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Show Late Deer Count Made By Game Association Statistics about the annual deer count on Hunting Units 23 and 23A have been released for publication pub-lication by Dave Thomas, district game warden at Duchesne. The late April deer count, made by officials from cars and on horseback, totaled 876 for the Currant Creek, Currant Creek Mountain, and the Red Creek area. About this same area was covered cov-ered by airplane count on May 7 and 9, and the tally was 726. Mr. Thomas, Hary Sprouse and Allen T. Bond, president of the Duchesne Fish and Game Association, Associa-tion, were the counters by airplane. air-plane. The pilot was Buck Davis, of Price. Mr. Thomas reports they flew over the Farm Creek area (Tabi-ona-Hana), and sited only one cow elk. He said there are more of the big animals in this area, however, as 11 were counted here during the winter. |