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Show Deer Count Shows Decrease In Herd j A deer count was conducted i by game officials this week. It showed less deer in the Western I Duchesne County area than ; were counted last year. ' ! The survey was conducted by Lynn Nickell, warden, with Allen Al-len Bond and Weston Bates, officers of-ficers of the Duchesne Fish and Game Association. The plane flown was piloted by a pilot of the Basin Flying Service. Time of the survey was Monday Mon-day morning from 5 a. m. to 8 a. m Range covered ws Currant Cur-rant Creek Mountain. Currant Creek, Red Creek, South Slopr.-of Slopr.-of Tabby Mountain, ?.nd the Oolden Stairs Road to the snow- j : line. I The deer were sca'tered and , in small bunches, wUh buck-, j . praz:ng alone. This first count' . show?; that the deer herds hav j greatly decreased. It may be i due to a later counting date, or deer may have been in the timber tim-ber hidden from sight of the counters, officials sair1. The count was 290 this vear, i compared with 890 last year in the s?me area, counted ten days earlier. , |