UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. L346 
Washington, D. C. T August, 1925 
STATUS OF THE PRONGHORNED ANTELOPE, 1922-1924 
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By 
EDWARD W. NELSON, Chief, Bureau 01 Biological Survey 
CONTENTS 
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The Pronghorned Antelope 1 
Former and Present Abundance of Pronghorns « 1 
Characteristics of the American Antelope 4 
Chosen Habitat 7 
Conservation and Control 8 
Conservation Organizations and the Antelope 9 
Washington Conference on the Conservation of the Pronghorn 11 
Establishment of Antelope Refuges in Nevada 14 
Proposed Owyhee Antelope and Sage-Hen Refuge, Idaho 15 
Restocking Experiments, 1924 16 
Methods of Capturing and Transplanting Antelope 18 
Results of a Census of Existing Antelope 22 
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