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            Wicnin, reported a orlitioal decrease In Caia9ose, in the 
         'ýAaissisippi fly ways as reflooted In the censu~s and kill
of 
         the winter concentration at "orseshoe LeAke, Illinois. 
 
               eannuned an        tl m      to discss (leer, a 
         people showed up, largely stýte ao niniatrntors and state
tech- 
         nioal men. It amazed me to use how ivuiy new states are reporting

         deer troubles simaila.r to ouir own,. They eall told sustantially

         the same storyt pulbic on-p-osition to deer rodaotions until it

         is too lato to save or.      a fraction of either the deer or 
         the carryin capcioty of the rg 
 
         I      ins ia reported contimwixs decline of her herd for two 
           masnst(1) alosin,ý in of tiabor, (2) failure of her Lees

         lature to =~thorise more thain loc,-l doe-kiling. Pmyvl 
         uses controlled shotin,, but the public prefer. the crude 
         method of unlimited license alea for whatever In opo. When 
         a doe ewson Is opened, it is aeparated from the back seasoa. 
 
 
 
 
 
         eF pr doe Wie en doo fl ier Hr dor!ae w    prea  to the 
         kiUbiffi reported coontimo~d delV by her LegisLratuxre to author-

         Ime more thamn local doei1d11iig, haos hear caryn ca~pacity 
         continues           e                      , to to own 
         derW     a P       eontinue to spread into         hiou l o~aetiae
. 
 
         Minnesota reported inrasof her herd, under her aue-doer law~. 
         Slie claimed her aooi e~t te to be norml. On the Itasca State 
         Park, a chronic inrartivo area with an estiix~ted stand of 50 
         deer peor square mile, 200 peor scuare mile were takeon out with,

         quite a few left. baprodution in this pLArz Is nzined. (Does 
         this remind you of CluvbersO Island?) 
 
         New iW2untions waes reported in New Hampshire, NTebralm South 
         Dakta, Niew Yo*,-. )hine, Golorado, andAraas 
 
         Old and chronico Irruptions, evidently hitherto wuhdu" 
         were reported from half af (Ioxsi states. I will not give their

         nmemo in deferncoe to theRir Present frnaes in fatv;the 
         facst. 
 
I greatly regrt that more members of our djitetcudnthv            ee 
fited by this conference. Missouri haid a- dozen technicral mnon in attend-

ance, lus oowwissioners and 1  ,trpn It is the best short-course in 
oonset~ation methods that I 1cior of, 
 
                                         'fours sincerely, 
 
 
 
                                         4ldo Leopold 
 
 
ALgW 
 
 
!,hrah 22, 1946