MONTANA STATE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



During the season of 1033 the department paid bounty on 91 mountain lions. 

 The fish and game commission pays a bounty of $25 for each lion liilled within 

 the state. These animals are great enemies of wild life as well as domestic stock, 

 and the commission feels that the payment of the bounty is small, indeed, to the 

 return to the sportsmen of the state. 



It is hard to speali definitely of pi-ogress — although the commission has 

 been assured that progress has been made, considering the critical period that 

 the department has passed through with colors flying and increasing support 

 from the sportsmen of the state. The commission has carried on its work — and 

 this is outstanding — it has stayed within its income. There have been curtail- 

 ments in all departments, but the loyal support and cooperation of all sportsmen 

 in Montana has been most gratifying. 



Montana is rapidly coming to the forefront as a sportsmen's paradise, not 

 only for those in Montana but for those in other states — east, west, north and 

 south. License returns for this year show a great number of outsiders coming 

 to Montana in quest of big game — the chance to hunt through this mai-velous 

 oountrj' — its natural parks as great as its national ones. Credit must be given 

 to the highway commission for its program of better roads, to the forestery 

 service, and to other agencies bringing about a "Montana Game Revival". 



A perusal of the reports of the biennial show progress. This, coupled with 

 the knowledge that Montana sportsmen are behind the Montana fish and game 

 commission and are ready to cooperate to the fullest degree, leads me to say 

 that the future of the Montana fish and game department looks brighter. 



STOPPING ON THE WAY SOUTH 





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With government aid, it is hoped that many of the sloughs and lakes in Montana 



may once again be the nesting grounds for migratory birds and the 



real days of the "flight" will live again. 



