The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-11-25
Hunters Check
361 Co. Bucks

Jack Schmautz and AIDE Zajanc,
in charge of checking stations dur
ing the recent big game season in
Lincoln County, give the follow
! ing report of interest to all Lin
coin County spOrtsmen: Out of l.
| 584 hunters who went through the
Lincoln County field checking sta
tions, 290 got their bucks and 10
killed bear In addition to these
hunters, II more Sportsmen regis
tered their kill at the voluntary
checking stations in Libby, Troy and
Eureka AS the official report states.
"A large number of hunters failed
to report their kills to any of the
stations The number who did
check in amounts to 1865 including
voluntary checks with a total re-
ported kill of 36l bucks.
OF the total 36l bucks registered
206 were Whitehall and l55 mule
deer. This shows Lincoln County
Sportsmen and visiting hunters are
partial to the pursuit of the willy
Whitehall though the muledeer
hunters took a goodly percent of
the bag. Bucks listed by the game
department under the heading of
muledeer include all the deer or
dinarily referred to as blacktail, |
but scientifically termed muledeer.
The biological boys state there is
no true" blacktail in Montana, that |
animal being found only in the |
Pacific States, they say, on the west |
slope of the Coast Range.
Comparatively few of the 1854 |
to check in through regular |
stations were from Lin |
coin County, the number reported |
by the checking officials being 312.
Hunters from 90 other Montana
and seven other states
we're abroad in Lincoln County
forests during the season. The
counties and hunters from the same
follow:
Flathead, 842; Lake, 1875; Glacier,
IL; Tooie. SO: Pondera, rs: Hill
q; Daniels, 81; Cascade, 20; Roose-
lissoula, IL; Sheridan, 8; Valley s;
custer, S.; Richland, 5; Liberty, 4;
3avalli 3; Gallatin. Granite and
Yellowstone, each 2; Deer Lodge,
Judith Basin, McCone, Phillips and
each l.
Washington, with IL, furnished {
he greatest number of out of state
Dortsmen. California contributed 4 J
'eXas and Wisconsin each 2; and I
Alaska, Missouri and North Da- /
ota, each l. +
1t is of interest to sportSmen to
now that As different sized rifles
angling from PIT to .54 calibre are
aported by Schmautz and Zajanc. s
he most popular calibre was the v
Id reliable 1920, used by 20.5%
the hunters. The .30-'06 came c
econd with 1920 of the hunters t
sing it Only $50 of the sports p
len used the 300; 61% the 80 a
pecial., and SIG the .30-40 s
Lost Prairie checked the largest a
Imber of hunters, having SOL. s
tryker, which was second in num- 81
er of hunters, having SGT, yielded .
lie largest bag, l26 sportsmen bag F
ng their bucks in addition to two Ct
EAR Following is the breakdown n
= stations: al
Lost Prairie, 581 hunters. bagged 81
Whitehall, % muledeer and 6 D.
,ar Stryker, SGT hunters. So L
So muledeer and 2 bear re
off Greek, BAT hunters. 30 white ty
ii, % muledeer and at Teepce pt
brings, 229 hunters, 20 Whitehall.
muledeer and 2 bear. Hunter o
ccess on deer and bear, 1897: II
r deer only 1887.
Results of voluntary checking sta
ms show Makin's Service Station. ca
oy, 8 Whitehall, 2 muledeer; Wet u
rs Service Station, Eureka. 20 &c
IA muledeeT; Smiths Ser
e Station, Libby, 20 Whitehall, 7 Pc
Iledeer sl'
The above completes the official az
port from the checking stations. AZ
t most every disappointed buck nc
inter- who drives out from town. su
W reports seeing big bucks and ap
my of them along the road. Snow V.
the high country and the run
lg season. account for the in
.ase in deer seen at this time. no