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10. About 100 are reported north of Fort Bentou, in Chouteau County. 
11. A band of 19 was reported on February 9, 1924, to range immediately 
west and north of the town of Montague, Chouteau County, sometimes within 
half a mile. A few years ago this band was double its present size. Another 
band of about 60, near the town of Square Butte, is reported to have increased 
about 10 per cent in the past two years. 
12. Three small bands, aggregating about 20, are located near Winifred, in 
northern Fergus County. One is 10 miles northeast of the town, another 18 
miles, and the third is ranging near Armells Creek. The total number of ante- 
lope here is slowly decreasing. 
13. A band of 30 was reported in 1922 south of the Little Rockies, in south- 
western Phillips County. 
14. On January 2, 1924, several bands, totaling about 200 antelope, were 
reported on the range from 20 to 30 miles southwest of Glasgow, in Valley 
County. A few range around the head of Duck Creek, Brazil, and Dry Runs. 
The larger bands occupy the country that divides the heads of Little, Beaver, 
and Lone Tree Creeks and on down the east slope to Willow Creek. The 
antelope here are reported to be decreasing rapidly and likely to be extermi- 
nated unless better protection can be given them. It is reported that antelope 
occasionally cross into the northern part of Valley County from Canada. 
15. A band of about 50 ranges in the Missouri breaks in northwestern 
Garfield County, and a smaller band of 8 in the adjacent southeastern part 
of Phillips County between the Little Larb Hills and the Missouri River. 
16. About 100 are reported on the Snow Creek Game Preserve in Garfield 
County. 
17. In Garfield County a band of 70 is reported along the Missouri River 
in Townships 23 and 24, and a band of 30 north and east of Haxby. 
18. There are several bands in eastern Garfield County, aggregating about 92 
animals, of which 68 occur along Woody Creek, in Townships 40, 41, and 42, 
and adjacent areas, and about 24 along Big Dry Creek east of Jordan. 
Several years ago these and other bands in this county were decreasing, but 
since many dry farmers have left, they are beginning to increase. 
19. A band of 60 ranges along Lodgepole Creek from Dilo to the Musselshell 
River in Garfield County, and another band of 30 occurs farther down in the 
southwestern corner of the same county. 
20. A band of about 20 is located near Cohagen, and another band of 15 
ranges in Townships 13 and 14, both in southern Garfield County. 
21. In February, 1924, 38 antelope were reported as ranging on the Timber 
Creek Divide, a small herd of 7 west of Weldon, another numbering 7 near 
McDonald Butte, 6 on Jawbone Coulee, and a single buck on the Big Dry, 
totaling 59 animals in McCone County. 
22. Frank Hamlick, a deputy State game warden at Kinsey, Custer County, 
wrote on January 21, 1924, that 49 antelope were living in his pasture, and 
that various other bands were located within 15 miles, which in the aggregate 
amount to about 100 animals. He is doing all he can to protect them, but 
they are being killed by hunters. 
23. Three small bands, aggregating about 19 animals, occur in southeastern 
Fallon County, where they are reported to be decreasing. 
24. A band of 75 is reported to range on Mizpah Creek, in southern Custer 
and northern Powder River Counties. 
25. C. A. Hatterschied wrote in February, 1924, that in the preceding fall 
he counted a herd of 53 antelope on Timber Creek, in Powder River County. 
26. In January, 1924, P. E. Fannigan, of Graham, wrote that several herds 
of antelope occur in the country lying east of the Big Powder River, in 
southern Powder River County. Pie considers that they aggregate more than 
300 animals. One neighbor counted 270 antelope in his pasture on one occa- 
sion last year. They do not appear to be increasing, but some of the farmers 
complain that they are eating their alfalfa. From the reports, it is probable 
that there are other antelope in this section of the State, but details are 
lacking. C. A. Hatterschied reports seeing a herd of 47 on Horse Creek in the 
faU of 1923. 
27. Bands totaling 250 range on the Custer National Forest southeast of 
Ashland, in Powder River County. B. W. Hogan, of Ashland, wrote that when 
he went there in 1910 there were only 3 antelope in the entire Custer National 
Forest. These were well protected by ranchmen and have increased to the 
present herd. They are often seen in bands of from a dozen to more than 
