. Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. District 7—Southeast Montana Headquarters Miles City Southeast Montana with its extensive prairie and badland areas leads all other districts in antelope harvest. Deer hunter success tops all other parts of the state with harvest ranking second. Bighorn sheep and elk exist in small numbers but do not support hunting. The Long Pines of southeast Montana were the initial site of Merriam turkey releases in 1955. Since then, four successful hun
. Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. District 7—Southeast Montana Headquarters Miles City Southeast Montana with its extensive prairie and badland areas leads all other districts in antelope harvest. Deer hunter success tops all other parts of the state with harvest ranking second. Bighorn sheep and elk exist in small numbers but do not support hunting. The Long Pines of southeast Montana were the initial site of Merriam turkey releases in 1955. Since then, four successful hunting seasons have been held there and many turkeys have been transplanted to other suitable locations. Other areas in District Seven have been opened to turkey hunting and all indications are that the turkey will become even more popular as an upland game bird in southeast Montana. Prairie grouse and pheasants are the other major upland bird species. Waterfowl hunting is largely limited to the Yellowstone River and reser- voirs. SERVICE PROJECTS General Wildlife Restocking The principal restocking during the biennium has been the live-trapping and transplanting of bighorn sheep, mountain goats and Merriam's wild turkeys. The trapping of mountain goats from several ranges in Montana and the movement of this valuable big game species to new ranges has been an important project for a number of years. Several new and highly productive herds have been developed in this way. The largest and most recent plants of sheep have been made in the Stickney Creek-Sheep Creek area across the Missouri River from Cascade. This is a particularly likely range having an interesting his- tory of mountain sheep that were apparently plentiful there many years ago. Lewis and Clark, in their journals, made particular note of the bighorn in this area. In addition to sheep obtained from the Sun River Canyon and Wildhorse Island, the largest single plant yet made was obtained from surplus animals made av
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