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STATE OF MONTANA

BIENNIAL REPORT

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May 1, 1943 — April 30, 1944

PUBLISHED BY THE

MONTANA FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT
Helena, Montana

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STATE OF MONTANA

BIENNIAL REPORT

OF THE

FISH AND GAME
COMMISSION

FOR

May 1. 1942 — April 30, 1943
May 1. 1943 — April 30, 1944

PUBLISHED BY THE

MONTANA FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT
Helena, Montana

NAEGELE PRINTING CO.. HELENA. MONT.

Helena, Montana,
December 20, 1944

To His Excellency

Sam C. Ford

Governor of the State of Montana

Helena, Montana.

Dear Governor Ford:

Transmitted herewith is the Montana Fish and Game Depart-
ment's Financial Report for the biennial period from May 1, 1942
to April 30, 1944.

The Commission has forged slowly, but steadily, ahead with
its conservation and restoration programs. Due to the war, there
has been a severe shortage of equipment and personnel. The
large balance on hand is due to the accumulation of funds
through curtailment of our many activities.

The equipment of the Department is in need of replacement
and large expenditures of money will be needed when it is pos-
sible to obtain new materials.

In a recent nation-wide poll, it was estimated there will be an
increase of 30 per cent in fishermen and hunters immediately
following the close of hostilities. This presents all conservation
departments with a grave problem and obligation. This Depart-
ment will require more funds if it is to meet its obligation to
sportsmen. It is felt that this revenue may be derived largely
from an increase in the license fees.

The Department acknowledges, with a deep sense of grati-
tude, your continued interest in the welfare of Montana's wildlife
resources and appreciates the support which you have given
the Commission's conservation program.

Respectfully submitted,
MONTANA FISH and GAME COMMISSION

State of Montana

FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

Helena, Montana

MEMBERS

ELMER JOHNSON, Chairman, Glasgow

WM. CARPENTER, Butte

J. W. SEVERY, Missoula

A. C. GRANDE, Lennep

E. G. VEDOVA, Roundup

J. S. McFARLAND
State Fish and Game Warden, Helena

ELMER G. PHILLIPS
Supt. State Fisheries, Helena

MONTANA'S WILDLIFE RESTORATION PROGRAM

Introduction

It is interesting- to note that in the past century and a half Montana
has passed through a period of unbelievable abundance of game animals
followed by slaughter and the resultant scarcity verging in some cases on
extinction. There then followed the slow process of building back this
depleted resource. We are still engaged in the latter phase of game
management.

In this period of restoration a great many problems must of neces-
sity arise regarding proper numbers of various game species to be
carried on the many and diverse ranges within the scope of a state as
large as ours. A great many other important industries have developed
and wildlife must be placed in its proper relationship with these. Detailed
investigations are of course necessary in determining this information.
These are time-consuming and of necessity somewhat costly. For this
reason until the inauguration of the Wildlife Restoration program, the
Fish and Game Commission found it impossible, working on their
limited budget, to finance this type of work to any extent. The passage
by Montana's Legislature in 1941 of the Assent Act in Wildlife Restora-
tion placed additional funds at the disposal of the Fish and Game Com-
mission. At the beginning of the program wildlife investigations and
surveys made up an important share of the work carried out. This was
necessary in order that a fund of information could be quickly built up
which would indicate clearly the needs for various types of wildlife
development.

Big Game Investigations

In these first years of the program detailed investigations were
carried on over most of the important game ranges in the state. These
included the Little Belts, Crazy Mountains, Absaroka, Fish Creek-
Thompson River, Gallatin, Sun River, Flathead including the South
Fork, Middle Fork and North Fork, Bitterroot, Blackfoot-Clearwater,
Swan Valley, Georgetown-Wise River, Madison, and the game range
areas throughout eastern Montana. Within these areas the numbers
of the various game species were obtained by sex and age classes and dis-
tribution. Vital winter ranges were studied in detail; snow and forage
conditions were observed; conflicts, if any, with other land uses were
investigated; and a detailed list of recommendations regarding the man-
agement on each area was drawn up and submitted to the Fish and
Game Commission.

Game Bird Investigations

The survey work also included investigations of the game birds.
The entire state was covered extensively. The range of each important
species was mapped and important information concerning population
densities was obtained. This information was also prepared in a concise
report which was submitted to the Fish and Game Commission.

Fur Resource Investigation

Another phase of the survey work has included a study of the
fur resources of the state. Through the years these have been seriously
exploited and a great deal of information is now needed in order to build
this important resource back to its proper place. For this purpose a

management unit was selected in northwestern Montana known as the
North Fork of the Flathead area. This section was found to be typical
of most of the mountainous fur-producing sections in the state in that it
had been trapped so heavily in the past that a relatively small returti
of fur was being realized from it. This area has been closed for the last
four years. It has been patrolled throughout the winters. The men en-
gaged in this work have obtained a great deal of essential information
regarding the numbers of the more valuable fur species such as the pine
marten, Canadian lynx, fox, mink and beaver. Indications of such rare
species as the fisher and wolverine have also been noted. The range of
each of these species has been carefully mapped and analyzed, par-
ticularly in regard to the type of cover which each prefers and also its
relationship to the various food species such as the snowshoe rabbit, pine
squirrel, flying squirrel and others. A very encouraging increase has
been noted among the valuable furbearers in this area throughout the
period of closure. It is expected when the numbers reach the desired
maximum that the annual increase will be carefully harvested by trap-
pers, in this way preventing the violent fluctuation in numbers which has
been so common in the past. The information obtained in this area will be
as quickly as possible applied throughout the state in order that this
resource may be properly developed on a statewide basis.

Trapping and Transplanting Beaver

Following the detailed survey work, and in some cases interwoven
with it, has been a definite development program. This has consisted
of several phases, one of which is the trapping and transplanting of
desirable wildlife species, taking them from areas where they are
abundant and liberating them in the sections where they are extremely
scarce or in some cases absent entirely. In this way a far better dis-
tribution will eventually be obtained. Up to the present time approxi-
mately 555 beaver have been live trapped from agricultural sections
where they were doing material amounts of damage and moved back
into the mountains where the presence of their dams and resultant
ponds will be decidedly beneficial both in checking the spring runoff
and also in improving the habitat for game fish.

Trapping and Transplanting Mountain Goats

There have been 38 mountain goats moved from the Sun River area
into the Crazy Mountains and Beartooth Mountains near the Cooke
City-Red Lodge highway. Both of these ranges present ideal habitat
for mountain goats but have been isolated from their present range
by open vallcy.s which have prevented a natural drift of this species into
the areas. Very encouraging reports have been received regarding the
development of mountain goats in the Crazy Mountains, where they
have apparently become well established. Manpower has been lacking
to carry out an intensive follow-up on the Beartooth plant: however,
it is felt that these goats are undoubtedly doing quite well. The area
is so immense that it will probably be desirable to make several addi-
tional plants, one perhaps in the Stillwater Canyon and one in the
Boulder River drainage, in order to assure the final success of this
project.

Trapping and Transplanting Mountain Sheep

Alountain sheep have been reintroduced into the Gates of the Moun-
tains area where they were once extremely abundant but were subse-
quently entirely annihilated. Fourteen head have been taken from the
lower Sun River Canyon and have been placed in this area. Investigations
indicate that this group has drifted some little distance from the point
of release but are still well within the desirable range unit.

Trapping and Transplanting Deer

Several restricted range units lying within the western portion of
the state present problems of heavy winter use by deer. In some cases
this use has extended even to the ha\ stacks of the ranchers living in
those areas. Therefore 199 mule deer (blacktail) were trapped in these
areas and taken to desirable ranges in the eastern portion of the state.
The deer that once inhabited these areas in vast abundance have been
almost entirely killed out during the past several decades. The areas,
however, present ideal habitat so that huntable numbers may be devel-
oped without any appreciable interference with the other land uses
within these areas. Up to the present time the Bull Mountains lying
between Billings and Roundup, and the badland section lying .south of
Glendive have been planted with deer.

It is hoped that during the coming winter this program may be
expanded to include the capture of whitetail deer and their transfer
into several very desirable areas where these deer were once abundant
but from which they have been entirely eliminated many years ago.
An area outlined for this development lies along the foothills of the
Beartooth Range between Red Lodge and the Stillwater Canyon. An
abundance of aspen and willow growth, coupled with a desirable pattern
of coniferous species, seems to present an ideal habitat for this very
desirable deer.

Trapping and Transplanting Game Birds

Among the game birds which have been trapped and transplanted
have been 243 sage hens. These were trapped in Carter County in the
southeastern corner of the State and released in sagebrush areas north of
Helena, near Ovando, in northwestern Madison County, and in the Bitter-
root Valley. All of these areas once produced an abundance of this grouse
but they were completely killed out during the period of settlement.
Chinese Pheasants have been trapped during the winter in areas of
abundance along the Milk River and liberated in several sections where
this game bird had become somewhat depleted. This wild trapped bird
has been found to be extremely hardy and very adaptable. Two thousand
five hundred pheasants have now been live-trapped and transplanted.

Trapping and Transplanting Pine Marten

The trapping and transplanting of marten, a phase of wildlife de-
velopment that is thought to be entirely new for this country,
apparently holds considerable promise as a means of re-establishing
this fur-bearer throughout the desirable mountainous areas of the state.
The trapping and transplanting of 12 of these animals has just been
completed. These were captured in the fur management unit on the
North Fork of the Flathead and liberated in the Anaconda-Pintler
wilderness region.

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Posting of Game Preserves

The posting of game preserves and closed areas has been carried
on as a phase of the restoration program. Up to date, due to the short-
age of metal, it has been difficult to obtain a sufficient amount of signs
to complete this project. However, it is felt that when completed it will
be extremely helpful to the sportsmen in more easily locating the closed
areas in the state.

Reservoir Development

Since the inception of the program in 1941 there have been 26
reservoirs in eastern Montana upon which wildlife habitat areas have
been developed. This work has consisted of fencing off portions of the
shoreline of these reservoirs and planting within these areas desirable
food-bearing shrubs and aquatic plants. The shrubs have consisted of
Russian olive, caragana, buffalo berry, willow, poplar, rose and others,
and the aquatics of sago pondweed, duck potato, bullrush, and so forth.
This type of development has chiefly benefited waterfowl by the pro-
duction of an abundance of food and cover for feeding, resting and
nesting purposes within these desirable areas. These reservoirs vary
in size from 50 to 60 acres up to several square miles.

Acquisition

The acquisition of game range either by purchase or lease repre-
sents an additional phase of the restoration work. At the present time
three areas which have been found to be vital to wildlife are
being purchased by the Fish and Game Commission through the use
of restoration funds. One of these is known as Dry Lake and consists of
approximately 1,000 acres of dry lake bed which is being once more
flooded and will be planted to desirable aquatic growth and will present
an ideal habitat for waterfowl. This is located in Golden Valley County
a short distance north of Ryegate.

One hundred twenty-five acres of winter deer range is being pur-
chased in the upper Judith River area west of Utica. This will round out
a former purchase in that area and will present an ideal management
unit for the better development of big game. The area is now being
fenced and planted to desirable forage species.

Approximately 6,000 acres of key winter range is being purchased
on the upper Gallatin drainage adjacent to the Yellowstone Park
boundary. This unit is vital in connection with the maintenance of the
Gallatin elk herd.

In these purchases all land uses have been carefully considered
and all local interested groups and individuals have been consulted.

Lea.se<l Game Range

During the present fiscal year three winter game range areas in
western Montana have been leased by the Fish and Game Department
from the Anaconda Copper Company. One is the Fish Creek unit in
Mineral County consisting of 22,000 acres of deer and elk range; another
is the Thompson River unit in Sanders County consisting of 44,000 acres:

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and the last is in the Blackfoot Canyon 12 miles north of Bonner and
consists of a unit of 7,500 acres. These three areas are considered vital
as key winter range in the development of the game herds in those par-
ticular areas. Care has been taken in working out this leasing program
so that it would not interfere with other important land uses in the
areas.

LAW ENFORCEMENT

During the past bi-ennium the field force of deputy game wardens
has dwindled. Some of our most active young men have entered the
Armed Forces, others have left the Department for higher paid occupa-
tions. It has been very difficult to replace even a few of the men with
new employees who have the ability and physical fitness to efficiently
do the vigorous jobs which are required of deputy game wardens.

To effectively patrol all areas where wildlife populations exist is
a huge task for the number of deputies now in the field and their activity
is further curtailed due to travel restrictions.

Approximately 25 pei' cent of our deputies in the field are past the
age at which the Federal Government retires its employees in compar-
able positions. We have no Social Security or retirement system. Our
views on retirement can be adequately expressed by quoting the follow-
ing paragraph from the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Public
Service Personnel (Better Government Personnel, McGraw-Hill, New
York, 1935).

"When a man has devoted his whole life to the public service, he
deserves in his declining years the thoughtful consideration of the public
he has served. He should not be discharged without provisions for his
comfort because, though slowing down, he no longer can serve effectively
at the post to which he has risen. But to keep him there because of this
feeling of public indebtedness is neither a kindness to him nor a good
thing for the service. To be efficient and adaptable the public service
must be a young and vigorous organization. It must not permit the
channels of advancement to become clogged with super-annuated em-
ployees."

It is the aim of the State Fish and Game Commission, through its
associated personnel, to protect and propagate the worthwhile things
that every sportsman looks upon as his priceless heritage and our
efforts are devoted to this purpose.

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FISHERIES

The past biennium has been an extremely difficult one for the
Fisheries Division. Not only has it been almost impossible to keep our
hatcheries full-manned, but the limited personnel we were able to secure
was inexperienced. Due to the low wage scales prevailing during these
times in comparison with other industries and fields of endeavor, indi-
viduals accepting employment have usually only done so until a more
lucrative job could be obtained and very often their term of employment
would not exceed one to six months.

The mechanical equipment and other physical apparatus of our
hatcheries have likewise been put to a severe test and especially the
distribution units and trucks used for planting fish from the hatch-
eries to the many streams and lakes over the State. Our previous policies
were to exchange these units practically every year for new equipment
and this year practically all of these units have entered their third year
of service and the maintenance problem has become quite critical.

However, in spite of these and many other handicaps all hatcheries
within the State have operated to full capacity. This has been made
possible only by the splendid cooperation and untiring efforts of the
experienced personnel who have been left in charge. They have in many
cases disregarded all holidays and worked long hours to insure the
successful operation of their plants. Several of our neighboring states
have been compelled to suspend operations as much as 60 per cent and
we feel that this splendid record of continued operations could not have
been made possible without the loyal support of every hatchery man.

Development work has also been carried out on the Marlowe and
Arlee Ponds near Arlee. Montana, and these units will be in full produc-
tion this coming season.

The warm water fisheries program has made splendid progress.
Much of the stock for transplanting has been acquired through rescue
operations from various remote reservoirs where an overstocked condi-
tion existed. This year the Miles City Pond Culture Station which is
operated by the Fish and Wildlife Service in cooperation with the State
Fish and Game Department, produced a larger number of Bass. Crappies,
Bream and Bullheads than at any previous time and the cooperative
efforts of both agencies have been responsible for the stocking of over
200 reservoirs and lakes in the Eastern part of Montana in addition
to the restocking of many bodies of water where fishing pressures have
seriously depleted the species formerly predominating. However, to
bring tho warm water fisheries program to a more efficient plane much
additional equipment is required such as specially designed distribution
trucks, nets, traps, seines and experienced personnel to operate. This,
of course, is impossible to obtain at this time but should be acquired
just as soon as such equipment is released.

It is sincerely hoped that with the cessation of hostilities in Europe

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much badly needed equipment will be readily available so that the
Fisheries Program can be expanded to meet the increased fishing pres-
sures that are bound to aiise in the near future.

At the present time 12 State hatcheries are in operation and these,
in addition to the three Fish and Wildlife Service hatcheries also
operating- within this State, have combined output of approximately
20,000,000 trout of various sizes and have the responsibility of main-
taining adequate fishing in over 25,000 miles of streams and rivers and
1,500 lakes. This is indeed a heavy burden to place upon such few hatch-
eries, especially when we consider that a number of the plants are of
relatively small size and limited water supplies and lacking the fa-
cilities for rearing pond expansion which is necessary if we hope to
produce larger numbers of 5 to 7-inch trout which will be absolutely
necessary to maintain satisfactory fishing conditions when travel re-
strictions are lifted.

It would be our recommendation that additional sites and facili-
ties be acquired and an expansion program developed which would
result in increasing the output of 5 to 7-inch fish at least 100 per cent
and if possible, even greater. However, without the facilities and the
funds to inaugurate an expanded program of the proportions mentioned
above, it will undoubtedly be necessary to institute restricted fisheries
management policies such as shortened seasons and reduced creel limits
if satisfactory fish populations are to be maintained.

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STATEMENT OF INCOME

May 1. 1942 to April 30. 1943

Hunting & Fishing Licenses & Shipping Permits:

Resident Bird and Fish 3

Resident Big Game .

Resident Sportsman

Non-Resident Fishing

Non-Resident Bird

Non-Resident Big Game
Alien Fishing
Shipping Permits
Tourist Fishing

Total

Less Dealers' Fees

Income from Sale 1942 and 1943 Licenses
Plus 1941 & 1942 Licenses Remitted late

Total Income sale hunting & iishing licenses

License

Number of

Fees

Licenses

Income

S 2.00

99,406

5198,812.00

1.00

47,889

47,889.00

5.00

82

410.00

5.00

1,340

6,700.00

10.00

341

3,410.00

30.00

339

10,170.00

10.00

60

600.00

.50

3,477

1.738.50

2.50

5,351

13,377.50

Licenses & Permits Other Than Above

Beaver Tags

General Trappers' Licenses

Land Owner Trappers' Licenses

Beaver Trapping Permits

Guides' Licenses

Taxidermists' Licenses

Seining Permits

Resident Fur Dealers' Licenses

Fur Dealers' Agent Licenses .-.

Non-Resident Fur Dealers' Licenses

Certificates of Identification

.50

10.00

1.00

10.00

10.00

15.00

5.00

1.00

10.00

25.00

.50

Miscellaneous Reyenue:

Fines

Confiscations — Sole of Furs

Confiscations — Sale of Rods, Guns, etc.
Coniiscations^Sale of Fish and Meals

Game Farm — Sale of Brood Hens

Sole of Elk — Yellowstone Park

Sale of Elk Study

Refunds

Other Revenue

Sole of Fish Eggs

Sale of Furs — State Trapped

Total Income — By Collections

Income — By Reimbursement from Pittman-Robert-
son Funds for Wildlife Restoration Division

TOTAL INCOME

$283,107.00

15,185.30

$267,921.70

5,621.20

$273,542.90

8,625

$ 4,312.50

462

4,620.00

635

635.00

856

8,560.00

78

780.00

5

75.00

4

20.00

393

393.00

9

90.00

9

225.00

452

226.00

$ 19,936.50

$ 11,714.07

8,675.25

640.35

4,848.34

1,660.29

12,504.21

1.00

1.312.34

316.46

163.80

13,614.90

$ 55,451.01

$348,930.41

64,131.67

$413,062.08

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STATEMENT OF INCOME
31ay 1, 1943 to April 30. 1944

License
Fees
Hunting & Fishing Licenses & Shipping Permits:

Resident Bird and Fish ..-. $ 2.00

Resident Big Game „_ 1.00

Resident Sportsman 5.00

Non-Resident Fishing 5.00

Non-Resident Bird . — - 10.00

Non-Resident Big Game 30.00

Alien Fishing 1 0.00

Shipping Permits - 60

Tourist Fishing 2.50

^lumber of

Licenses

Income

99,669

$199,388.00

46,892

46,892.00

163

815.00

1,419

7,095.00

251

2,510.00

374

1 1,220.00

73

730.00

3,612

2,167.20

4,052

10,130.00

Total $280,897.20

Less Dealers' Fees 15,184.20

Income from Sale 1943 & 1944 Licenses $265,713.00

Plus 1943 & 1944 Licenses Remitted late 2,767.20

Total Income sale hunting & fishing licenses

Licenses & Permits Other Than Above

Beaver Tags .50

General Trappers' Licenses 1 0.00

Land Owner Trappers' Licenses 1 .00

Beaver Trapping Permits 10.00

Guides' Licenses 1 0.00

Taxidermists' Licenses 15.00

Antelope Permits (Special Season, 1943) 1.00

Seining Permits — 5.00

Resident Fur Dealers' Licenses 1.00

Fur Dealers' Agent Licenses 10.00

Non-Resident Fur Dealers' Licenses 25.00

Certificates of Identification 50

Miscellaneous Revenue:

Fines —

Confiscations — Sale of Furs

Confiscations — Sale of Rods, Guns, etc

Confiscations — Sale of Fish and Meats 1,854.00

Game Farm — Sale of Brood Hens

Sale of Elk — Yellowstone Park

Sale of Elk Study __

Refunds .- - 3 1 6.04

Other Revenue . 813.51

Sale of Fish Eggs -

Sale of Furs — State Trapped

$268,480.20

9,282

$

4,641.00

739

7,390.00

793

793.00

1,115

11,150.00

76

760.00

6

90.00

750

750.00

5

25.00

460

460.00

23

230.00

14

350.00

328

164.00

$

26,803.00

$

8,387.92
29.34

$ 11,400.81

Total Income — By Collections $306,684.01

Income — by Reimbursement from Pittman-Robert-

son Funds for Wildlife Restoration Division ... 22,037.44

TOTAL INCOME $328,721.45

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STATEiMENT OF DISBURSEMENTS

May 1, 1942 to April 30, 1943

Commissioners . $ 3,507.82

Administration ._ 48,306.40

Game Division (Deputies) — - 73,990.99

Game Farm — Warm Springs ' 8,965.93

Game Farm — Billings 7,458.76

Game Farm — Fort Peck ^ 21,186.05

Fisheries Division:

Hatcheries: Anaconda $ 9,585.12

Great Falls 9,349.73

Hamilton _ _ 8,456.58

Lewistown _ 7,515.15

Big Timber 7,739.83

Poison 4,382.88

Ovando 949.01

Libby 9,358.48

Emigrant 8,092.50

Somers 6,978.97

Red Lodge 423.36

Philipsburg 9.39

U. S. Hatchery: Miles City 914.30

Spawning Stations: Georgetown Lake 190.20

Bifterroot _ 93.00

Lake Ronan 180.00

West Yellowstone „ 3,868.00

Alvord Lake 140.62

Ashley Lake „ 306.82

Lake Agnes 75.00

Willow Creek ._ 162.73

Marlowe Rearing Pond — Arlee 4,311.36

Investigation, Propagation & Distribution of Fish

Fish Screens 306.33

Total Fisheries Division 83,389.36

Checking Stations - 3,083.76

Miscellaneous Activities _ 11,923.21

Wildlife Restoration Division:

Coordination $ 6,142.52

Surveys and Investigations 46,67 1 .93

Beaver Development 1,082.00

Trapping and Transplanting 8,036.37

Posting Game Preserves 86.21

Water Facilities 12,003.21

Total Wildlife Restoration Division

Mammoth Elk Camp

Funds Drawn by Purchasing Dept.

Less cancelled warrants: 1942-43 period
TOTAL EXPENDITURES ._

74,022.24

1,328.73
8.37

$337,171.62
884.84

$336,286.78

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STATEMENT OF DISBURSEMENTS

May 1, 1943 to April 30, 1944

Commissioners - - - $ 2,588.80

Administration 43,439.62

Game Division (Deputies) 8), 8 12. 38

Game Farm — Warm Springs 900.00

Game Farm — Billings 352.22

Game Farm — Fort Peck 21,558.61

Fisheries Division:

Hatcheries: Anaconda . - $ 7,431.22

Great Falls -— - 10,272.33

Hamilton 5,690.48

Lewistown _ 7,349.07

Big Timber 10,013.94

Poison 3,339.53

Ovando — 885.05

Libby ..-. :..— 8,480.97

Emigrant 7,631 .55

Somers 6,713.19

Havre _. 4.35

Red Lodge :.

Philipsburg

U. S. Hatchery: Miles City 1,517.80

Spawning Stations: Georgetown Lake 247.73

Bitterroot 1 15.14

Lake Ronan 189.00

West Yellowstone 3,298.13

Alvord Lake 420.99

Ashley Lake 525.81

Lake Agnes — - 42.38

Willow Creek

Marlowe Rearing Pond — Arlee 18,225.85

Investigation, Propagation & Distribution of Fish... 1,188.33

Fish Screens 81.66

Total Fisheries Division 93,664.50

Checking Stations 1,368.63

Miscellaneous Activities 9,872.58

Wildlife Restoration Division:

Coordination 9,096.82

Surveys and Investigations _. 39,703.89

Beaver Development 764.79

Trapping and Transplanting 7,501.02

Posting Game Preserves 1,111.07

Water Facilities 6,616.87

Total Wildlife Restoration Div. 64,794.46

Mammoth Elk Camp - 35.86

Funds Drawn by Purchasing Dept 1,999.43

$322,387.09

TOTAL EXPENDITURES $322,387.09

—17—

RECAPITULATION OF FUNDS

May 1, 1942 to April 30. 1943 and May 1. 1943 to April 30, 1944

Balance Forwarded: April 30, 1942 _ _ $ 32,699.90

Less 194) check in process of collection ; 210.70

—18—

Actual Balance forwarded $ 32,489.20

Income: May 1, 1942 -April 30, 1943 348,930.41

Reimbursement from Revolving Fund 3,000.00

Funds Available During Year '. $384,419.61

Expenditures During Year from Fund 131 271,659.16

Balance April 30, 1943 — Fund 131 $112,760.45

Balance forwarded: April 30, 1943 $112,760.45

Income: May 1, 1943 -April 30, 1944 306,684.01

Funds Available During Year _ „ _ $419,444.46

Expenditures during year from Fund 131 _ 285,319.78

Balance April 30, 1944— Fund 131 _ $134,124.68

Fund No. 104-11 — Wildlife Restoration (Pittman-Robertson):

Balance Forwarded: April 30, 1942 $ 16,810.53

Income: May 1, 1942 -April 30, 1943 - _ - 64,131.67

Funds Available During Year $ 80,942.20

Expenditures during year from Fund 104-11 64,627.62

Balance April 30, 1943— Fund 104-11 _ $ 16,314.58

Balance Forwarded: April 30, 1943 $ 16,314.58

Income: May 1, 1943 -April 30, 1944 22,037.44

Funds Available During Year $ 38,352.02

Expenditures during year from Fund 104-11 37,067.31

Balance: April 30, 1944— Fund 104-11 $ 1,284.71

Plus Pittman-Roberfson Accounts Receivable: April 30, 1944 (Apx.) . 47,396.99

Potential Funds — Wildlife Restoration: April 30, 1944 $ 48,681.70
Above Two Funds Combined (Total Fish and Game Funds):

Balance Forwarded: April 30, 1942 $ 49,510.43

Less 1941 check in process of collection 210.70

Actual Balance Forwarded _ $ 49,299.73

Income during year: By Deposits with State Treasurer $348,930.41

Income during year: By Reimbursement P. R. Funds 64,131.67

Total income during year $413,062.08

Reimbursement from Revolving Fund 3,000.00

Funds Available during year $465,361.81

Expenditures during year — Both Funds _ 336,286.78

Balance April 30, 1943 — Funds 131 and 104-11 . $129,075.03

Balance Forwarded: April 30, 1943 - $129,075.03

Income during year: By Deposits with State Treasurer ..^ 306,684.01

Income during year: By Reimbursement P. R. Funds 22,037.44

Total income during year $328,721.45

Funds Available during year $457,796.48

Expenditures during year — -Both Funds _ _ 322,387.09

Balance: April 30, 1944— Funds 131 and 104-11 $135,409.39

Plus P. R. Accounts Receivable: April 30, 1944 (Apx.) 47,396.99

Potential Fish and Game Funds : April 30, 1944 $182,806.38

RECAPITULATION OF EXPENDITURES

Years Ending April 30, 1943 and 1944

April 30, 1943 April 30, 1944

Adminisfrafion

Operation - ---$ 46,014.48 $ 40,901.29

Capital - - 1,797.48 2,166.83

Repairs and Replacements 494.44 37I.5U

Total - -.-- - $ 48,306.40 $ 43,439.62

Commissioners Expense ^ ^^^^^^^ ^ 2.588.80

Game Division (Deputies)

Operation - -- - --- $ 70,682.94 $ 76,406.10

Capital - --- -- 129.37 ^}12-Zl

Repairs and Replacements 3,178.68 5, 13d. 3 I

Total -$ 73,990.99 $ 81,812.38

Gome Farm — Warm Springs

Operation _ - -- $ 7,667.73 $ 900.00

Capital - _

Repairs and Replacements — - 1,298.20

Total - $ 8,965.93 $ 900.00

Game Farm — Billings

Operation — $ 6,230.86

69.74

Capital ^iZZZ^^^^l-ZZ^ZZ^ZZ^.ZZ... lIl'oT

Repairs and Replacements 1,227.90 \]\.Z6

Total - -$ 7,458.76 $ 352.22

Game Farm — Fort Peck

Operation -.- $ 13,493.93 $ 18,755.55

cSpital --- 7,212.99 ^,276.62

Repairs and Replacements _ — 479.13 ^^6.44

Total _ -- $ 21,186.05 $ 21,558.61

Fisheries Division:

Operation - - $ 77,012.98 $ 86,920.01

Capital - -:-- 3,741.78 ^,826.04

Repairs and Replacements — 2,634.60 3,918.4:3

Total ._.-.. $ 83,389.36 $ 93,664.50

Checking Stations

Operation $ 2,785.55 $ 1.339.28

Capital - 274.28 27.45

Repairs and Replacements 23.93 1 -yu

Total $ 3,083.76 $ 1,368.63

Miscellaneous Activities * » „ „-,- ,-„

$ 11,923.21 $ 9,872.58

Wildlife Restoration

Operation - $ 67,249.81 $ 61,213.49

Capital 5,576.62 ^ ^^R'^o

Repairs and Replacements 1,195.81 2,600.63

Total $ 74,022.24 $ 64,794.46

Mammoth Elk Camp ^ -,,-„/•

$ 1,328.73 $ 35.86

Montana Slate Purchasing Department

Funds drawn by the Purchasing Department $ 8.37 $ 1 ,999.43

Total Expenditures: Fish & Game Dept. $337,171.62 $322,387.09

Adj. Acc't. 1942-1943 Cancelled Warrants

deducted from total only and not from

Projects 884.84

NET TOTAL Expenditures: Fish & Game Dept. $336,286.78 $322,387.09

—19—

FISH AND GAME LAW VIOLATIONS

May 1 , 1 942 to May 1 , 1 943 to
April 30, 1943 April 30. 1944

Fishing in closed waters 21 18

Possessing over legal limit of game 29 18

Fishing without license 51 38

Fishing during closed season _ 22 5

Illegal possession of seines, net or spear 7 1

Fishing with set lines 17 13

Possession of and fishing with salmon eggs or fish spawn 4 21

Fishing before or after hours 3 4

Fishing within 300 feet of a dam 1 2

Possessing more than 5 fish under 7 inches 1 5

Possession of or fishing with minnows 1

Pollution of streams 1

Fishing with improper license 2

Illegal possession of beaver hides 8 6

Selling untagged beaver 5 1

Failure to keep proper record of fur transactions 6 1

Dealing in furs without proper license 5 1

Trapping during closed season 7 7

Trapping without license 3 3

Illegal trapping of beaver 1 4

Shipping furs without permit 5 4

Illegal possession or sale of furs 6 6

Operating fur farm ■without a permit 1

Illegal transportation of beaver 2

Shooting or possession Chinese Pheasant Hen 7 9

Shooting on a Bird Refuge -.. 7

Killing or possessing gome birds during closed season 34 18

Killing game birds from automobile, highway or motor boat 1 5 5

Hunting game birds without plug in gun 1 1 5

Shooting game birds before or after hours 35 13

Possessing over limit of game birds 7 2

Hunting and killing game animals out of season 16 15

Illegal possession of big game 19 8

Hunting with improper license or without license 1 1 8

Hunting game animals with artificial light 2

Hunting on closed area or game preserve 19 16

Swearing to false affidavit to secure license 8 3

Shooting doe or fawn deer 4 8

Illegal possession of grizzly bear 2

Transporting game animals without shipping permit 1

Trespassing or hunting on posted land 3 5

Transfer of Big Game License 'or Tag 9 1

Failure to tag deer or elk 2 9

Shooting elk before hours _ 43 1

Wasting game meat _ 2 6

Selling or purchasing elk carcass 2

Killing buffalo _.• 1

Killing moose calf 1

Alien in possession of firearm 1 2

Killing cub bear 1

Shooting game animals from highway 6

Hunting b'g game without wearing red clothing 1

Totals 465 306

-20—

VIOLATIONS BY COUNTIES

May 1, 1942 to

May 1 , 1 943 to

April 30, 1943

April 30, 1944

Beaverhead

8

6

Big Horn -

_ 3

2

Blaine

4

12

Broadwater

3

3

Carbon —

5

3

Carter - .

1

Cascade

1 0

5

Chouteau

1

Custer _,

- 3

Daniels

Dawson -

6

4

Deer Lodge

1 1

4

Fallon

9

Fergus

20

14

Flathead —

23

13

Gallatin

28

12

Garfield

....

Glacier _..

6

Golden Valley _—

2

Granite

8

4

Hill

1

5

Jefferson

1 6

5

Judith Basin

2

7

Lake

4 1

17

Lewis & Clark ....

1 0

7

Liberty

Lincoln

24

13

Madison

1 1

33

McCone

1

2

Meagher

5

n

Mineral

- 8

4

Missoula

24

4

Musselshell

4

Park

64

7

Petroleum

2

2

Phillips

s

4

Pondera

8

11

Powder River

1

1

Powell

2

1

Prairie

—

4

Ravalli

- 14

3

Richland

7

8

Roosevelt — -.

10

7,

Rosebud

1

1

Sanders

1 4

10

Sheridan

6

2

Silver Bow

1

3

Stillwater

1 0

10

Sweet Grass

1

2

Teton

2

3

Toole

. 1

Treasure _.

....

Valley ..

1

4

Wheatland

2

18

Wibaux -

. 4

Yellowstone

.__ 1 7

9

Totals .....

465

306

-21-

LICENSE SALES BY COUNTIES

May 1, 1942 to April 30, 1943

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Beaverhead 1,915

1,073

2

67

409

7

2

1

3,476

Big Horn 1,040

335

1

5

17

8

1

1,407

Blaine 698

81

2

2

783

Broadwater 759

483

" l'

"i

4

4

1,258

Carbon 2,074

954

1

13

66

'3

3,1 11

Carter 160

133
3,499

7

42

142

17

25

7

293

Cascade „ 8,141

11,880

Chouteau _ 1,171

407

125

16

1,719

Custer 960

277

2

1

1,240

Daniels 275

5
88

5

....

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....

280

Dawson 840

936

Deer Lodge .. 3,121

1,031

8

"i

59

4,226

Fallon 30

102

132

Fergus 3,295

2,234

3

11

42

1

5,586

Flathead 6,397

3,571
2,834

4

4

32
272

329
1,865

5
25

30
34

8
7

10,376

Gallatin , 4,616

9,657

Gariield 45

6

51

Glacier ..... 1,410

448

4

27

8

1,897

Golden Valley 229

119

2

350

Granite _ 801

477

64

556

....

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6

2

25
12
14

—

1
5

1,305

Hill 1,983

2,071

Jetferson _ 874

1,446

Judith Basin : 603

451

1

7

1,062

Lake _ 2,524

988

"i

30

201

"4

5

3,754

Lewis 4 Clark 5,309

3,461

12

39

106

16

55

2

9,000

Liberty 200

40

240

Lincoln .. 2,081

1,496

1

36

182

14

3

3,813

Madison 1,768

1,135

10

597

413

2

1

37

3
53

266

23
85

2
7

7

' i

2

3,217

McCone 90

100

Meagher 812

1,436

Mineral . 638

1,206

Missoula 6,265

3,260

6

65

190

35

55

2

9.878

Musselshell 940

449

1

2

10

1,402

Park 3,414

2,761

4

20

99

8

25

3

6,334

Petroleum _ =

..

Phillips 660

52

2

2

4

2

1

723

Pondera 1,208

401

1

10

1

__

1,621

Powder River 109

116

225

Powell _.....„ 1,592

1,110

"a

40

"1

19

1

2,767

Prairie 80

39

119

Ravalli 2,837

1,891

24

195

"3

10

4,960

Richland 926

58

1

24

5

1,014

Roosevelt 843

71
185

....

3

1

917

Rosebud ._ 406

592

Sanders 1,694

1,173
3

....

71

199

4
5

6

I

3,148

Sheridan 552

560

Silver Bow 9,047

3,451

7

47

114

5

2

12

12,685

Stillwater 1,755

1,109

24

67

1

6

2

2,964

Sweet Grass 1,187

929

22

102

3

4

3

2,250

Teton .. 1,043

638

6

16

5

10

1,718

Toole 880

216

2

1

8

1,107

Treasure

Valley 1,208

31

20

16

2

1,277

Wheatland . 968

618
22

8

15

2

2

5

1,613

Wibaux ... 176

198

Yellowstone 7,558

2,120

A

28

1 17

118

5

2

9,952

THnhn ,

—

158
46

168
122

22

5

348

Washington

173

Sold 4 Paid for

by 4-30-43 99,406

47,889

82

1,340

5,351

34 1

339

60

154,808

Paid during

May, June & July 801

182

1
83

3

44

3

14

2

1.050

Total Sales (7-31-43) 100,207

48,071

1,343

5,395

344

353

62

155,853

-22—

LICENSE SALES BV COUNTIES
May 1, 1943 to April 30, 1944

%'^

Beaverhead 1,852

Big Horn .._ 912

Blaine __, 696

Broadwater 717

Carbon . _. 2,052

Carter 240

Cascade 9,180

Chouteau 791

Custer ---- 956

Daniels -.- _ 226

Dawson 896

Deer Lodge 2,967

Fallon i _.. 309

Fergus 3,256

Flathead _ 6,703

Gallatin _ 4,645

Garfield -.. 104

Glacier 1,408

Golden Valley 329

Granite 774

Hill _ 2,060

Jeiferson 867

Judith Basin 745

Lake 2,662

Lewis & Clark 5,365

Liberty 252

Lincoln 2,135

Madison — 1 ,635

McCone 1 06

Meagher 784

Mineral 603

Missoula 6,005

Musselshell _ 926

Park 2,894

Petrolum

Phillips 587

Pondera 1,218

Powder River .- 129

Powell 1,484

Prairie 135

Ravalli 2,839

Richland 863

Roosevelt _ 847

Rosebud — _ 429

Sanders 1 ,664

Sheridan _ 395

Silver Bow 8,770

Stillwater 2,219

Sweet Grass 985

Teton 1,076

Toole _ 906

Treasure .-

Valley 1,426

Wheatland 1,047

Wibaux _ 1 70

Yellowstone ._ 6,511

Idaho

Washington ,.

Total Sales 99,752

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before April 30, 1 944,
but remitted for during
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957
242
99
485
753
237

3,986

215

416

10

139

1,528
171

2,140

3,971

2,498
18
498
119
500
269
537
474
974

3,452
40

1,489

1,006

12

596

424

3,228
405

1,849

67

405

131

1,018

78

1,840

44

67

231

1,145

3,944
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709
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53

668

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7

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3
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23
38

53

45

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51

5

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116

87

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3,349
1,130

801
1,217
2,884

477

13,325

1,012

1,378

236
1,044
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480

5,463

10,967

8,912

122
1,943

457
1,288
2,359
1,416
1,227
3,787
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292
3,855
2,881

118
1,407
1,143
9,527
1,341
4,861

1,

668

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260

2,598

213

4,776

937

919

660

3,048

404

12,836

3,075

1,760

1,765

1,179

1,491

1,733

188

7,731

622

151

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Chinese Pheasants 9,685 20,S69

Chukar Partridges 200 273

Total 9,885 21,142

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