Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana . emarkable work in controlling themigration of elk in the mnch-talked-about Sun River country, particularly inthe last biennium when camps were established to drive the herds into properrange and to protect the farm lands in the valley. As an initial move the department closed to hunting all the drainage of theNorth Fork of Sun river lying in Teton county. These regulations allowed agreat number of elk to cross over into that area and to winter there. The areawas an old winter range for elk and it was not until 1925 that the
Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana . emarkable work in controlling themigration of elk in the mnch-talked-about Sun River country, particularly inthe last biennium when camps were established to drive the herds into properrange and to protect the farm lands in the valley. As an initial move the department closed to hunting all the drainage of theNorth Fork of Sun river lying in Teton county. These regulations allowed agreat number of elk to cross over into that area and to winter there. The areawas an old winter range for elk and it was not until 1925 that the elk driftedfrom it. The building of the big storage dam in the canyon resulted in the huntersforming a firing line on the North Fork along the Teton side and forcedthe elk to change their migration to other ranges. In December, 1933, butfurther south, a man was employed to herd the elk back from the there was no feed left on the forest ranges, the elk started to come out inlate December, many locating in the foothills. Cow Elk Dies Trapped in Barbed Wire. A short distance away the baby calf was found waiting. Hidden strands of wire in the undergrowth surrounding the forest on Ford Creek proved fatal to this cow elk. The dead elk was found one mile below Carl Fenders dude ranch. 12 MONTANA STATE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION As winter ranges were in poor condition, chiefly tlirough over-grazing ofdomestic stock, elk wore forced on ]irivatc property. We received a drift fromtlie Dearborn country and from those ranges south of Ford creek to Lewis andClark pass that had been grazed off. In January, 1934, we established a camp of four men and moved the elknorth—mostly across Sun river. We were able to move these elk and handlethem without much difficulty. By moving cattle and sheep farther back inthe national forest, adequate winter range would be provided and oik wouldnot be forced outside on private land. From what we have seen of the range during the fall and early winter
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