MONTANA STATE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



the present time, and I am not excepting the ruffed grouse, prairie chicken, 

 the ringneck pheasant or dusky grouse. From every point of view the Hun- 

 garian is the game bird that wins the admiration and approval of every 

 sportsman who has made its acquaintance. That they seem well adapted 

 to climates where the winter borders on the more severe and if given their 

 freedom they will raise covies from 10 to 20 and have been known to nest 

 a second time if the season is favorable. Their average weight is approxi- 

 mately 14 ounces and the meat is of an extreme excellent flavor." 

 It is therefore pleasing to know that this new and wonderful addition to our 

 game birds is doing so well in this state, and the time when an open season 

 can be declared is not far away. 



The manner in which these imported birds have accustomed themselves to 

 Montana's climatic conditions is ample demonstration of the wisdom of the state 

 commission in fostering propagation. In Washington and in Idaho they are 

 ranked among topnotch game birds by sportsmen who enjoy the thrill that goes 

 with out-smarting the smartest of feathered game. Severe winters have seem- 

 ing-iy made small inroads on the Hungarians. They are hard-working little birds. 

 When they are able to get grit they fight their way through. They buiTow 

 through snowcrusts and scratch to food beneath. Grit wards off dysentery. They 

 are likewise friends of the farmer and often feed with his domesticated flocks. 



CLIFF LAKE IS MONTANA BEAUTY SPOT 



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.( filinijisi of sc( nir Cliff Lnl.i iiinl its iikiii/i (iriiis oiul fiii{)ci'-'< in tlir Madison couxlrti. 

 S II III nil r ciiniiis dot the .shores. It Iki.s dirivcd it.s n<iiiic from the pricipitou.s .short tiiic. 

 Trout siDiirii in Cliff Lakr in February birau.sc of the warm crrrL-.s that flow into it. 

 The .stall fi.sh and name nniimi.s.sion ejrp<ct.s to e.stahli.sh a .^ipawnint/ .station here. It 

 wa.i in Cliff Late thai lh< fiiiind .'.^-poiind Hainhow trout wa.s. reri ntlii eituf/ht. 



