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District big game herds do extremely well over the winter

RBC I “This was a great winter for the wildlife in the district — perhaps the best I can remember,” said Bill deVergie, the district wildlife manager for the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife in Meeker.

For the elk, deer, bears, moose and even the occasional antelope and bighorn sheep in the district, the early October cold snap with temperatures reported at roughly 30-below zero had no ill effects on any of the herds,…