The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-03-21
FOREST SERVICE REPORTS
ON BIG GAME IN. WEST


ing to r. H. Rutledge, district fores-
ter. Intermountain district. The
most common and widely hunted
game animal in the region is the
deer. of which 1t is estimated there
are 7S,064 upon the National For
ests OF the Lntermountain region, an
increase of about Is per cent over
last year Thirty thousand or near
ly half re in a single herd upon the
Kaibab national forest In northern
Arizona. The records show that
hunters last year succeeded in bag
eing 2.462 of these animals upon the
national forests.
Elk are increasing rapidly on ma
nv national forests where they have
been planted in recent years. They
exist naturally only in large num-
bers upon the Teton and Wyoming
forests in western Wyoming where
practically 1900 out Of the 1920 |
credited to the entire Intermountain
region are found. At the same time
out of the 26 national forests in this |
district, only 8 are reported as with |
cut elk, three Of these being in the |
state OF Nevada. A total of $50 elk |
are reported as killed on the nation
al forests, most of them upon the |
Teton forest in the vicinity Of Jack
son Hole.
Moose are very much more rare in
this region, there only being 2,199
credited to the forests of the en-
tire Intermountain district or these
practically the entire number are
found in western Wyoming upon the
Teton and Targhee national forests.
Mountain goats the limited entire !
" to the national forests of Idaho.
where a total of 2,127 are found
widely scattered upon the high
Rocky Mountain ranges through s
that country Mountain sheep, on {
the other hand, while not very much I
more plentiful, there being only a II
total of 2,462 estimated for this re- /
gion, are very much more widely \
distributed, being reported on . ! Z
national forests in numbers ranging (
from 400 on the Challis in central r
I6aho to less than 100 each on four a
Forty of these animals were killed O
last year in the national forests of ii
western Wyoming a
Antelope are protected every h
where but are not very plentiful up a
on the national forests. finding their h
chief range upon the flat broken o.
country rather than true mountains. m
1855 of these animals SC
are found scattered upon several ma s,
tional forests, most of them in Neva- m
da and central Idaho. al
Rangers cooperate closely with To- gi
cal game wardens in the enforce as
ment of the game laws and last year ks
In this region made So arrests and 70
reported 80 violations to state Off
GERS; forty eight convictions result ad
ted or
Conservation of game during the da
asst few years has been largely fur tn
nerous state and Federal game re- no
uges. Many of these are located on Sc
lational forests. There are "a state TIL
efuges and one national refuge up su
II the national forests of this reg DC
on, while 675,434 acres of other an
ational forest lands are adminis- Wis
cred for game conservation primari- vol
y. The total area thus devoted TO Es
ame propagation and conservation Of
mounts TO o,zfIofi acres or one tie
ixth of the total national forests
rea.
The establishment of these refu-
es and the excellent enforcement of
anne laws by local game wardens
SISTED by the forest rangers within
ie national forests is doing a great tea
cal to bring about a regular annu- DAY
increase of game upon our ma her
onal forest areas and is rapidly 500
aking them a Mecca for sportsmen ed
roughout this region.
On the Lemhi national forest qua
ere is herd of 735 antelope. 1t thel
is been locally famous for ANDY 10
imp," splendid specimen of buck told
telope that has been exceptional are
tame. 1t has hung around the CHI
lphur Creek ranger station in the or
hsimeroi valley each winter for
e last two years and has on sever HIC
occasions been to school and rails
the CONSERVATION there as his
iyful antics are little bit siren n
us forli tile school children This I'll,
nter he has disappeared. however, o,ad
d 1t is feared that some poacher rfo,,
5 accounted for the pet antelope MI,
Pahsimeroi valley. ,h,a
The national forests of southern soma
Tho are credited with 29,776 deer. Clar
most as many as the Kaibab herd w