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!, -12- fixed-wing aircraft which under similar counting conditions is less exact than those taken from a helicopter. Consequently, it can be . safely assumed that many more elk were present than were actually observed. These elk are a part of what is known as the Baggs herd. Their winter range can generally be described as north of the state ~ line between Savery Creek on the west and the Medicine Bow National Forest boundary on the east (Plate I). That part of the Baggs elk herd wintering in the project vicinity provided a harvest of approxi- ! mately 500 animals and supported over 6,000 man-days of elk hunting during the 1974 season. This was approximately 3 percent of the total elk kill for Wyoming. Mule deer, like elk, freely travel back and forth across the Colorado- Wyoming state line in their seasonal movements. The Savery-Pot Hook Project intersects a major deer migration route between Colorado and '~ lands north of the proposed Dolan Mesa Canal in Wyoming. This project lies-within a high-density deer area. Project lands in both states are used year-round by deer, but there are many more deer on and adjacent ~ to these lands during the winter than during other periods of the year (Figure 7). ~ Colorado does not have winter survey figures for deer in the project vicinity; however, deer utilizing this area are hunted in