April 8. T. J. Emerson (Jackson) Thinks there are 3500 in the Hoback Country including the Manager Mts or about 3000 excluding it Out of about 1800, there were only about 42 calves as most would die Johnson was feeding 495(?) here about 16 calves 2 deer bulls In proportion nearer Jackson Snow was deeper than at Jackson There is normally a shallow snowpack there Not so many wintered on Hoback as usual. Most of these Hoback elk are local elk (what remain in its neighbors Mts) Thinks elk have decreased very much in last 3 years 3 years ago this was a heavy area probably as much as last 2 years together Hardness rule up to 60 tons Hoback County 38% Ed. Johnson Thinks this will be 1/3 more hay needed this year Calves better than in Jackson Here as rangers not taken so much Thinks about 300 wintered about the month of Flat Creek without feeding most of the calves died probably, all except 4 or 5. Edward Johnson (Cheyenne) Fide Carter fed about 60 elks in Horse Creek Carter thinks that the first winter they come here there were 25 to 8000 elk are less now. Now not a large proportion of calves for 3 years Thinks there are more for many ele. If elk are fed they will keep up, and hunting will keep them down and the country will not be overstocked Approves of half of the resident license and only $15 of the non-resident license to be set aside for feeding the elk Doesn't feed elk when they congregate perhaps in 2 pieces Carter's elk pasture contains about 200 acres. This is not enough