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rally adapted to the wants of the prong-horned antelope. It is 

 only within the last few years that antelope were exterminated 

 from this section of the Wichita Mountains. The wide prairie 

 in the southern part of the range, the flat in the northwest corner, 

 and the flat-topped mountain in the middle, make excellent feed- 

 ing grounds for antelope. 



Elk. — Elk in great numbers once roamed over the rocky hills 

 and mountains on the range, and doubtless they fed on the flats 

 and prairies. The wooded margins of the range, the gulleys, the 

 coulees, the timbered valleys and mountains all make excellent 

 places for these animals, although this country cannot be com- 

 pared with the heavily timbered elk country of Colorado, Idaho, 

 Wyoming. Washington, and Oregon. 



Deer. — While there are now a few white-tailed deer on the 

 range, Mr. Morrissey is of the opinion that by making a drive in 

 the timbered mountains west of the range, just before erecting 

 the fence on that side, a dozen or more deer may be forced into 

 the enclosure. 



As soon as it is definitely settled that the range is to become a 

 game preserve it would be wise to establish salt licks somewhere 

 within the limits of the enclosure, thus enticing the deer to use 

 them before work commences. The deer would soon find the 

 licks, and would naturally make their home within the area of 

 their own will. 



It would also be wise to keep permanent licks in suitable places 

 just outside of the range. Wild deer frequenting them could, after 

 they become accustomed to them, be enticed into the range 

 through a gate placed for that purpose. There are a few deer 

 outside of the range, and for many reasons it seems desirable to 

 capture all of them before they are killed. 



The rocky hills and mountains with their scant growth of oak 

 timber are better adapted to Columbian black-tailed deer and 

 mule deer than to white-tailed deer, both of which should do 

 well there. 



Unless the deer in this country feed on the acorns and mesquite 

 grass to a large extent, there does not seem to be enough of their 

 favorite food, or at least of the woody food that constitutes the 

 greater part of their living in the Adirondacks, to support a herd 

 of any great size. 



Wild Turkeys. — Turkeys were once common both in and out- 

 side of the range. A few. not more than one or two flocks at the 

 most, are still on or just outside of the Wichita Forest Preserve. 

 If introduced they would doubtless thrive. 



