Thompson 127. Grand Canyon May 9, 1931 Interview with Brooks At the peaks there were probably 40,000 or 50,000 head of cattle in the region. Then the cattlemen set out to get the mountain lion. Over a period of several years they took off 600-700 hundred lions; they say 1300, but the meantime the Kaibali had been declared a game refuge, so the deer began to increase until the great number reported in 1925. Brooks thinks there are no more than 16000-18000 deer there as a maximum now. But the forest service still holds to 30000. Over 5000 were taken out last year. Brooks says the coyotes got 10% of the large fawn crop for 4 months last winter. He stressed the point that these barren canyon shoulders come from a few deer being held there for perhaps 2 months of the winter, rather than being indicative of tousands of deer. He thinks the range is improving. He does not want the park service to get any of the winter nor intermediate range, but wants some of the plateau summer