The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-06-08
Fishing And Hunting in Montana

Henry Aware, State game and fisfs
warden has issued booklet whose
information is intended to serve as a
guidance to those sportsmen who ara
unfamiliar with the localities of the,
different varieties Of game and fish
within the boundaries of this state.
Ut interest to the people of N6rtherts
Montana is the following:
Montana has long been known as =
! sportsman's paradise, covering as it
does approximately one-hundred fiftv
Thousand square miles of prairies.
mountain and wooded areas, watered
by thousands of lakes and streams.
The northern tier of counties from
east to west are: Valley, Chonteau.
Teton, Flathead and Lincoln. and are
traversed by the Great Northern
Hallway. From Mondak to Milk
River. the railroad follows the Mis-
souri, river. At any station betwee1
these points are caught cat fish, pike,
buffalo fish, sturgeon and ling. the
pike weighing from two to five
pounds and the cat fish from one ia
twelve pounds. Farther west on the
MIX river are located the towns of
Glasgow, Hinsdale, Malta and bod.
son, where the above fish are also
caught. There are good hotel accom-
modatlons at all of these points.
Ihere are no trout streams i'm this
part OF the state. At any point along
the line Of the railway and also off
the line to the north and south be-
| tween MOndak and Havre are found
grouse, while sage hens abound in
III any direction from the following
stations: Popler, Nashua, Glasgow,
Hlnsdale, Saco, Malta, Wagner and
Dodson.
There is desultory duck shooting
along any of the streams in this sec
tlon of the state, but the great mecca
for hunters is Lake Bowdoin near
! Malta. Here is a natural hatchery
tor water fowls. Ducks and geese
nest here by the thousands and dur
ing the southern migration of these
aquatic fowls, It's waters afford a
resting place for the wearied tlocks
of the north.
Deer may be found anywhere FROM
the mouth of the Milk river to Cow
Greek on the Missouri river. The
nearest railway points to the deer
section of Valley county are Glas-
gov, twenty miles, Saco, fifty miles,
and Malta, the same distance from
the hunting grounds as Saco, but on
account of the excellent road from
Malta into the Bad Lands, it is the
preferable point for starting. White
tail deer are found in the bottoms
and close to the river while in the ad
joining brakes of the Bad Lands are
black tail deer; Rocky Mountains
sheep may be found on Seven Black
feet Greek, He'll Creek, Snow Creek
and few on Squaw Greek. These
points are fifty miles south of Malta
in the heart of the Bad Lands. Bears
and Mountain lions are also found in
the same sections as the Rocky
Mountain sheep.
Stopping places on the Missouri i'm
the game country are Leedy and the
U. l.. ranch. There is stage from
Malta to Leedy twice week. At
this point horses may be procured
for trips into Bad Lands.
Following the main line of the rail-
road into Chouteau County are found
the same species of fish and feathered
game. From Pacific Junction in a
southwesterly direction is branch
of the Great Northern leading from
the main line to Fort Benton, Great
Falls, Helena and Butte. From Vir-
gile in Chouteau county and on thru
Cascade county to Craig in Lewis &
Clark county, the railroad follows
the historic old Missouri river. In
the bottom lands is an occasional
white tail deer. Prairie chicken and
duck shooting is fair during the sea-
son. Pike, catfish and perch are
caught from the waters of the Mis-
SOuri and trihuta rias of this ,ao+;o,