STATUS OF THE PRONGHORNED ANTELOPE, 1922-1924 



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5. Formerly many antelope ranged on the sagebrush plains southwest of 

 Winslow, in Navajo and Coconino Counties, but in 1923 these had become re- 

 duced to 10, located in Coconino County. 



6. About 50 are reported on the open range near Heber, in Navajo County. 



7. About 50 are reported as ranging along the Verde rim, northeast of Camp 

 Verde, Yavapai County. 



8. About 40 are ranging in Cedar Glade, south of Ashfork, in Yavapai County. 



9. In 1922 several bands, aggregating 100 or more, were reported to be rang- 

 ing on the Baca Grant, 50 miles south of Seligman, in Yavapai County. 



10. A band of about 50 is reported as ranging in the open country near Selig- 

 man, in Yavapai and Coconino Counties. 



11. In 1922 about SO were reported to have been on the Carrow cattle range, 

 southwest of Nelson, in Mohave County. These probably also range into 

 Yavapai County. The Car- 

 row brothers give strict 

 protection to the antelope 

 on their range, where they 

 have increased within the 

 last 10 years from about 

 15 animals to the present 

 number. 



12. A band of 25 is re- 

 ported as occupying the 

 open range southeast of 

 Sprincrerville, in Apache 

 County. From 18S4 to 1890 

 bands aggregating 500 to 

 600 antelope occupied this 

 territory. 



13. In 1923 bands aggre- 

 gating about 75 antelope 

 were reported to have been 

 ranging in Yuma County, 

 near the international 

 1 toundar y. Seven head were 

 reported in 1924 between 

 the Mohawk and the Ca- 

 beza Prieta ranges. 



14. In 1923 Papago In- 

 dians reported that a few 

 antelope were still ranging 

 in Santa Rosa Valley, in 

 Pima County, but no defi- 

 nite nnmber was given. 



15. In 1923 about 30 ante- 

 lope were *reported occur- 

 ring on the mesa west of Oracle and along the road to Florence, about 35 miles' 

 northwest of Tucson, in Pinal and Pima Counties. 



16. According to residents of Arivaca, about 20 antelope occur in the upper 

 end of Altar Valley, not far from San Fernando Valley, in Pima County. 

 Near a small lake near the middle of the valley in 1923 a number of young 

 were noticed with this band, indicating that it may be slowly increasing. 



17. In 1923 a band of about 12 was ranging on the plains near the north end 

 "f a small mountain range locally known as the Sierrita, southwest of Tucson, 

 in Pima County. 



18. In 192:; about 10 antelope were ranging on the plains near Benson, in 

 Cochise County. 



CALIFORNIA 



During the middle of the last century when the gold rush took place, 

 antelope were generally distributed and very abundant on the plains of 

 California, especially in the San Joaquin Valley and over the Mohave Desert 

 ranging thence south to the Mexican border; also on the arid plains 

 in the northeastern part of the State. In 192:'. they had been reduced to 

 small bands In six widely separated areas, containing a total of about 1,057 

 ftnima 



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Fig. 



-Distribution of antelope in Arizona ; estimated 

 at 651, in 18 areas 



