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sent the entire skin to the county clerk and make an affidavit stating 

 as to where, how, and when the wolf was killed and everything about 

 it. Some of the bounties range up as high as twenty dollars on each 

 wolf. 



WOLF 



There is no doubt but that some advantage has been taken of the 

 bounty system, and probably the only safe way is to require the per- 

 son collecting the bounty to present the whole skin and then have 

 the county official remove the ears and a part of the scalp, in order 

 that the same skin can not be presented the second time. A satis- 

 factory way of marking the skin on which the bounty has been paid 

 is to cut a slit four to six inches long between the ears. This does 

 not injure the skin in any way, and prevents the possibility of col- 

 lecting more than one bounty on the same skin. The Bureau of 

 Biological Survey has prepared the following directions as an aid 

 to the county and state officials in identifying the scalps, and skins 

 of wolves, coyotes, the puppies of wolf, red, gray, and kit foxes, 

 young bob cats, coons, and badgers. The variation in dogs is so great, 

 no two being exactly alike in character, that there is no sure way 

 that they can be distinguished from wolf and coyote, but when there 

 is reason to suspect that dogs are being presented for bounty, their 

 skins and skulls can be sent to the Bureau of Biological Survey for 

 positive identification. The Department furnishes the following key 

 to adult wolves and coyotes. 



