will food from the hillside. While they will return to any feeding ground from year to year- They will even try to get into haystack when they have plenty of food on hills Thinks there come a 10,000 elk in the lower part of the valley in the early part of January. Thinks that they must either be fed or the brush from. the Gros Ventre to the so called swamp area. There are 10,000 elk living in this region without feeding. More have died this winter than ever before excepting one winter about 20 years ago, when the Country was unsettled and there were then many more elk. Thinks the elk moved out here to be fenced except to keep the stock out in summer. would take as much hay as sheep Thinks that was 1000 tons of hay produced here above the legitimate demand. Thinks that hay could be bought for 6. a ton but that would not pay as well as keeping stock Moved advocate letting the elk get them own feed from the reserve. Thinks the bull calves are stronger. The calves are managed about September. The bulls are born in June, but later one. Of course both later on a quota. Summary Thinks the calves are much weakened by the ticks in Spring. Thinks there is no benefit to the Game preserve to the elk! Thinks that the Game Preserve should be opened to hunting. • Rutting season begins on the first full moon in September. They are mostly at night and morning. The rut is mostly over by late October. • Biddon have more than one calf. Thinks the proportion of the sexes at birth is nearly even. Thinks prefer the elk refuge to be under the Federal Government, as otherwise it would be done little. Though otherwise he would prefer it to be done by the state.