ANTELOPE Mr Locke has also been informed that hat the owners of the Island desire some somo antelope which the forester says say may possibly be obtained In either Idaho or Wyoming Should antelope once more be In- In Introduced introduced onto the Island it can again be e rightfully called Antelop Island for fort forIt forit It t was nas about in 1905 when the lake was unusually low that the antelop which were sere there became homesick for cr the mainland and waded ashore leaving caving Antelope island without out an antelope antelop antelo These Kaibab fawn taVon deer like 11 others that went ent through Ogden last Wednesday night in crates headed for Laramie Wyo Wo to be turned loose loo e were trapped then fed foo and made gentle put in crates and shipped This I practice according to Mr Locke Is s I somewhat of an experiment but GO so far tar farIs fars tarIs Is s working out fine tine It Is one of ot the methods the forest fo est service Is using to cut down the number of or deer on the Kaibab forest which Is s said to be overpopulated Persons desiring a trapped fawn pay a 0 deposit of 35 and then If It It Itcan Itcan itcan can be delivered at the railroad for less part of the deposit Is h returned The average cost Is 25 BUCKS RELEASED The TIle forest service also had raised hand-raised fawns ta to dispose of this year ur These fawns awns were captured as soon Icon after birth as possible by ranch ranch- ranchers ranchers ers us In the vicinity who then raised them and delivered them to the for for- forest forest forest est service for tor shipment Two of the fawns died and were sent nt to all parts of the United States Applications for lor deer according to Walter G O Mann supervisor of the forest came in a ratio of about three female to one male fawn lawn He lie says The raisers have been unable to furnish fawns In tits this ration They tried hard at catching time to get them that way vay but it seemed that there were a great number more of the bucks being born than doss dos do s. s All the men reported turning loose a lot lotof lotof of ot males male after aCter they caught them It ItIs Itts ItIs Is ts the general opinion that there were many more males than females GIVEN CUTS COH COWS COW'S S MILK Ranchers who were catching fawn fawns end nd raising them hem for the forest for cst tees tees- service servIce ice lee maintained a wet nurse In the form of a mulch cow to pull the fawns through their early days without a mother Some raisers fed Ild milk from Crom pans but said they preferred to use ue bottles and nipples they can then be bc sure C just how much each fawn tawn is s getting Belting and also that It does docs not drink it too fast Mr Manns Mann's report continues Dogs are used in catching the young joung fawn The dog must be a well trained one that will not injure the fawn in any way He must be trained so liO he will wilt Just boot them over end anc watch them without biting The young fawn tawn cannot stand any injury and will soon die after being lightly J bit bitten ten A muzzled dog will not do It If he has any tendency to be rough Some of the fawns were caught as soon as as' as born and had not yet vet sucked their mothers These died In every case Better success was had when the fawn tawn caught was three or four days das or a week old W W. T T. Huffman biological surrey sun e specialist spent some time on the for for- forest forest forest est aiding the forest service men and the ranchers who were learning how to raise the lawns fawns with as few feN deaths as possible ORDERS REMAIN In concluding his report Supervisor Mann writes as lIS though he had a thriving business as follows There are a number of unfilled orders for tor fawns Cawns on hand this year probably for tor head A good fawn season is looked for again next year jear ear due to the conditions of the old does at this time We can probably catch catchup up with the old orders ordera next year jear ear The 11 0 fawns fa Vo ns sent sen t to 14 places in inthe Inthe Inthe the United States were placed in crates 14 by 42 by 32 inches and lined with burlap About three Inches of alfalfa hay was as put In the bottom of each crate and a small sack of oats tacked to the outside of each crate with Ith feeding directions Each fawn crated was singly But Dut tha hand and the trapped fawns are lire expressed from Crom Utah where the agent a Mrs Stapp takes great gnat personal In Interest In- In Interest interest terest in caring for tor the little animals and getting them started off oU In good shape aha C. C WHERE THEY TIlEY WENT ENT The fawns consisted of ot 61 fe females te- te females males malts and 49 males They were tent cent to 14 H places In the thc country as a fol id- follows Iowa lows Grand Can Canyon on national park south couth rim 10 Los Angeles county Calif 5 5 Wheeling West Vest Virginia 3 East Ely Nev NeY 3 Lufkin Texas 2 2 Texarkana Texas 1 Naperville Ills 2 Bartles- Bartles Lille Okla 35 females and 34 males Modesto Calif I 1 Pevely Mo I 1 1 Or Or- Orange Orange Orange I ange Calif 3 Del DellI H II Adams Lay Laj Layton ton Utah one male mille London Ontario Canada 1 Mesa Ariz 8 8 I |