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is seen in the higher elevations, even up to 8,000 feet. Mr. Olsen states that 
at one time he counted 104 antelope in this band. 
2. Forest Supervisor Olsen states that three years ago a band of 12 adult 
antelope made the Sulphur Creek ranger station in Pahsimeroi Valley, Lemhi 
County, their headquarters. They became very fond of alfalfa, which grows 
plentifully there, and have remained there ever since, except that they some- 
times go back into the hills a couple of miles or so during the winter season. 
They have been carefully protected by the forest rangers and have increased 
until the band now numbers 62. 
Forest Examiner S. B. Locke writes that at this time antelope in the 
Pahsimeroi Valley have become a nuisance at several ranches. At the ranch 
just about the ranger sta- 
tion 20 to 40 antelope 
enter the fields during the 
summer and consume ap- 
proximately one crop of 
alfalfa. While the hay is 
tall they do not cause 
much damage but feed on 
it intensively soon after it 
has been cut. Some of 
the ranchers keep them 
away from their fields by 
the use of dogs and shot- 
guns. Any increase in the 
numbers here would in- 
tensify the losses of the 
farmers. 
3. A band of 9 is lo- 
cated near Goldburg, in 
Custer County. 
4. A band of 25 is re- 
ported in Lemhi Valley, 
in southern Lemhi County. 
5. About 25 live on 
Medicine Lodge Creek, in 
Clark County. 
6. About 60 range on 
Birch Creek, in western 
Clark County and adjacent 
parts of Jefferson and 
Butte Counties. 
7. About 75 are reported 
as ranging in Little Lost 
River Valley, in Butte and 
Custer Counties. Antelope 
from this area are said to 
range sometimes far out 
on the Snake River desert. 
8. In July, 1924, a band 
of 4 was seen on the Snake 
River desert at Arco, in 
Butte County. 
9. A band of 26 was counted in 1923 in the Copper Basin, near Mackay, in 
southern Custer County. 
10. A band of 7 exists near Chilly, on Big Lost River, in Custer County. 
11. About 13 are reported to range about Horse Heaven Pass, at the head 
of Pahsimeroi Valley, in Custer County. A long-time resident of that section 
states that a few years ago this herd contained about 100 animals. 
12. A band of 25 is reported as ranging on Succor Creek, in Owyhee County. 
13. Southwestern Owyhee County is the most important area in Idaho for 
antelope. Reports state that two separate bands occur, one ranging from the 
Juniper Mountains in Owyhee County to the Nevada line, and the other 
occupying the country from the crest of the same mountains westward to the 
confluence of the Owyhee River and Soldier Creek in Oregon. L. J. Goldman, 
in charge of the predatory-animal work of the Biological Survey in Idaho, 
wrote that he had reports from authentic sources of from 600 to 1,000 occupy- 
Fig. G. 
-Distribution of antelope in Idaho, estimated at 
1,485, in 14 areas 
