Idaho Montana Work Together for Antelope Hunts
Idaho Fish and Game and Montana trapping experts join in the Big Lost river drainage this week to trap and transplant antelope. Vernon Rich coordinates the effort with pilot Cliff McBratney William Koch and Kenneth Davis on the Montana side Hawley Hill and Ted Biladeau lead on the ground in Idaho.
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Idaho, Montana
Antelope
Idaho Fish and Game Department
Montana
Vernon Rich
Cliff McBratney
William Koch
Kenneth Davis
Hawley Hill
Jerome
Ted Biladeau
Boise
Antelope Herding Plan Moves Animals to New Range
Idaho game department traps and moves antelope by air and ground to lower Owyhee County planting sites. In 1946 the effort moved 152 animals and 130 more were added in spring 1948 to bolster a new herd. Traps are portable with net interiors to prevent injury. Biologists warn antelope are nervous and can run over 50 mph when pursued.
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Owyhee County
Game Department
Idaho Game Department
Index of Prices Of Idaho Farmers Continues Decline
The Oct 15 index shows declines across multiple sectors with the Idaho crop index down five points and livestock products two points lower. Hogs and cotton prices lag, milk and dairy costs rise, and parity and rural retail prices trend at historically low or steady levels for the period.
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Idaho
Predatory Animal Control Shows Gains in Idaho
Idaho report by Leo S. Twitchell notes declines in coyote depredations and rising sage hen populations across major livestock ranges. Use of 1080 poison in safe districts helped erase coyotes, with other methods including trapping den hunting and aerial shooting, in cooperation with federal and state agencies and local stockmen groups.
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Leo S. Twitchell
Boise
Idaho
Twitchell
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
University of Idaho Agricultural Extension Division
State Fish and Game Department
U.S. Forest Service
Stockmens’ Association
Predatory Animal Control Organization
Coyote control trials and rancher anecdotes in Idaho
The report covers coyote control in Idaho using 1080 dye marks and airplane hunting, noting stations set in desert ranges from 1948 to 1949 and end-of-season removal. It cites loss and recovery figures for lamb bands in Elmore and Ada counties, claims sage hen numbers rising, and highlights 366 adult coyotes and 15 pups taken by plane in winter. It also reports milk production trends and local items from Gooding to Payette, including boy scout fundraisers and onion plate ideas.
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Syrup Creek
Elmore County
Swan_Falls
Ada County
Coyote Country
Idaho Dairy Plants Show Lower September Output
Idaho manufacturing plants produced 1.9 million pounds butter and 1.74 million pounds cheese in September. Butter fell 11 percent from August and 8 percent from September last year, with a 23 percent drop from the five year average. American cheese output reached 1.475 million pounds while Swiss totaled 265 thousand. Ice cream output was about 175 thousand gallons, down 3 percent from last year and the five year average. Butterfat prices ranged from 78 to 81 cents per pound with varying milk tests, and national creamery butter production for September was about 114,240 pounds.
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United States
Idaho
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