Field notes, v647
Page 561
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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