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MONTANA STATE FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT 



¥mh aimd Gainme Lnceese Sales §hov^ Decliee 



■ I CONOMIC conditions 



.'^- S I — ^ prevalent tliroughout 



1 J Ln the nation have been 



^- wCi^y^ reflected in the sales of 



5 ^-^Fj Montana fish and game 



^T . Ti licenses during the last 



d^-^ ^'^' ^ year. Two years ago 



the state legislature 



made possible the split license system. 



which enabled the department to adopt 



the big game tagging system, and while 



results have been gratifying from an 



enforcement standpoint, receipts have 



shown a decline of more than $40,000 



in 1932 below the mark of 1931. 



The following figures denote depart- 

 mental receipts from all sources for 

 the last four years: 



1929 . ..$209,478.87 



1930 . 209,483.90 



1931 . 223,655.08 



1932 179,644.14 



In 1929 a total of 83,388 resident 

 licenses were sold while in 1930 the 

 figure reached 82,331. During those 

 two years the old license system pre- 

 vailed. Under the new system adopted 

 two years ago the big game and the 

 resident bird and fish licenses were 

 divided. In 1931 a total of 68,574 resi- 

 dent bird and fish licenses were sold and 

 60,374 in 1932. In 1931 the resident big 

 game licenses totaled 24,394 at $1 each 

 while in 1932 this total reached 25,868. 

 The resident sportsman's license at $5 

 totaled 1,848 in 1931 and dropped to 



695 in 1932." The non-resident fishing li- 

 cense sales in 1931 totaled 4,513 and in 

 1932 declined to 2,636. 



In 1932, Silver Bow county led the 

 state in the number of resident bird 

 and fish licenses sold with 5,821. Lewis 

 and Clark was second among the 56 

 counties with 4,438 and Flathead third 

 with 4,179. 



Flathead county holds the 1932 lead in 

 the sale of big game licenses to resi- 

 dents at %1 with 3.527. Lewis and 

 Clark is second with 2,407 and Silver 

 Bow third with 1,931. SUUstics show- 

 ing the total number of licenses of all 

 descriptions sold in Montana counties 

 during the biennium just closed are tn- 

 eluded in the tablulalion which follows: 



LICENSE SALES BY COUNTIES IN 1931 



LICENSE SALE BY COUNTIES IN 1932 





Beaverhead _. 1.352 



Big Horn 505 



Blaine 301 



,574 24.394 1,341 4,513 



-Includva 3 allan bird and 



allnn bic gaino llcena 



