Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1895-02-15
In Relation to the Wolf Bounty.

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GLENCOE, N. D.. Feb. 10, 1861
know more about hunting wolves than
about hunting politicians through a
newspaper but, as have had good
deal of experience with four.legged as
we'll as two-legged wolves. thought l
would write something about the former
kind Of CRITTERS
l believe that, if the state bounty is
taken off of wolves now, they will in,
crease 50 rapidly that the next legislature
will find it necessary to pay.A big bounty,
so as to quickly lessen their numbers.
Some people say, Let the stockmen kill
the wolves but say that in states that
have given bounty the bulk Of the ami.
mails have been destroyed by professional
wolf hunters who understood the habits
of wolves and who made business of
killing them for the bounty. The wolf
Is sly animal, and man must be up to
his tricks if he expects to kill any great
number.
Wolves increase rapidly, the female
having from four to twelve pups ut a
time. The breeding season is from about
the Goth Of April to the Goth of June.
know of one that would have had nine
pups being killed on the 9th of July.
A good part of North Dakota is a stock
country, and at present prices there ism I
much use in trying to make living rails
ing wheat Are the farmers and others
that raise stock going to be driven out of
the country2 Sheep are not the only
ANIMALS that wolves will tackle they
will kill colts, calves, young pigs,
and poultry of all kinds. When the
wolves are plentiful, and therefore more
ravenous. they will quickly 20 into the
farmer 8 barn-yard for plumber. So grca,
are their ravages on stock that under
stand the manager of the Riverside ranch
gives $5 for every timber or buffalo wolf
killed on or near his range. The East
ranch, in the southwestern part of the
state, pays sc. If the bounty is taken of
and the wolves allowed to increase with
out hindrance, in few years the people
in country districts will not dare to send
their children to school without guard.
Three years ago, when ! went to the Of
me home. l went to work and killed 80
Last year l killed 48. Seven more that |
have shot are to be added to these,
making 18O that have got away with in
three summers. I killed 10 of them in
Emmons county and ten iD Burleigh, and
more than 100 of them were females.
They average about seven pups at litter.
so, by little figuring, the readers of
this article can see what big increase
of wolves has been prevented. No trap~
per can afford to catch wolves for the
hide, as 1t isn't worth enough. There
ought to be q bounty of 81 or SO paid by
the state for all under three or four
months old, and SIS for old ones; the
county in which they are caught to add
81 for each wolf. The counties where
wolves most abound are the newest and
most sparselY settled, and therefore are
not able to pay big bounty; but every
dollars worth Of stock saved adds to the
total wealth of the state. There are men
in this county who have offered me from
81 to 50 per head for each wolf cap.
tured to 60 to their neighborhood and
hunt wolves; but at present prices of live
stock and wool they cannot keep this
thing up. Besides, a crusade against the
wolves is not of much use unless it is
general.
Take off the bounty now and the money
that has been paid in bounties will be en-
tirely lost. as far as the public is con-
cerned, for in few years the wolves will
be as thick as ever. If the bounty is a
fair one, men IN every county where
there are wolves will make business of
killing them and that is what counts.
Respectfully, BEN. CORBIN,