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to another, otherwise a situation may be brought about that can not 



be corrected. 



DEER TAG LICENSE 



The deer tag license law has been in effect for three seasons and has 

 not only brought in a considerable revenue, but has given us much 

 valuable information regarding deer conditions in our state. From an 

 analysis of the data secured it would seem that even though there is a 

 heavy annual toll taken by hunters each year, the deer in general are 

 better than holding their own. 



In a recent report of the U. S. Forest Sendee an estimate of the num- 

 ber of deer in the national forests of the country was made. The total 

 for all the forests was given at 748,003. To the national forests of 

 California were credited 245.000. Thirty -three per cent of the deer in 

 the national forests of this country are in Califoi-nia, and the national 

 forests in California include only a1)ont one-half of the deer country. 

 During the past three years there ha.s been practically no change in the 

 size of the deer taken. The percentage of well antlered deer during the 

 three-year period has held the same as will be shown by the following 

 table : 



1927 1928 1927 



Two points 467o 47% 46% 



Three points 29% 30% 30% 



Four to nine points 24% 23% 24% 





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Fig. 42. Young ram, three ewes and a small ram drinking at a spring, Inyo County, 

 California. Enlargements from moving pictures by B. S. Cheney, October, 1929. 



Approximately one-half of the deer is killed by residents of the 

 county where killed. The other half is taken by visiting hunters. Los 

 Angeles hunters killed deer in 48 counties, and San Francisco and 

 Oakland hunters in 49. Most Los Angeles hunters do not go north of 



