felt that these full grown wild caught birds are particularly desirable 

 for planting purposes as they are accustomed to shifting for themselves 

 even under severe winter conditions. 



These birds were trapped from limited areas where varying degrees 

 of damage was being reported by the landowners. Thus, the work 

 served the dual purpose of relieving a condition in the trapping area as 

 well as providing an excellent type of planting stock for under-popu- 

 lated localities. 



Trapping and Transplanting Goats 



This program was continued through the past two years under a 

 curtailed program and 9 mountain goats were taken during this period. 

 They were released in the Stillwater Canyon in the Beartooth Plateau 

 region. 



It is felt that the plant in this location will supplement in time 

 the original plant made in the Rock Creek district near Red Lodge. 

 The entire Beartooth Plateau, over which the Cooke City-Red Lodge 

 highway travels, is ideal range for mountain goats. However, due to its 

 isolated position in regard to the present range of this species of big 

 game, there is no record that mountain goats were ever in the area. 



Investigations during the past year indicate that the goats in the 

 Crazy Mountains, where the original plants were made (22 goats re- 

 leased), are doing very well. 



Trapping and Transplanting Mule Deer 



This program was continued with 345 deer moved during the two- 

 year period. These were moved from ranges where they were con- 

 sidered surplus or where they were actually doing damage. They were 

 transported by truck to several mountainous areas in the eastern portion 

 of the state; namely, the Glendive Badlands, the Bull Mountains south 

 of Roundup; as well as the Wolf Mountains, or Sappy Hills south of 

 Forsyth. 



All of these areas were very seriously depleted of deer many years 

 ago. They present sufficient range however, for the development of 

 moderate sized deer herds under present conditions. This is being 

 brought about by the planting of wild-caught deer. 



Trapping and Transplanting White-Tail Deer 



There have been 104 white-tail deer trapped and moved into desir- 

 able ranges during the past two years. These animals were taken from 

 a concentration area north of Kalispell and moved to the foothills of the 

 Beartooth Range south of Columbus. They were released in the East 

 Rosebud Canyon and in the Stillwater Canyon. Both of these areas 

 present ideal range for white-tail deer. This species apparently was 

 killed out of those areas prior to the buck law and other methods of 

 regulation which will protect them at the present time. 



Trapping and Transplanting Anteloi>c 



The first antelope trapping work was undertaken last year. One 

 hundred and twenty of these animals were taken during this initial work. 

 They were secured in areas of heavy concentration and were moved into 



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