. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. STATUS OF THE PRONGHORNED ANTELOPE, 1922-1924 37 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 Nebra
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. STATUS OF THE PRONGHORNED ANTELOPE, 1922-1924 37 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 1S7, 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 decr
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