STATUS OF THE PBONGHORNED ANTELOPE, 1922-1024 
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of 1924. The antelope placed on this range by the Boone and Crockett Club 
in 1911 increased to 64, but all are believed to have been killed by predatory 
animals in 1922. 
NEBRASKA 
Of the countless thousands of antelope which once roamed the plains of 
Nebraska but 10 small bands remain, containing a total of about 187 animals. 
As in Kansas and some other western States, for many years following the 
completion of the first transcontinental railroad, passengers through Nebraska 
had the pleasure of observing many antelope from the train windows. With 
the increasing occupation of the State by farmers and stockgrowers the prong- 
horn has been reduced to the present insignificant numbers. 
Only a single attempt appears to have been made to establish and main- 
tain under confinement a herd of antelope in this State. This was done in 
September, 1924, when the Biological Survey, in cooperation with Doctor 
Brownell and Doctor Hornaday, as detailed elsewhere, placed 10 young ante- 
lope from northern Nevada on the Niobrara Reservation, a Federal game 
refuge near Valentine. Conditions there appear to be well suited to antelope, 
Fig. 9. — Distribution of antelope in Nebraska, estimated at 187, in 10 areas 
and it may be possible to build up an interesting herd. In order to insure 
the perpetuation of these beautiful animals in Nebraska, another herd might 
well be established elsewhere in the State. 
The occupation of Nebraska for farming purposes is so complete that there 
is little hope of a herd being maintained there except under fence. Safe free 
range for antelope in this State is a thing of the past. 
In a letter dated March 12, 1924, George Bird Grinnell wrote that three or 
four years ago a band of about 40 antelope was located somewhere along the 
North Platte north of Bridgeport, Morrill County. According to the latest 
accounts he had they were rapidly decreasing. 
Supervisor Jay Higgins, of the Nebraska National Forest, supplied in- 
formation in the spring of 1922 that there were bands of antelope in Scotts 
Bluff, Banner, and Kimball Counties, and added : " We secured three con- 
victions for killing antelope in Scotts Bluff and Kimball Counties." 
The antelope bands existing in Nebraska in 1922 and 1923 were distributed 
as follows (fig. 9) : 
1. A band of about 12 reported in 1922 as near the 33 Ranch, in Sioux 
County, near the Wyoming line. 
