Show M I 1 ake census of wildlife hunters and predators kill over deer on fishlake fishlike Fish lake forest the wildlife census of the fish lake national forest for 1938 as compiled from reports of the forest rangers in in charge of the eight ranger districts in cooperation with the state fish and game department part ment the and the biolo biological survey shows the following wildlife on or near the fishlake fishlike Fish lake national forest game animals mule deer 50 elk bear 10 snowshoe hare fox 50 badger beaver martin 20 on Nio tche muskrat skunk and weasel 1200 predatory animals coyote 2 bobcat mountain lion porcupine game birds which nest on or near the national forest ducks dusky grouse 2 ruffled grouse quail 1 L mourning doves 2000 the above shows increases in the following 0 classes of wildlife mule deer more than in 1937 beaver muskrat 50 mountain lion 20 snowshoe hare and all classes of game birds increased for their absence are such animals as the moose antelope mountain sheep mink otter wolves wolverine fool hen swan ptarmigan and wild turkey none of these interesting animals or birds exists on the fishlake fishlike Fish lake national forest reports from checking stations and rangers show hunters bagged buck deer 1200 doe deer 60 elk and that predatory animals killed deer and 40 elk man alan in turn killed 1600 coyotes bobcats bob cats 2000 porcupine and 25 mountain lion many abany sportsmen were worried that issuing permits for excess doe in deer congested areas would result in a slaughter of deer happily such was not the case the doe hunt was conducted in an orderly manner and doe killed were claimed and utilized on areas where permits for doe were issued in safe isolated localities where there were few hunters and where permits for doe were not issued some individual hunters occasionally ally fell a doe where there were many any hunters would be game law violators were restrained fr from om killing deer through fear of being apprehended for game violation or through fear of taking human life this fact is reflected in I 1 the fact that 12 times as ma many ny hunters in 1938 took no more human lives than were taken in 1920 there is such a sentiment throughout utah in favor of wildlife that there is little like lahood of any slaughter it is believed that deer have become so numerous on many of the ranges within the fishlake fishlike Fish lake forest that little more increase is possible the available winter food supply will care for only a limited number of deer this limit has about been reached and unless the available food supply is supplemented by feeding of hay during winters of heavy snows and extreme cold heavy losses I 1 in the deer herd can be expected foresters declare |