U.S. Forest Service - estimated 20,070 deer on the KNF. 



1937 U.S. Forest Service^ - estimated 20,300 deer on the KNF 

 (7,300 mule deer and 13,000 white-tailed deer). 



1938 U.S. Forest Service - estimated 6,850 mule deer and 12,000 

 white-tailed deer on the KNF. 



Fisher River District-^ - estimated 700 mule deer and 

 3,000 white-tailed deer. 



1939 U.S. Forest Service - estimated 6,900 mule deer and 7,430 

 white-tailed deer on the KNF. 



Fisher River District - estimated 600 mule deer and 2,500 

 white-tailed deer. 



1940 U.S. Forest Service - estimated 7,300 mule deer and 9,500 

 white-tailed deer on the KNF. 



Fisher River District - estimated 800 mule deer and 3,500 

 white-tailed deer. 



1941 Brink (1941) - U.S.F.S. - estimated 500 mule deer and a 

 negligible number of white-tailed deer on the Ural-Tweed 

 range. 



U.S. Forest Service - estimated 7,600 mule deer and 10,000 

 white-tailed deer on the KNF. 



Fisher River District - estimated 900 mule deer and 4,000 

 white-tailed deer. 



1942 Bergeson (1942) - MDFG - estimated there were 3,840 mule deer 

 and 9,705 white-tailed deer in Management Area 3 - the portion 

 of Lincoln County east of the Fisher and Kootenai rivers, in- 

 cluding the Pleasant Valley (Flathead County). 



U.S. Forest Service - population estimates 



- Fisher River District - 800 mule deer and 4,000 white- 

 tailed deer. 



- Rexford District - 475 mule deer and 260 white-tailed 

 deer . 



- Warland District - 880 mule deer and 1,400 white-tailed 

 deer. 



1943 U.S. Forest Service - conducted a random line spot check of 

 the Fisher River winter range. Surveyed 61,000 acres of non- 

 critical winter range and 23,000 acres of critical winter 

 range and estimated 1,695 dead deer - 42 percent of the pre- 



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