Show r WK N still T tooma 0 0 M a n r weib wW iB ft dee amro I 1 w tafv 1 i 4 i R U ah h liM janusy Ja nUMy la 12 5 I 1 ing n g tho chii period from nov N january 6 5 there w were re ae cipully bucks killed national forest by 0 WU 1 aw N I 1 who were div given en luthor kill stales R H 11 clr forester ester most of themen t rt w 94 lhoir object thred thre 6 ateer d 5 v 1 t it n i i lf ift J W V the figures it is dear hat fewer oi disappointed away from ato t i al ig 0 fid e or oi along TOWS roads and nois ridden camully by fo forest abst a officers Office ii rhia riding indicated that the hunters d in general were shooting care fully as aa very few wounded deer were vere found from the viewpoint of the forest set vice the kill was less than is hold held desirable lesi rable as aa the number killed is aly 2 and one half per cent of th the estimate number ranging on the forest this small kill will not serve to materially relieve the overgrazing of the deer range and with th the e u usual 8 u 0 I 1 0 r increase of 33 per cent next spring the die situation will be no better that than 1 this year it is is quite possible that starvation chis winter will make up fox for the failure of the hunters to ser 10 asly reduce their numbers however barly arly snowstorms snow storms allowed the deer to lo scatter away from the water valer holes and helped the situation materially if weather conditions are such that serious starvation losses do not occur the bidual situ aon ion will still remain critical due to continued overgrazing of the ranges by deer and the resulting reduction in forage pro more general shooting would have mini minimized ionized the chances for losses by stai starvation and tended to distribute the deer more widely this situation wits was brought about by the lateness of the season during which the forest was opened to the cooperative hunters and the inclement weather during the ahe abst two weeks of this season another year it is hoped that the season may be 0 opened earlier and with complete cooperation by tho the state under which circumstances the shooting ought to prove a valuable means mean of hold holding i ng this thi 8 deer h herd erd to a sl size z 0 where it will not consume the forage on the kaibab forest more rapidly than it grows V i a tr tte mi A W X W US y ww f li ws 1 1 vat 01 t jw ri |