Eaiieh, counted a l)aiid of seventeen, making a total of 

 thirty-seven. 



After resting a short time at the ranch, we struck 

 out again for the place we had left our outfit the after- 

 noon before. This in due time was found, and we 

 started back for Add. 



West of the Calclerwood Ranch we saw two more 

 antelope, making a total of thirty-nine seen that day. 



CONCLUSIONS. 



Our arrival, late that night at Adel marked the 

 end of the long trail over the antelope country. The 

 oliject of our trip, though somewhat disajji^ointing in 

 results, had l^een accomplished. We had practically 

 covered the country ranged over hy the largest group 

 of wild anteloi)e left on pul)lic land in the United States. 

 All that country in Lake County, Oregon, from Poker 

 Jim Eidge on the north to Mud Lake, Nevada, on the 

 south, and from Steens Mountains on the east to the 

 Warner Mountains on the west, was carefully gone 

 over. All water holes, fenced and un fenced, were 

 visited. In order not to overlook a single individual, 

 and to make our count as large as possible, every object 

 that looked at all like an antelope, was thoroughly 

 investigated with the glass. Nothing that appeared of 

 any value escaped our attention. Tracks and signs 

 were investigated and followed, and the country 

 searched in every direction, ])ut the actual number of 

 antelope seen and counted, was far below the local 

 estimates and counts of former years. We may have 

 overlooked a few, but not many, as the country is open, 

 and the white rump is a conspicuous ol)ject. 



There is always an object in this overestimating of 

 game, especially such as are under close protection. 

 Forsooth, if their number can be made to ai^pear large, 

 whv shoidd there be any necessity for a closed season ? 

 Here, the result of an actual count reveals less than two 

 hundred, while the sum total of individual estimates, 

 as carefully noted, places the number of antelope on 

 this range away up in the thousands. 



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