HOW ELK MAY BE SAVED 271 



And in his report for 1910 he says: "Experi- 

 ence during the past two winters has demon- 

 strated that it is entirely feasible to shift large 

 bands of elk from one locality to another. In 

 the late fall or early winter, I am well con- 

 vinced that a thousand — or more — elk could be 

 gradually driven, or 'drifted' from the Buffalo 

 Fork or Spread Creek country east to the heads 

 of Wind River; and thence, later, half, or more 

 of them, could be driven across the intervening 

 country to the Big Horn Mountains. Such 

 transfer could be made at one-tenth the cost of 

 capture and shipment, and would tend to re- 

 lieve the Jackson's Hole ranges. I trust that 

 my successor will be authorized to at least try 

 the experiment. 



"If elk were protected for ten years in Car- 

 bon County, it would well be worth the cost to 

 ship and liberate a car-load of young elk in the 

 Medicine Bow Mountains. This is an ideal 

 big game country, and with proper protection, 

 the elk would increase rapidly, eventually dis- 

 tributing themselves over the entire Medicine 

 Bow range." 



If the State of Wyoming is truly interested 

 in the preservation and propagation of big 

 game, as her State game warden has repeatedly 

 asserted in his annual reports, she could, with- 



