
FOUNDERS OF THE AUDUBON SOCIETY 

Dr WILLIAM BRUETTE, Editor 

Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation 

THE OBJECT OF THIS JOURNAL WILL BE TO 
studiously promote a healthful interest in outdcor 
recreation, and a refined taste .for natural objects. 
August 14, 1873. 
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INTERNATIONAL RIFLE MATCH, 1925, TO 
BE HELD IN ST. GALL, SWITZERLAND 
HE International Rifle Match for the year 1924 
was held in Reims, France, but it was de- 
cided to hold this year’s match in Switzer- 
land. For this purpose the city of St. Gall has 
been chosen and the match will be held during 
the first half of the month of August of this year. 
The city of St. Gall is prepared to receive large 
crowds -and nothing will be left undone to insure 
the full success of this year’s event. 
The participants coming from the four corners 
of the world will as much appreciate the presence 
of American competitors as will the city of St. 
Gall, which will deem it an honor to count many 
Americans among its guests. 
St. Gall was founded in the 9th century and for 
ages has been the center of scientific development. 
It also possesses an old cathedral with a renowned 
library connected with it. The city has developed 
to a large commercial and industrial center, and 
St. Gall embroideries and laces are particularly 
well known in the United States. 
No foreign visitor therefore will regret staying 
a few days in the quaint city of St. Gall and many 
will take advantage of this opportunity to take a 
short trip through the Swiss Alps and admire the 
unique scenery of the oldest democracy in the 
world. 
A cordial invitation therefore is extended to all 
American participants to the Rifle Match and the 
hope is expressed that the best of them will come 
to compete with other nations and show their well 
known skill in target shooting, 
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GOVERNMENT NOW HAS BUFFALO 
TROPHIES FOR SALE 
HE future of the buffalo is at last assured and 
ali. the herds are now becoming productive, says 
Dr. E. W. Nelson, Chief of the Biological Sur- 
vey of the United States Department of Agri- 
culture. A few years ago these big game animals 
were so much hunted that they were fast approach- 
ing extinction, but now, under the care of the 
Biological Survey at the Wind Cave Game Refuge 
in South Dakota, and the National Bison Range 
in western Montana, the animals are increasing in 
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numbers to an extent which justifies a practi 
utilization of the herds. This is particularly the 
case when the number of buffalo increases beyond 
the available area and food supply of the game 
reservations on which they are maintained. 
The Biological Survey calls attention to the fact 
that in perpetuating this noble species of American 
big game it now becomes possible to use an annual 
surplus, including heads and hides as by-products, 
Proper wild-life administration includes calling the 
matter of the surplus to the attention of sportsmen 
and others who might be interested, to the end 
that persons wishing buffalo trophies or meat or 
even live animals may know where they may be 
had. 
Many of the surplus buffalo are used alive by 
transporting them to other suitable areas for re- 
stocking purpoces or for exhibition in public parks, 
and in similar ways. A limited number not suited 
to or required for these purposes will be slaught- 
cred each year and used as meat. The by-products 
are available for those desiring buffalo trophies 
and are offered for sale by the Biological Survey 
at $35 to $60 each for heads; and $40 to $80 each 
for robes suitable for rugs or coats. Live buffalo, 
well-developed young animals, suitable for exhibi- 
tion and breeding purposes, are offered at $115 
cach, crated and loaded on the cars at Hot Springs, 
S. Dak., and Moiese, Mont. Further information 
will be supplied to those requesting it, by the 
Warden, National Bison Range, Moiese, Mont., or 
the Warden, Wind Cave National Park Game Pre- 
serve, Hot Springs, 8. Dak. 
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BIG-HORN MOUNTAIN SHEEP MAY 
FREQUENT THE WEST 
EVERAL shipments of big-horn have come into 
S the United States recently as a result of the 
courtesy of the Canadian Government. These 
animals—eight ewes and four bucks—were cap- 
tured in one of the Canadian parks, shipped into 
Montana, and turned loose in 1922 on the Montana 
National Bison Range. On this 18,000-acre game 
refuge in the northwestern part of the State they 
have bred twice, and the flock now numbers 28. 
As far as now known, the breeding of mountain 
sheep is similar to that of domestic sheep, with 
which 75 and 80 per cent lamb crops are not un- 
usual. The Biological Survey, therefore, confid- 
ently looks forward to the time when the mountain 
sheep on the Montana Bison Range will number 
500—say 450 ewes and 50 bucks. With such a 
flock, allowing a wide margin for losses, there 
should be 350 or more available each year for ship- 
ment from the range to stock suitable areas 
throughout the country. | 
One shipment of mountain sheep recently re- 
ceived in this country from the Canadian Govern- 
ment was placed on the Custer State Park and game 
refuge in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The 
six ewes each gave birth to a lamb the year they 
were received. One animal, injured in shipment, 
died during the summer, but at last reports the 
others are doing remarkably well. | 
There is an enormous acreage of good moult 
sheep country in the western United States, and 
there is no finer big game animal for such areas 
than the big-horn. 
