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4. This large generalized area contains nearly all the surviving antelope in 
Oregon. The number has been roughly estimated here at 2,000, although it 
may be considerably in excess of this. They are distributed in many herds, 
the largest of which is believed to number nearly 1,000 and is located in south- 
ern Harney County and southeastern Lake County, from which it may range 
across into Nevada. Two other herds, estimated to contain about 500 each, 
range, one in southern Malheur County across the boundary into Idaho and 
into Nevada, and the other in northern Lake and southern Deschutes Counties. 
The many dry-farming homesteaders have left the high desert country of 
southeastern Oregon during the past few years, and the antelope have been 
gradually going back into their former range. During the summer of 1924, 
seven grown antelope and one fawn were seen a number of times in the jack- 
pine timber about Button Spring and Sand Spring, where they watered, in 
the extreme northeastern corner of the Deschutes National Forest. Another 
recent extension of range is in the vicinity of Fife in southern Crook County 
and along the upper stretches of Silver Creek in northwestern Harney County. 
Fig. 14. — Distribution of antelope in Oregon, estimated at 2,039, in 4 areas 
There small bands of from 10 to 20 have been seen at various times about 
Benjamin Lake and on Wagontire Mountain. 
The antelope occurring in the northwestern part of their range in this region 
are scattered in small bands, owing to the extreme scarcity of water. They 
practically all water at the springs on Grays Butte, Christmas Lake, Button 
Spring, Sand Spring, and the southern slope of Hampton Butte, and ordinarily 
at Glass Butte, but the latter spring has been absolutely dry the present sea- 
son. Antelope in the extreme southeast bordering the Idaho line are in a 
better watered region and are much scattered along the tributaries of the 
Owyhee and about many springs in that area. 
SOUTH DAKOTA 
Senator Peter Norbeck and State Game Warden H. S. Hedrick are taking 
a very active interest in the conservation and building up of the herds of 
antelope in South Dakota. Concerning the practical side of this question, 
Senator Norbeck's remarks at the antelope conference in Washington on 
December 14, 1923, are much to the point. He stated : 
