- Gateway to Jennings - 1,258 white-tailed deer and 2,006 

 mule deer. 



1949 U.S. Forest Service - population estimates 



- Fisher River District - 1,500 mule deer and 7,000 white- 

 tailod deer. 



- Rexford District - 1,000 black-tailed (mule) deer and 500 

 white-tailed deer. 



- Warland District - 475 mule deer and 950 white-tailed 

 deer. 



Schm^utz (1949) - MDPG - rigorous wiiter conditiais caused 

 considerable loss in the Lincoln County deer herds. 



Schmautz (1950) - MDFG - determined some deer migrate 20-25 

 miles to get to the lower Fisher River - Wolf Creek area. 



Schmautz and Zajanc (1948a) - MDFG - surveyed 9,691 acres 

 of deer winter range on the Fisher River - Wolf Creek area, 

 and determined there were approximately 7,250 white-tailed deer 

 on the area. They classified a total of 13,194 acres as winter 

 range. Over winter mortality for the area was approximately 

 2200-2400 white-tailed deer. 



Schmautz and Zajanc (1946b) - conifer reproduction is least on 

 the ranges receiving the heaviest white-tailed deer use. 



Schmautz, Zajanc, and Fish (1950) - MDFG - estimated there 

 were 7,250 white-tailed deer (Lincoln Index) on the Fisher 

 River - Wolf Creek winter range -(including portion along the 

 lower Kootenai). Winter mortality was estimated at 2,400 deer 

 or 33 percent of the herd. Conifer reproduction varied al- 

 most directly with browse production. 



1950 U.S. Forest Service - No population estimates were available. 



Schmautz and Fish (1950) - MDFG - conducted an intensive 

 ground survey of a portion of the Fisher River - Wolf Creek 

 and Horse Range areas. 



- Fisher River-Wolf Creek (32 men) - estimated 25-35 per- 

 cent of animals observed. 



- Doe Area - 429 mule deer and 1,816 white-tailed deer. 



- Buck Area - 176 mule deer and 396 white-tailed deer. 



- Horse Range (6 men - estimated 60-80 percent of animals 

 observed) - 67 mule deer and 620 white-tailed deer. 



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