Summary 



Despite the diversity of climate, geology, 

 population and weather to be expected in a land 

 area as large as Montana, the overall game bird and 

 animal resource stands in condition to support 

 heavy utilization for outdoor recreation hunting 



opportunity on a sustained basis. As population 

 pressures mount steadily on all natural resources, 

 maintaining the wise use of renewable resources 

 such as game must become more complex and at 

 times controversial as even more widespread 

 conflicts of interests must be resolved. 



MONTANA BIG GAME HARVEST. 1963-1967 



Sheep Goat 



Un- Un- 



Year 



1963 



1964 



1965 



Elk 



No. Hunters 66,622 



No.Killed 11,050 



Percent Success 17 



Licenses Issued 



No. Hunters 56,904 



No.KiUed 11,247 



Percent Success 20 



Licenses Issued 



No. Hunters 42,350 



No. Killed 7,657 



Percent Success 18 



Licenses Issued 



No. Hunters 55,113 



No.KiUed 13,400 



Percent Success 23 



Licenses Issued 100,508 



No. Hunters 71,883 



No.KiUed 14,500 



Percent Success 21 



Licenses Issued 82,882 



Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit 



The Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research 

 Unit was estabUshed at the University of Montana 

 on February 8, 1950. It is operated through a 

 coordinating committee with representatives for 

 the State Fish and Game Department, University 

 of Montana, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and 

 Wildlife Management Institute. The unit's 

 objectives are to provide professional training in 

 wildUfe research and related fields, to demonstrate 

 the findings of this research tlirough extension 

 woek and practical game management, and to 

 disseminate research findings by means of 

 pubUcations and extension activity. 



Research Projects 



The following research projects were 

 bicnnium: 



progress during the 



Unit workers recording maasurements of the B'i^lV bear and 

 preparing to instrument it with a radio transmitter. 



Aging of Tishcrs and analysis of reproductive systems. 

 An ecological study of the grizzly bear. 



