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Show !mm DEER !N FOOTHILLS Mill BY MM CAMERAS The incessant snow of the last two vreeks his piled up such deep drifts in bie hills that wild animals are being driven from their accustomed winter range to the valleys below, where they feed off haystacks and gain ine protection pro-tection of fripndly farmers, according to O. S. Miller of North Ogden, who telephoned the Standard this morning .that a herd of fourteen deer are on the hills southeast of North Ogden. The deer came out of North Ogden canyon yesterday and havo been ranging about the foothills east of the Barker poultry farm, about midway between Ogden canyon and North Ogden Og-den canyon. state(1 tnat tnc animals are keep- K;ing in a bunch and are not difficult to 'approach Several North Ogden mop left for tho place where the deer are feeding, armed with cameras and field glasses in hopes of getting close enough to take a picture. There are several fine bucks in the herd. A winter rarely passes that wild animals are not driven out of tho hillB near Ogden to the lowor country where the snow is not so deep, but this Is perhaps the largest herd of deer seen in many years under similar conditions. con-ditions. Usually bobcats, coyotes and other smnller animals are the first to leave tho hills. Deputies of the game department have been informed of the presence of the deer at North Ogden and have started a keen watch over them to ward off any possible attack from over-zealous hunters. |