TABLE 1.--Classification of deer found dead foliowing hunting 
seasons during the years 1939 to 1946. 
Condition of deer | Bucks | Does | Fewns | Totals 
Dressed 12 (16) 46 (63) | 15 (21) Vomeo)) 




Not dressed 52 (24) 107) (SO) 55 (26) a7 >) 
Totals and averages 1/| 64 (22) 155 (53) | 70 (25) 287 (100) 
1/ Figures in parentheses are percentuges. 
Altogether, 358 deer which died from gunshot wounds or were left on the 
range during the hunt have been classified since 1939. Of this number, 79, 
or 22 percent, were bucks; 190, or 55 percent, were does; and 89, or 25 per- 
cent, were fawns. 
Analyses of Crippling Loss Factor 
During the period 1939 to 1946, inclusive, approximately 141,000 deer 
were legally removed from the Fishlake National Forest, of which 77, 000, 
or 55 ‘percent, were bueks; 50,000, or 35 percent, does; and.14,000, or 10 
percent, fawns. By Applying the Loss, catiou on) Ls5- 94 ontained fon the 
period 1941 to 1946, inclusive), there was a calculeted range loss of 23,700 © 
deer during and within a few. nore following the hunt. This loss broken down 
es ite basis of the classification of the 358 dead deer showed 4 range loss 
5,200 bucks, 1s 600 does, and 5,900 fawns. A comparison of the legal kill 
ae the crippling pee of bucks, does, and fawns on the, Fishlake National 
Forest for' the period 1939 to 1946 is shown in table 2. 
TABLE 2.--Comperison 6f the legal kill. and the crippling loss of bucks, 
does, and fawns on the Fishlake National Forest, 1939 to 1946. 

Crippling loss in 
percentage of legal 





Legal kill Crippling loss 
kill 
Percent 
Bucks , 17,000 7 
Does “> 50,000 25 
Fawns 114000 we 

