Some Criteria for Determining Proper Forage Utilization by Big Game on Winter Ranges
Swift LW. 1941. Some Criteria for Determining Proper Forage Utilization by Big Game on Winter Ranges. Journal of Mammalogy. 22:47-53
There is ample evidence to show that deer and elk numbers throughout the United States were generally at a low levels around the turn of the 19th century. A realization of this situation by the public and the game authorities naturally led to a support of measures designed to preserve and restore the big-game populations. Consequently, restrictive laws were enacted, resulting in various degrees of protection through application of short or closed seasons, buck and bull laws and small bag limits. In addition, a vast refuge system was created and increased effort directed to law enforcement and control of predatory species. All these measures, separately and in combination, were effective in bringing about an increase of the deer and elk .
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Swift, Lloyd
- Units
- SFCN
- Keywords
- Big Game Policy, deer population, forage species, Hunting, Wildlife Management