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Does not think feeding will
cause them to any extent
Thinks the Game Preserve is a good
thing and if the elk are to be
protected the Preserve as a
good protection
Thinks 7/3 of the adult cows have
young None one calf
Has known 2 40 or 50 calves to
perish at a crossing place on
the Gros Ventre when the mothers
had crossed and deserted them
Thinks elk there decreased
in last 2 or 3 years some
most of the young have died
Few spikes are now found.
Spikes are very early, &
Elk in Spring are much infested
with ticks which are on the
boughbrush.
Would like to see the Govt cooperate
with the State, and the hunting
privileges were not curtailed
The bodies which decay in the
meadows and stream cause
a great deal of annoyance and
smell to the breeding ground
2 migratory 7 flies. The stink
in some places is intolerable
The streams are polluted.
The carcasses have to be
removed from morning and
Land belonging to Kelly on which
Lewis pine trees as a good feeding
ground, especially that land lying
with both hills. It covered just
up upwards 2 200 tons. If they