1954 Montana Department of Fish and Game - estimated 345 bighorn 

 sheep in the KMU (Ural Tweed and Kootenai Falls). 



U.S. Forest Service - estimated 420 bighorn sheep in the Rex- 

 ford and War land districts. 



First hunting season since 1915 opened for 3/4-curl or better 

 rams (Anon. 1975). Hunting was restricted to the area east of 

 the Kootenai River with a harvest of 3 rams. 



1955 Couey (1955a) - MDFG (Montana Bighorn Sheep) - estimated the 

 populaticxi consisted of approximately 100 sheep and was de- 

 creasing. 



Blair (1955a) - MDFG - estimated there were between 150 and 

 175 bighorn sheep in the population. 



U.S. Forest Service - estimated 305 sheep in the Rexford and 

 War land districts. 



Harvest consisted of two rams. 



1956 U.S. Forest Service - estimated there were 305 bighorn sheep 

 in the Rexford and War land districts. 



L. W. Lewis - Forest Administrator Warland District - £jersonal 

 communication to Buechner (1960) believed there were approxi- 

 mately 300 sheep on the Ural-Tweed range. 



Harvest estimate - 2 rams 



1957 Montana Department of Fish and Ga.me - estimated there were 

 385 bighorn sheep in the KMU (Ural Tweed and Kootenai Falls). 



U.S. Forest Service - estimated there v^ere 305 biuj-ioiii fliecp 

 in the Rexford and Warland districts. 



Hunt area was expanded to include all of Lincoln County and 

 the west central portion of Flathead County. 



Harvest estimate - 4 rams (entire area) . 



1958 U.S. Forest Service - estimated 330 bighorn sheep in the 

 Rexford and Warland districts. 



Harvest estinate - 6 rams (entire area) . 



1959 Harvest estinate - 6 rams (entire area) . 



1960 Harvest estimate - 8 rams (6 from Ural-Tweed) . 



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