NORTH DAKOTA 



ORTH DAKOTA has an area of 74,312 

 square miles, which is mainly made up 

 of open prairie. The furred game con- 

 sists of elk, moose, deer, both black- 

 tailed and the Virginia varieties, antelope, 

 caribou, gray or timber-wolf, prairie- 

 wolf or coyote, otter, beaver, fox, badger, and rabbit. 

 Of the feathered game, the most common are the 

 prairie-hen and the sharp-tailed grouse ; geese of sev- 

 eral varieties are usually abundant; swan are often 

 killed. There are, too, duck of many varieties, and 

 curlew and some quail in the eastern part of the state. 

 Deer of the black-tailed variety are scarce, except 

 west of the Missouri river. White-tailed deer are quite 

 plentiful along the Missouri river and tributaries, 

 increasing in some places owing to settlement retro- 

 grading and to the decrease of professional hunters. 



Antelope are found in the hills, Grand Coteaux du 

 Missouri, quite plentiful; also in some portions of Bad 

 Lands. They are not decreasing. 



Wolf or coyote are quite plentiful throughout North 

 Dakota, and are increasing. The state pays a bounty of 

 three dollars for each wolf scalp. Fox arc rather scarce. 

 Otter are scarce and are decreasing ; they are chiefly 

 found along the Missouri and tributary creeks. Beaver 

 are also scarce. Skunk are numerous all over the state, 

 but the fur is poor. Badger are found everywhere. 

 Beaver and otter are protected for ten years. 



Of the feathered game, prairie-hen are very numer- 



