*ÝLone Pine National Park *#Big Game Report *(1986 *%Compiled by * Ranger John T. Smith *$Park Director JF*'ÝPREFACE This report is a summary of the year's activities, as well as goals for the Big Game Reserve of Lone Pine National Park for 1987.  *'Permits Herd Count During the 1986 Hunting season the Lone Pine Game Reserve offered permits for the taking of Deer, Elk, Antelope, Buffalo, Rocky Mountain Goat, and Bighorn Sheep. A count of all herds as of 31 December 1986 revealed the current numbers of big game: *# Big Game Census Antelope. . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 Big Horn Sheep. . . . . . . . . . .250 Buffalo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 Deer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,569 Elk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Rocky Mountain Goat. . . . . . . . .98 Hunting Hours The hunting hours were continued as per recommendation of the 1985 program improvement proposal (ANPI85LPNP): *$ Hunting Hours AnimalsAntelopeAntelope. . . . . . . . .8 a.m. to dusk Big Horn SheepAnimalsBig Horn Sheep. . . . . .7 a.m. to 4 p.m. AnimalsBuffaloBuffalo. . . . . . . . . 12 p.m. to dusk AnimalsDeerDeer. . . . . . . . . . .daylight hours AnimalsElkElk. . . . . . . . . . . 8 a.m. to dusk Rocky Mountain GoatAnimalsRocky Mountain Goat. . . 12 p.m. to 12:01 p.m. L Tags The Big Game Permits were issued by lottery, bid, and onceinalifetime priorities. All permits were monitored by the Checking Stations during the 1986 hunts. 1. Tags were removed by the Checking Stations and returned to the Ranger Station Headquarters.F 2. Any permits not accounted by receipt of tags were contacted by mail through Ranger Station Headquarters.F The following table reflects the average number of tags taken daily at each checking station for the 1986 season: *$ Big Game Tags Station #1. . . . . . . . . . .5 Station #2. . . . . . . . . . .12 Station #3. . . . . . . . . . .3 Station #4. . . . . . . . . . .15 Station #5. . . . . . . . . . .9 6 *#Big Game Hunts Conservation Measures According to the 1985 proposal, the Game Reserve would conserve the Big Game resources by reducing the number of permits available in 1986. The permits were cut by 20% for the 1986 hunting season by raising the legal age for hunters of big game. No hunting license (except for Rocky Mountain Goat) was issued to any resident under the age of twenty-one (21) according to the State Big Game Proclamation. Number Taken The following is a graph of the numbers of big game legally taken during the 1985 and 1986 seasons: *$!Big Game Hunt! F \ Numbers Legend | === 1983 100 | *** 1984 | 90 | === | === 80 | === === | === === 70 | === *** === | === *** === *** 60 | === *** === *** === | === *** === *** === 50 | === *** === *** === | === *** === *** === === 40 | === *** === *** === *** === | === *** === *** === *** === === 30 | === *** === *** === *** === === | === *** === *** === *** === *** === *** 20 | === *** === *** === *** === Enter the units in which HMI is defined on your printer. Most printers which support HMI accept settings in 1/120ths of an inch increments. HMIwhen to useHMI is the preferred method of controlling the print head because WordPerfect then controls character widths, making right justification easier. However, some printers do not have HMI, and some printers that have HMI have fonts that cannot be controlled with HMI. In either of these cases you must use Microspacingwhen to usemicrospacing instead of HMI if you want to print right justified text without space fill. ("Space filldefinition ofSpace fill" means that fullsized spaces are added between the words to fill out the line. When this is done, the printed line may look uneven because the words have varying numbers of spaces between them. Printer problemsspace fill between words is unevenPrinters whichj cannot microspace and do not support HMI must use space fill to print right justified text.) Microspace UnitexplanationMicrospace Unit Microspacing may be used as an alternate method for Right justificationrole of HMI and microspacing inright justification (use HMI instead of microspacing if your printer supports it). If your print head can move a relative number of units to the right (any amount or in units of 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16), then your printer can microspace. In order to microspace, you must enter the units of motion, define strings to per