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336.
Jump-up to Sowats Camp, Mar. 8, 1933.
Today we rode up the canyon from
the waterhole at Jump-up. 29 deer
were seen enroute and 7 near
Sowats Camp, making a total of
36 for the day. This was no cross
section of the range because we were
down in the canyon most of the
way, and so large a party makes
a deer count impossible.
Coyster howled last night once
and again this morning about
7:00 AM.
Sowats Canyon to Sowats Point
Mar. 9, 1933.
The range in the Sowats region
has been the most heavily deforested
of any of the winter range. This took
place when the whole range suffered.
Since that time the deer have been
fewer than in the Jump-up-Slide
area. But this is still the worst
region. Shantz figured that 80%
of the range productivity was
destroyed. Certainly, a look at the
browse of the area would confirm
this statement. I counted the
live and dead Cowania duplex
in several of the browsed areas