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100. The Custer National Forest appears to be ideally adapted to their 

 needs. 



Powder River County appears to have the largest number of antelope in 

 any area of that size in the State. R. F. Tarbell stated that the largest 

 band on a ranch in the southern part of the county numbered 57. This in- 

 creased somewhat during 1923, but, as a whole, the antelope have barely held 

 their own during the past 10 years. At the present time they are not being 

 molested and undoubtedly are increasing. 



28. A band of about 15 is reported in the extreme southeastern part of Big 

 Horn County, on the Tongue River, near Decker. It is being protected and is 

 slowly increasing. 



29. A band of about 30, which is reported to be increasing in numbers, is 

 ranging south of the Yellowstone on Otter and Beaver Creeks in southern 

 Rosebud County. 



30. North of the Yellowstone River, along Stella, Hay, Wolf, and Cotton- 

 wood Creeks, and also between Forsyth and Melstone, are a number of bands 

 of antelope varying in size up to nearly 200 animals, which aggregate about 

 450. They are said to be holding their own or increasing in numbers. 



31. In a district about Melstone, in Musselshell County, three small bands, 

 totaling about 40 animals, are said to be decreasing. 



32. A band of 31 is reported on the Gumbo Flats north of Roundup in Mus- 

 selshell County. 



33. A band of 172 was counted along Elk River on the Jack Rowley Ranch, 

 about 50 miles southeast of Lewistown, in Fergus County. Mr. Rowley states 

 that for the past 10 years from 100 to 125 antelope have been ranging on the 

 ranch about 50 miles southeast of that town. During the fall of 1923 he 

 counted 172 in one band, which apparently covered the entire number. He 

 states that they ordinarily run in three or four bands, but occasionally unite. 

 They have many young ; but, although efforts have been made by the owners 

 of the ranch to protect them, they continually stray off and are shot by 

 hunters. When fired at, those not hit usually seek safety in the meadows on 

 the ranch where they seem to appreciate the fact that they are protected. 

 Mr. Rowley believes that since so many dry farmers have left that section of 

 the State, conditions are more favorable for the antelope, which are likely to 

 increase in numbers. 



34. A band of 7 is located in the foothills of the Big Snowy Mountains south 

 of Moore, in Judith Basin County. 



35. About 175 antelope are located mainly in Wheatland County. Of these, 

 two bands of about 20 each range near Rothiemay in western Golden Valley 

 County, about 80 on the Winnecock Sheep Ranch, 5 to 10 miles southwest of 

 Shawmut, and a few small bands numbering about 30 northwest of Twodot, 

 the last-named bands being all in Wheatland County, also 25 near Porcupine 

 Butte, northern Sweetgrass County. It is reported that the antelope in this 

 area have been decreasing rapidly since 1908 through hunting from automo- 

 biles. 



36. About 100 antelope ranged near Radersburg, Broadwater County, in 



1923. It is stated that some of these can be seen from the main road at 

 almost any time. 



37. A band of 12 was reported near Three Forks, in Gallatin County, in 

 1912, but no information has been received concerning them since. 



38. About 22 antelope are reported to live on the old Green Ranch imme- 

 diately west of Madison River near the mouth of Cherry Creek, in Madison 

 County. This band has decreased during the past 15 years. 



39. A band of about 10 is located on the Little Timber and Duck Creek 

 Ranges in Sweetgrass County. 



40. A band of 10 ranges near Gibson, in the Big Coulee Country, in northern 

 Stillwater County. 



41. Several bands, numbering at least 16, range about 20 miles northwest 

 of Billings, in Yellowstone County. 



42. A band of 7 is reported on Lone Creek, near Red Lodge, Carbon County. 



43. The only antelope reported in Beaverhead County is a band of 8 ranging 

 on Red Rock and Black Tail Creeks. 



44. Eight antelope were placed on the National Bison Range in September, 



1924, by the Biological Survey, in cooperation with Doctor Brownell, of San 

 Francisco, and Doctor Hornaday, of the Permanent Wild Life Protection 

 Fund. These antelope were from the Washoe Antelope Reservation in north- 

 western Nevada, where they were caught as newly born fawns in the spring 



