STATE GAME AND FISH WARDEN. 



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Packing a Bighorn. 



her boundaries by far the largest number. Every year hunters 

 come from eastern points and some from Europe to hunt the 

 ''big horn." I recall several instances of eastern hunters, who 

 have hunted sheep in Montana for the past six or seven years. 

 Under the present law, the number of these animals is not 

 decreasing. The largest loss in sheep is attributable to the 

 ferocity of mountain lions. 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOATS. 

 Goat hunting is another form of sport that attracts many 

 non-resident hunters. These animals exist in considerable 

 numbers in certain mountainous sections of our state and 

 while not particularly hard to bag, when once their haunts 

 are reached, yet on account of the inaccessibility of their 

 native feeding grounds, not many are killed each year, so 

 that they are slowly increasing in numbers under the protec- 

 tion now afforded them by our laws. 



