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3. A band of about 75 is located iu northeastern Larimer County, on the 
Colorado State Antelope Refuge, mentioned above. These antelope', no doubt, 
range across the boundary into soutliern Wyoming, and are said to be liolding 
their own and possibly increasing. Some of the people in this district favor 
the protection of the antelope, while others do not and are reported to look 
upon them as a nuisance. 
4. About 33 antelope are reported from north-central ]\Iorgan County, where 
they are said to be decreasing'. 
5. In Logan County about 150 survive. There is some complaint here of 
their destroying crops. Although antelope appear to be occasionally shot In 
this district, the herd appears to be holding its own and with a little better 
protection would undoubtedly increase. It is obvious that the relation of these 
antelope to the farming community requires careful study before any definite 
effort is made to build up the lierd. 
G. C. F. Parker wrote from Julesburg iu October, 1923, that about 55 ante- 
lope are located in the northwestern corner of Sedgwick County, where the 
farmers desire their protection. In winter they come down and feed in the 
COLORADO 
Fig. 5. — Distribution of antelope iu Colorado, estimated at 1,233, in 28 areas. 
Antelope refuge indicated by broken lines 
alfalfa fields. They are said to be increasing. Mr. Parker stated that when 
he fenced an 8,000-acre pasture at his Cottonwood Ranch about 20 years ago 
2 does and 1 buck antelope were included. They have steadily increased 
since that time, and it is generally understood in the neighborhood that any- 
one caught molesting them will receive the limit of the law. Occasionally in 
that district antelope are pursued and shot by hunters in automobiles, but the 
resident farmers are interested in them and desire their protection. 
7. A small band of eight has about held its own for several years in south- 
eastern Phillips County. The people in that district are interested in them 
and favor their increase, which no doubt could be brought about by a little 
more careful protection. 
8. A band of 13 is located in northeastern Yuma County. 
9. A band of 22 is reported from northwestern Yuma County. 
10. In northern Washington County, the existing herd numbers about 48, 
and their protection is favored by most of the people in the county, although 
occasionally one is shot. Suggestions have been made that they be captured 
and removed to a fenced refuge, but this is not generally favored. 
