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  • Cervus canadensis [underlined] Windy Cabin on Panther. July 4/43 [1943]. Saw 2 large bulls one 6 pt [point] 1 7 pt [point] near cabin. Kills:- 5 year old bull dead a year. Abundance:- Elk tracks + winter droppings all through the timber + high up on the sidehills. Shed antlers seen in 5 or 6 places up Snow Cr. [Creek] trail. Sulphur Spring, Panther R. [River] July 5/43 [1943]. Elk sign everywhere, outnumbers sheep sign 25 to 1. Must have seen 150 shed antlers this afternoon. Range showing initial signs of overgrazing. The Quill grass (dom. [dominant] on Bare Mt [Mountain]) has been so heavily used that each clump is 4/5ths dead. replacemen [word crossed out] the other species also show very little carry over. Willows are in some places eaten right to the roots + all are 70% or more browsed. Birch more lightly used + in satisfactory condition Apparently not as notable to elk. Elk? have been browsing Cinquefoil on the hillsides. Kills:- 3 old but not senile males after antlers shed 2 young sex ? 1 pieces of hide only found.
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