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TABLE 4. ESTIMATED ANTELOPE POPULATION AND RESULTS 



OF HUNTS, 1942-1950 



Figure 2. A herd ol' antelope in a close-up view from a Division of 

 Fish and Game airplane 



ELK HUNT 



The last special liHiiting- season for rediieino- the Tule Elk herd in 

 Owens Valley of Inyo Comity had been held in 1943. That 3'ear 75 per- 

 mits were issued by lottery for taking 75 bulls. A check of all hunters 

 revealed that 43 bulls were harvested. Since that time population counts 

 of this elk herd made by aerial surveys showed that the herd had been 

 steadily increasing in numbers. By 1949 cattle ranchers, maintaining 

 that the increase in the elk population was depleting the range, agitated 

 for a hunting season. Consequently, a controlled hunt was held from 

 December 2d through December 11th. A total of 125 permits was issued 



