14 EVOLVES IX RELATION TO STOCK, GAME, AXD FOEEST EESERVES. 



FLORIDA. 



In 1888 wolves were reported as still in considerable numbers and 

 destructive to stock on the prairies and cattle ranges of eastern 

 Florida, and in Bradford County were reported as recently as 1895. 

 Xo later reports from this region have been received. 



ARKANSAS. 



Wolves are reported from the swamp regions of Arkansas as doing 

 considerable damage to stock. 



OKLAHOMA. 



In 1901 wolves were reported as killing calves, colts, and pigs in 

 the region about Red Fork, and some stock in the Wichita Mountains, 

 Oklahoma. In 1906 they killed cattle and horses in the Wichita 

 Mountains, and the supervisor of the Wichita Forest and Game Pre- 

 serve sent to the Biological Survey the head of a large gray male 

 wolf shot July 1 at the den, where the old female and six of the eight 

 ha If -grown pups also were shot. Later in the summer three other 

 wolves were killed on the reserve. 



MISSOURI. 



In Stone County, in the southwestern j)art of the State, in 1892, 

 large wolves were said to be killing sheep and goats, as well as some 

 colts. 



MICHIGAN AXD WISCONSIN. 



There are numerous reports of wolves and of stock and game 

 killed by them in the upper peninsula of Michigan and in northern 

 Wisconsin. Sheep raising is practically impossible in this region 

 except as the sheep are protected by wolf -proof fences. 



MINNESOTA. 



In Minnesota conditions similar to those in northern Michigan and 

 Wisconsin prevail. 



As in many other States, the bounty records make no distinction 

 between wolves and coyotes, both of which are listed as wolves, and 

 hence fail to show their relative abundance. They do show, how- 

 ever, that from 1866 to 1895, inclusive, the bounties reached a total of 

 $261,987.27. Records from the State auditor's reports for the suc- 

 ceeding nine years, 1896 to 1901, inclusive (Table 3), indicate an 

 actual increase in the number of animals presented for bounty. 



