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to keep the ground bare. But most of the land at the lower level is 

 also good for ranching and, accordingly, has been preempted for 

 that purpose. This leaves, especially to the elk and deer, the rather 

 desperate choice between death from the hunter's gun in the valley, 

 or starvation in the snowdrifts of the mountains. Of four main 

 game ranges on the Shoshone, only one, the South Fork, requires 

 supplemental winter range. Game protection on the Shoshone varies 

 from game protection on the average forest and deserves special 

 mention only in so far as it is distinguished by this remarkable area 

 of the all-important winter range. 



Grazing is regulated in many places or excluded entirely in order 

 to protect the game, especially on Elk Fork and Sweetwater, Horse, 

 and Grizzly Creeks. Several refuges have been designated where 

 no hunting is allowed, even with a license. These have recently 

 been consolidated into two refuges, known as the Hoodoo and the 



F-3750*-A 



Fig. 10. — A summer home in the Shoshone National Forest, just off the Cody Road, 

 not far from Home Lodge 



Shoshone, comprising in all' more than half a million acres. They 

 are shown on the map on page 14. 1 It will be notedi that similar 

 refuges are scattered throughout the other national forests also. 

 As a result of these provisions and peculiarly favorable conditions 

 on the Shoshone, an unusual number of different kinds of game 

 live within its boundaries and the number is increasing. There are 

 elk, moose, mountain sheep, antelope, mule deer, and black, brown, 

 and silver-tip bear. Among the fur-bearing animals are beaver, 

 fox, marten, mink, badger, ermine, and otter ; among predatory ani- 

 mals, coyote, wolves, lynx or wild cats, and mountain lion. These 

 predatory animals are very destructive to the more valuable game 

 animals and are being reduced in number by systematic killing. It 

 is estimated that during 1925, predatory animals killed over a hun- 



1 The exact boundaries of these refuges are changed frequently and may vary from 

 those shown on the map. 



