. Biennial report of the Montana Fish and Game Commission. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. MOUNTAIN GOATS PLANTED IN BEARTOOTH RANGE Tag- Date Date Lib No. Trap Trapped erated Sex Age Wt. 8 \\ est of Choteau 3-31-42 4-111-42 Female 1 yr. 48 9 3-31-42 4-10-42 Male 3 yrs. 170 111 3-31-42 4-1H-42 Female 6-8 yrs. 144 11 4-8-42 4-111-42 Male 2 yrs. 128 12 4-8-42 4-10-42 Female 4 yrs. 152 14 4-25-42 4-27-42 Female 2 yrs. 48 15 4-25-42 4-27-42 Female 1 yr. 37 16 4-25-42 4-27-42 Female 2 yrs. 49 17 4-25-42 4-27-42 Female 2 yrs. 52 18 4-25-42 4-27-42
. Biennial report of the Montana Fish and Game Commission. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. MOUNTAIN GOATS PLANTED IN BEARTOOTH RANGE Tag- Date Date Lib No. Trap Trapped erated Sex Age Wt. 8 \\ est of Choteau 3-31-42 4-111-42 Female 1 yr. 48 9 3-31-42 4-10-42 Male 3 yrs. 170 111 3-31-42 4-1H-42 Female 6-8 yrs. 144 11 4-8-42 4-111-42 Male 2 yrs. 128 12 4-8-42 4-10-42 Female 4 yrs. 152 14 4-25-42 4-27-42 Female 2 yrs. 48 15 4-25-42 4-27-42 Female 1 yr. 37 16 4-25-42 4-27-42 Female 2 yrs. 49 17 4-25-42 4-27-42 Female 2 yrs. 52 18 4-25-42 4-27-42 Female 5-6 yrs. 122 20 5-1-42 4-2-42 Male 1 yr. 42 22 5-1-42 4-2-42 Female 3 yrs. 158 Mountain Sheep Up to the present time there have been 11 mountain sheep placed in the Gates of the Moun- tains area on the Missouri river. Five were cap- tured and released during the spring of 1942, and the remaining six this fall. These mountain sheep were taken from the Sun River herd. MOUNTAIN SHEEP PLANTED IN GATES OP THE MOUNTAINS AREA Tag No. Trap Date Trapped Date Liberated Age 1 Sun Riyer 3-18-42 5-18-42 Female 3 yrs. 2 3-21-42 5-18-42 Female 3 yrs. 3 4-15-42 5-1S-42 Female 2 yrs. 5 4-15-42 5-18-42 Female 2 yrs. 6 4-15-42 5-1S-42 Female 1 yr. 7 10-26-42 10-27-42 Male 2 yrs. 8 10-26-42 10-27-42 Female lyr. 9 11-17-42 11-18-42 Female 3 yrs. 10 11-17-42 11-18-42 Female 2 yrs. 11 11-17-42 11-18-42 Male 1 yr. 12 11-17-42 11-18-42 Female 2 yrs. Mountain sheep were abundant on the Gates of the Mountains range during pioneer times. Heavy hunting depleted their numbers. The last report of this band was during the severe winter of 1919-20. Transfer of Rams On November 27, 1942, a three-year-old ram captured in the Sun River Canyon area was transported to the Gallatin Canyon and liberated. The ram was released on the west side of the river at the mouth of Deer Creek in close prox- imity to the mountain sheep of the Gallatin Can- yon band. This was in accordance with a pro- gram involving the ev
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