Fish and Game 



Over Montana's Majestic Mountains 

 and Through Her Beautiful Valleys 

 Roam Countless Thousands of the 

 Finest Big Game Animals to Be 

 Found in the World— Her Lakes, 

 Rivers and Brooks Are Alive With 

 Fish. 



By J. L. DeHART, v 



State Game and Fish Warden. 



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Within the ntemory of ,nany thousands of Montana's citizens buf.aloes 

 thronged the ranges o,f this State. When *e line of the Northern Paof.c 

 was completed into Custer eottnty in iSSi, the final slaughter of these 

 ponderous animals comlm:enced. A few years afterward they 

 When Buff- were considered as practically extinct. Today after years of 

 Ts Throng- careful nurturing by the federal author.fes and pr.yate .ndt- 

 ed the West- viduals, the few remaining species are again slowly mereas.n^ 

 em Plains, in numbers. 



Despite the ruthless slaughter of bison and other large 

 oame annuals by the eadv white settlers of the State and the relentless 

 huntino- bv Indians for centuries before tlie white man s advent, all game 

 in Montana, with the exception of the American bison, is now mcreasmg, 

 under the protection afforded by the game laws and constant patrollmg by 

 the members of the state game department. 



Twenty-five vears ago the elk on the northern boundary of 'the Yellow- 

 stone National Park did not number one half as many as they do today 



_^^^,^ ^^„^, ^^ Montana unless you are prepared to do your share of the tvork. 



