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Show Forest Notes Game Notes On April 14 to 18 a party of Forest Officers, sportsmen, and stockmen were counting elk on ihe Secley Creek and Ferron watersheds. It was found that the elk are already grazing all the open bare ridges at elevations too high to reach with saddle horses. The count was somewhat disappointing. disap-pointing. A total of less than 500 head were actually counted. There was evidence that there are more elk grazing in that section than ever before. Notwithstanding the fact that the count this year totalled less than 500 head compared com-pared to 772 in 1939. Deer Were seen in great numbers num-bers over the area visited and from all appearances both deer and elk have wintered exceptionally exception-ally well. Both deer and elk were observed that had not yet shed their last years horns. On the evening of April 18 sportsmen from Price drove up n Huntington Canyon and turned spotlights on the fields where .eer grazing on some of the ranches. There is a difference of opinion as to how many deer were actually counted. Some reported re-ported 400 deer in the ranches and others reported that there were a number of ranches where the sportsmen did not visit. On one ranch 200 deer were counted, it would seem, therefore, that with this number of deer grazing a man's field that he has cause ior complaint. According to the ranchers statements deer did not jother so much a year ago, but that two years ago and again this year they have been so numerous that they impose a hardship on property owners in the canyon. Delon Olsen who owns a ranch .n Lowers Joe's Valley states that .rom 300 to 400 deer come into his field every evening. Delon, however, offers no complaint since he has a number of summer comes and a great many people are attracted there by reaeson of the game found and inclose prox-mity prox-mity thereto. Fish Planting On April 18 and again on April 20 the State Fish and Game Department De-partment planted two loads of trout in the Nine Mile Reservoir. This reservoir is considerably higher than usual at this time of year, and gives promise of providing pro-viding excellent fishing for the many people who visit this area on the opening of the regular fishing fish-ing season. Lion Caught A trapper by the name of Frandsen, commonly known as "Kaibab" recently captured a yearling lion in Huntington Canyon. Can-yon. The animal had killed five deer within a radius of a few hundred feet. Mr. Frandsen kept this lion at Huntington for several sever-al days in hopes of selling the animal to some zoo as it had not been injured appreciably by its capture. He was unable, however to find anyone who wanted the animal and fearing that someone would get hurt who came to close to it he had to destroy it. Charles Reese, a trapper in Lake Fork recently reported that a trapper by the name of Smith from Provo had captured a large lion in Lake Fork about April 9. This makes eleven lions taken to date on the Manti Forest this year. Personal Mention Supervisor Humphrey reports that on April 18 he commenced his thirty-fifth year in the Forest Service. He received his appointment appoint-ment on April 18, 1906, the day of the San Francisco earthquake. Mrs. Leeah M. Vanjonora is working in the Supervisor's office writing up grazing plans under the direction of Ranger Mont Lewis. She will be employed for a period of 30 days. F. M. Pettey, Supervising Mechanic Mec-hanic of the C. E. C; visited the Manti Forest and checked over our trucks and other equipment on April 22. |