hxact *hicls Needed It is highly desirable to have

hxact *hicls Needed It is highly desirable to have approximate knowledge of the. number-; of deer present in any area, knowledge which is diffi cult to acquire It is known, how ever. that when a herd readies a certain size its numbers pyramid murli more rapidly than the average observer .would suppose, q here have been ninny cases in this country in wl^ch deer, allow ed to become too numerous, have died by the thousands from star vation Still worse, they have im paired their ranges for years to come. One simple illustration is easily undei stand able and is based on two known factors Tt is known that the sex ratio of deer fawned in any year is about even It also i known that normally the dor will produce an average of 1.5 fawns a year. If only bucks are taken, equally as many does arc left in the woods. If a kill of 1.000 lea ks i.-recorded at the checking stations, it may be assured that at least 1.000 does are left, which w:ll produce 1.500 fawns the fol year. For every 1.000 bucks taken by the hunter . there is rea . >n.. >’.e assurance from this rce lt nor that there will be at '."is' gaoO animals in the wood- the following hunting season. v.'h -re females mav t» legally do' deduction may be made for lie numbers of docs taken, and i.i--. i di illation is still essentially iccur ite the minimum num bers of animals left in the woods In few if any areas of Virgin; , •have ’he kill record- shown lire : .-- f , me - f the deer population !: i . been impaired by overshoot ing doml .Management D( t Lu ;n« open seasons on an terlcss deer is one of the most important of all tools or deer man moment. The bucks are poly gamous. and shooting only mules n ran that the deer population continue to increase. Keeping deer