STATUS OF THE PRONGHORNED ANTELOPE, 1922-1924 



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ALBERTA 



1. About 500 are reported on the north side of Bow River above its junction 

 with Lethbridge or Belly River, west and south of Brooks, on the Canadian 

 Pacific Railroad. 



2. About 100 range on Red Deer and South Saskatchewan Rivers, a short 

 distance west of their junction. 



3. About 100 are reported in the section between Belly River and Bow 

 River, to the northeast of Lethbridge. 



4. On the National Antelope Refuge in Neniiskam, to the west of Lake 

 Pakowski, 180 antelope were reported in September, 1924. 



5. The latest information, in 1924, gives about 150 as ranging in the extreme 

 southeastern corner of the Province. 



SASKATCHEWAN 



6. About 40 antelope are said to range on both sides of the South Saskatche- 

 wan River, west of Owensville. 



7. To the northeast of White Bear Lake about 20 antelope are said to range. 



8. A band of 8 antelope 

 is reported on the South 

 Saskatchewan River a few 

 miles west of Saskatche- 

 wan Landing. 



9. Between White Bear 

 and Luck Lakes, some 

 distance north of the South 

 Saskatchewan, 12 ante- 

 lope are reported. 



10. A band of about 10 

 are reported near Long 

 Valley, northwest of Lake 

 Chaplin. 



11. About 100 range 

 about Bigstick Lake, north 

 of Maple Creek on the 

 Canadian Pacific Railroad. 



12. To the north of Cy- 

 press Lake, in the south- 

 western corner of the 

 Province, 40 antelope are 

 reported. 



13. On the north side of 

 Frenchman Creek, near 

 the town of East End, 27 

 are reported. 



14. About 40 are re- 

 ported to occur in the 



outb of Wood Mountain, drained by Frenchman Creek and Poplar RiVer, 

 both tributary to the Missouri. 



MEXICO 



It lias not been possible to obtain definite information concerning the dis- 

 tribution of the antelope bands or the numbers contained in them from any 

 pari of Mexico except Sonora. The accompanying maps (figs. 20 and 21) and 

 Statements concerning the surviving antelope in that country are based on 

 il knowledge of the writer and on information mainly received from 

 Carlos Lopez, In charge of the Federal game administration of Mexico, and 

 from Game Warden Ben Tinker. 



Formerly antelope ranged south over (he great Mexican tableland to within 



than loo mile- of the City of Mexico, ii, is Interesting to know, as set 



forth earlier in HO- report, that the first mention of antelope seen by Europeans 



Fig. 19. — Distribution of antelope in Canada, estimated 

 at 1,030 in 5 areas in Alberta, and 297 in 9 areas in 

 Saskatchewan ; a total of 1,327 in 14 areas 



