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sands of the elk which are bred in the park wander out 

 into the surrounding territory, and animals, no doubt, 

 which are bred outside find a refuge in the park at 

 times. If I am rightly informed there are not many 

 elk left in South Dakota. A great part of the State is 

 open prairie or plains country and bad-lands, where 

 there is no cover, and where the cover is absent it is 

 useless to look for elk to-day. The elk in Washington 

 live in vast forests where, I am informed, it is difficult to 

 find and approach them. 



Outside the United States the elk may be shot in 

 Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. There are 

 not many elk left in Manitoba. They are fairly abun- 

 dant in many places in the British Rocky Mountain 

 regions. 



In a recent paper in Field and Stream, "Where to Go 

 for Elk," we are told that South Dakota demands a 

 license of twenty-five dollars from non-residents, and 

 one dollar from residents ; Montana has a twenty-five- 

 dollar non-resident license ; Wyoming a fifty-dollar 

 license ; Manitoba a twenty-five-dollar license. Each 

 of these States has a kill-limit : — Montana, two bucks ; 

 South Dakota, one elk ; Wyoming, two elks ; Mani- 

 toba, two bucks, but deer, moose, antelope, and cari- 

 bou come under the same section, and the law reads, 

 "or take more in all than two of such animals;" hence 

 the man after elk had better leave deer alone in Mani- 

 toba. In the same paper, it is stated that "a licensed 

 guide is required in all three of the States, but that is 

 no hardship, certainly, for guides are essentials, and it 

 is proper that the State should see that they are re- 

 liable, and will prevent infringements of the very 



