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The INDEPENDENT,November 7, 2001 Page 13 Ik» Says. . . From page 3 sive h u n tin g in a la rg e tra c t of la n d ...w ith th e e x c e p tio n of a fe w in d iv id u a ls w h o d ro v e a ro u n d g a te s a n d th ro u g h th e “ N o E n try ” sig n s p o s te d at th e b o tto m of C le a r C re e k. Now, m o s t of th e g a te s have b e e n o p e n e d a n d v e h ic u la r a c ce ss is b e in g p e rm itte d at th e P e te rse n tie road a nd on th e m a in lin e , fro m m ile 3 4 to m ile 29. It’s a s h a m e th e re a re n ’t a fe w w a lk -in a re a s le ft fo r p e o p le w h o w a n t to use s o m e sh o e leather. T h e b o tto m of C le a r C re e k w ill re m a in c lo s e d to v e h ic u la r tra ffic , a s w ill th e s o u th fo rk o f C le a r C reek. D o not g o p ast th e 29 m ile m a rke r to w a rd K e a se y R oad on th e m a in lin e , because F ib re e x p e c ts to h a u l s o m e tre e le n g th s o u t o f th e K o ste r area. T im b e r c o m p a n ie s ’ s ig n a g e is not a c cu ra te at tim es, so p e o ple have b eg un to d isre g a rd the s ig n s th e y e n c o u n te r. To e n s u re c o n tin u e d a c c e s s to th e s e lands, p le a se o b e y th e sig n s p u t up by th e tim b e r c o m p a n ies. Tom a ls o s u g g e s te d th a t s p o rts m e n call th e local offices o f L o n g v ie w Fibre fo r up-to- d a te in fo rm a tio n ab o u t areas th a t m ay be closed. W h ile it is a d m ira b le of Lo n g vie w Fibre to o ffe r th is p e rson al service, it is so m e tim e s difficult to g e t q uick a n sw e rs and very tim e c o n su m in g to L o n g vie w F ibre p e r sonn el. H u n tin g d e e r this y e a r has not c h a n g e d m y m ind on how dire the d e e r po p u la tio n is in o u r area. W h ile th e re are deer, th e y are by no stretch of the im aginatio n, ve ry ab u n d a n t. O n foot, I have seen an a ve ra g e of ab o u t th re e d e e r a day, from d a ylig h t to da rk (7 to 8 m iles a day). S e vera l d e e r w e re c o n tin u a lly s c ra tc h in g a nd lic k in g th e m s e lv e s a n d d e e r lice w e re flyin g o n to m e. In ta lkin g to h u n te rs w h o h a ve h a rve ste d bucks (w hich is ve ry few ), th e y n o tice d th a t th e d e e r had he a vy in fe sta tio n s of d e e r lice. T his d o e s not b o d e w e ll fo r d e e r th is w in te r, s in c e d e e r lic e a re th o u g h t to be p a rt of th e re a so n th a t d e e r lo se th e ir h a ir in the w in te r m o n th s. W h e n I w ro te this a rticle , the b u cks w e re s ta rtin g to rut, a n d I w o u ld e x p e c t th e h a rv e s t to p ick up to the e nd of th e s e a son. If it d o e s n ’t, this m ay be a re c o rd lo w h a rv e s t year. 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