American Big Game in its Haunts 



suasion by our people, no domestic sheep have in- 

 vaded Jackson's Hole." 



Mr. Ira Dodge, of Cora, Wyo., in response to 

 inquiries as to the sheep in his section of the coun- 

 try, says: "Mountain sheep are, like most other 

 game, where you find them; but their feeding 

 grounds are mainly high table-lands, at the foot of, 

 or near, high rocky peaks or ranges. These table- 

 lands occur at or near timber line, varying one or 

 two thousand feet either way. In this latitude 

 timber line occurs at about 11,500 feet. In all 

 the ranges in this locality, namely, the Wind River, 

 Gros Ventre, and Uintah, water is found in abun- 

 dance, and, as a rule, there is plenty of timber. I 

 think I have more often found sheep in the timber, 

 or below timber line, than at higher altitudes, 

 although sometimes I have located the finest rams 

 far above the last scrubby pine. 



"The largest bunch of sheep that I have seen 

 was in the fall of 1893. I estimated the band at 

 75 to 100. In that bunch there were no rams, 

 and they remained in sight for quite a long time; 

 so that I had a good opportunity to estimate them. 



"I do not profess to know where the majority 

 of these sheep winter, but, undoubtedly, a great 

 number winter on the table-lands before men- 

 tioned, where a rich growth of grass furnishes an 



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