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W.H Davis
1936.
Bellevue, Blaine Co., Idaho, Jan. 3.
Between Shoshone and Bellevue I saw
several small flocks of Horned Larks
and at a point about 3 miles north
of the Ice Caves I saw two Sage Hens.
Jan. 4,
I am staying at the Ennis home
here in Bellevue. Mr. Warley Head, a
sheep man who married one of the
Ennis girls, gave me his opinions of
the poisoning program of the B. S. He
is absolutely opposed to this policy on
the grounds that it is too costly and
deprives trappers of money. He cited
the instance that in one month
two years ago a single trapper caught
150 coyotes during the month of
November. In this same month the
B.S. is supposed to have reported 180
coyotes killed in the entire state. Mr.
Head believes in control of coyotes
but by other means. He hadn't thought
of the effect of poisoning coyotes in
relation to the ground squirrel
problem, but did maintain that
many animals other than coyotes
were destroyed. He is in favor of
the new Taylor act and believes