Fawn Crop and Buck .per Cent 
 
            Fawns were tallied separately on counts made in the "beer,

  Pasture". These show that approximately 39% of the total number were

  fawns. It is suspected that there is considerable duplication here, 
  since a small bunch of deer ranged in the vicinity of the "'Deer Pasture"

  throughout the winter. 
 
            A limited number of counts made in Decenber show a fawn crop

  of 83%. Bucks -were tallied on thepe same cozuts'and were found to be 
  21% of the total number. 
 
            During March and early April a number of counts were ma-de to

  determine the fawn per cent. Since there is some uncertainty in the 
  determination of age and sex at this time, it is deemed unwise to base

  an estimate on these counts. There is little doubt, however, that a 
  very good percentage of fawns came. through the winter. 
 
                                   Drift 
            Little has been learned 4uring the past winter concerning any

  except local drift. Undoubtedly weather conditions govern, to a large 
  extent, the time at which the deer drift to the winter range. Heavy 
  trailing in January across Silver Creek above Meyers Cove, suggests that

  considerable numbers of deer from that section did not drift in until 
  quite late. 
 
            Inquiries of local residents revgal.the fact that the deer 
  leave the river during the latter part of April or first.of May. 
 
            The question of drift is an irportat one, since a fairly thor-

  ough knowledge of where the deer come from in the fall must be had before

  anything approaching a management plan can be put in effect, The possi-

  bility of taogging deer to check their movements seems the most logical

  solution of the problem. A tagging station in the vicinity of the Crnm-

  dall Ranch and another in White Creek Basin have been suggested. Deer 
  taggedý at each station could be treated in different eaxs so that
it would 
  be known from which portion of the winter range they came. 
 
           Such a program would require considerable time and )n expendi-

 ture for corrals, chutes, etc. However, it seems it would be a means of

 gaining some worth while information. 
 
                        Observations of Life History 
 
 Dro-pping of Horns 
 
           The greater part of the bucks shed their horns between January

.15 and February 15. It is believed that the older bucks drop t'heir horns

somewhat more readily than the younger ones. Few large heads were seen 
after the first week in February. The period of horn shedding seems to 
have been somewhat later this year than in 1930. Mr. Bolles records that

 
 
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