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A catch made in the Gallatin National Forest, by an expert hunter of carnivorous animals. 

 Coyotes are the most numerous, but wolves, bears, mountain-lions and wild-cats abound 



Hunting Destructive Animals 

 in National Forests 



UNTIL the work was taken over 

 recently by the Biological Survey 

 under the provisions of an act of Con- 

 gress, the systematic hunting of carnivor- 

 ous animals in the national forests of the 

 country was one of the tasks of the 

 Forest Service. Expert hunters and 

 trappers were einploNcd for this purjiDsc, 

 and the accompanying illustration sliows 

 a catch made by one man in the (iallatin 

 National Forest. In assigning the work 

 to the Biological Survey, Congress pro- 

 vided an ai)pri)i)riati()n of $125,000 for 

 this imri)<)sc-. 



Althonj^h i)ri\',ilc citizi-ns have .ihvays 

 i)i'eii |)irmi(ti(l to hntit in the national 

 forests, carnivorous animals liave at 

 times abounded in ctTtain of the W'l-stern 

 reservations in such great mimbers that 

 their de|)redations j)r()ve<I a serious 

 menace to stock-raisers. The luinters 

 and trappers emplo\'ed i)y tin- (iovern- 

 ment devote liieir entire timi- to shooting 



and trapping, and many pelts are ob- 

 tained by them. Coyotes are the most 

 numerous of the carnivorous animals on 

 the majorit\- of the reservations, and 

 wolves, bears, mountain-lions and wild- 

 cats abound in tiie order named. 



How the Firing of Heavj' Guns 

 Affects Animals 



A(il'. i\M.\\ vet(.-rinary surgeon has 

 m,i(U' some curious and interesting 

 ()l)ser\ations upon the p.sychological 

 effect produced on animals by the firing 

 of big guns. He considered the horses 

 and ilogs used for military purposes, and 

 llie game in the area of warfare. Soon 

 .liter the war it was notioini that large 

 numbers of horses and esiH-cially dogs 

 mii;raled into countries bi-Nond the si-at 

 of hostilities. The wild Ixiar, the badger, 

 bear, reel deer and roebuck followed, but 

 strange to say the hare, whosi' timidity 

 is |)roverbiaI, refii.sed to leave its home. 

 Birds which remained nnfrighteiUHl were 

 owls, falcons, sparrow-hawks and crows. 



