Field journal, v4159
Page 611
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Tompson 337. Other Observations for the day: 2 recently dead deer 8 dead cows 1 live jack rabbit. Cowats Camp to Little Saddle March 10, 1933. No change in range was noted today except that more jumpers & less Coyania grow in this area. Hence it was more difficult to count deer. I am sure that we saw less than 20% of the deer today. We would often see fresh deer tracks showing where the deer had bounded away from me, yet we caught no sight of the animals themselves. Everywhere along the canyons to the west, the high points & ridges are browsed the most severely. The so-called "points" are no inconsiderable part of the winter range. Dropping down on to the Sandrock, after the blaze event, we saw 13 deer on this area in one band. It soon grew too dark to see others. We frequently heard coyotes howl from the Sandrocks. Cattle are more numerous here. Still, only about