Bowman (1946) - U.S. Forest Service - reported in his manage- 

 ment plan for the Kootenai National Forest that "the presence 

 of deer in large numbers on open slopes is inimical to the 

 production of ponderosa pine, since they browse and kill 

 practically all the young trees". 



1947 U.S. Forest Service - population estimates. 



- Wildlife estimates need to be refined. Bealey and West 

 (1935) estimated 5,000 deer on the Fisher River area and 

 in 1946 L. Adams, after a six month study, estimated the 

 population at 10,000. However, the local people insisted 

 there were more deer in 1935. Game estimates may be as 

 much as 200 to 300 percent off. 



- Fisher River District - 1,500 mule deer and 9,800 white- 

 tailed deer. 



- Rexford District - 400 mule deer and 200 white-tailed 

 deer. 



- Warland District - 400 mule deer and 800 white-tailed 

 deer. 



- November 17-21, 1946 - 104 deer were killed by the 

 railroad between Stonehill and Jennings. 



- Deer population decreased by 15-20 percent due to 

 severe winter. 



L. Adams - USFWS - estimated the Wolf Creek herd at 9,800 

 head (U.S. Dep. Agric. 1948). 



1948 Fisher River District - 1,500 mule deer and 5,000 white- 

 tailed deer. 



- Revised the estimate for the Fisher River - Wolf Creek 

 herd as the 1947 estimate (L. Adams) was too high. 



Rexford District - 3650 mule deer and 175 white- tailed deer. 



- A considerable number of fawns v/ere lost on the Kootenai 

 River islands during the flood. 



Zajanc - (1948) MDFG - conducted an extensive investigation 

 of the white-tailed deer winter range. The following esti- 

 mates resulted from the investigation. 



- Fisher River (Wapiti Mountain to the Kootenai River) - 

 7,010 white-tailed deer and 600 mule deer. 



- Tobacco Valley/For tine area - 2,182 white-tailed deer 

 and 2,578 mule deer. 



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