South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- The 1952 Antelope Census for South Dakota
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorn hunting -- South Dakota; Antelope hunting -- South Dakota
- A 33 1/3 percent aerial sample of the antelope population in Harding, Butte, Perkins, Meade and Fall River Counties was (made) during late June and early July. The antelope population for these counties increased from 14,356 in 1951 to 16,608 in...
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- Antelope Crippling Loss and Movement Study, 1959 South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Wounds and injuries -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Wounds and injuries -- South Dakota
- A 378 square-mile area in Butte and Harding Counties was surveyed in 1959 for antelope crippling losses. Two airplanes and three ground crews located 26 dead or crippled antelope in an area where 337 persons hunted and 318 antelope were legally...
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- The 1951 Antelope Season in South Dakota
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorn hunting -- South Dakota; Antelope hunting -- South Dakota
- About 3150 antelope were harvested by 3350 permit holders during the 9-day 1951 antelope season. This represents a success of about 94 percent. These figures are relatively accurate for about 87 percent of the permit holders reported upon their...
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- The Incidence and Load of Gastro-Intestinal Parasites in South Dakota Antelope in the Fall of 1955
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Parasites -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Parasites -- South Dakota
- Although the sample is relatively small the incidence of parasitism among the antelope of South Dakota appears to be related to the type of domestic livestock using the range. On sheep range 63 percent of the antelope were infected with one or two...
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- Spring inventory of antelope in South Dakota, 1970 South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Counting -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Counting -- South Dakota
- An aerial inventory was conducted between June 3, and July 8, 1970. The July 1970 population for western South Dakota of 25,100 antelope indicates an increase of 1,500 animals since the July 1969 inventory. No data was obtained for eastern South...
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- The Spring Inventory of Antelope in South Dakota - 1958
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Counting -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Counting -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- An aerial spring antelope census was made in 1958 to ascertain the population and the buck:doe:kid ratio in eleven West-River counties in South Dakota. Data obtained from the census indicated an antelope population of 15,585, an 8% decrease from...
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- The spring inventory of antelope in South Dakota 1959
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Counting -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Counting -- South Dakota
- An aerial spring antelope census was made in 1959 to ascertain the population and the buck: doe: kid ratio on the better antelope ranges in South Dakota. Data obtained from the census indicated an antelope population of 20,270, a 30% increase over...
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- The Incidence and Parasitical Load of Gastro-Intestinal Parasites in South Dakota Antelope in the Fall of 1954
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Parasites -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Parasites -- South Dakota
- An attempt was made to determine if the antelope of a predominantly sheep range carried more parasites than the antelope of a mixed cow-sheep range. If such differences exist they were not evident in the data collected. The lack of stomach worms...
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- Antelope Management in South Dakota
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Wildlife management -- South Dakota
- An overview of South Dakota's Antelope Management program, with an historical perspective.
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- The Incidence and Degree of the Parasitic Load Among Antelope and the Development of Field Techniques to Measure Such Parasitism
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Parasites -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Parasites -- South Dakota
- Antelope parasite studies conducted in 1956 indicated a higher incidence and degree of parasitism occurs on over-grazed sheep range than on properly grazed cattle ranges. The intensity of range use probably affected the degree and frequency of...
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- The 1955 Antelope Census in South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Counting -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Counting -- South Dakota
- Before the 1955 September hunting season, South Dakota had almost 17,000 antelope. Heavy harvests of some trouble herds during the fall of 1954 reduced the state herd by about 6 percent. The doe:kid ratios as determined by aerial counts early in...
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- Antelope Age Ratio Study by Aerial Transect in 1952
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Mortality -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Age -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- Between July 2 and September 18 of 1952 six 460 mile transects were flown to check antelope age ratios to find out if the apparent loss of kids took place during the summer months. Since the age ratios remained relatively constant during this...
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- The Affect of Different Spacing Intervals Between Aerial Transects Upon Accuracy During the Aerial Census of Antelope
- Antelopes -- South Dakota -- Counting; Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota
- Counting the antelope on 33 percent of a 150 square mile area which had a population density of about one animal per square mile gave a calculated population within 10 percent of the true population. Greater accuracy is not deemed necessary for...
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- Antelope Harvest Regulations Study, 1973
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Antelope hunting -- South Dakota; Pronghorn hunting -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Hunting -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- Data gathered throughout 1973 under Pittman-Robertson Project W-95-R-7 Job No. 2-E and W-95-R-8 for Study VIII, Jobs 1 and 2 are summarized in this report. It is estimated that prior to 1800 over 700,00 pronghorns ranged the prairies of South...
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- The Incidence of and the Development of Field Techniques for Parasitological Examinations of the Antelope of South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Parasites -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Parasites -- South Dakota
- During the 1952 antelope season 43 antelope were examined in the field for parasites. Hemonchus contortus and Nematodirella sp. were the most common parasites observed. All of the adults were parasitized to some degree. None of the 15 kids were...
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- The 1952 Antelope Season in South Dakota
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorn hunting -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.);
- During the 1952 antelope season in South Dakota 7646 antelope of all ages and both sexes were harvested by 8350 permittees for an average success of 91.6 percent. The hunters showed a definite preference for bucks.
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- The 1953 Antelope Season in South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorn hunting -- South Dakota; Antelope hunting -- South Dakota
- During the 1953 antelope season in South Dakota 4746 antelope of all ages and both sexes were harvested by 5250 permittees. About 90.5 percent of the permittees were successful. Some hunters are unable to correctly age their antelope and others are...
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- The 1955 Antelope Season in South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorn hunting -- South Dakota; Antelope hunting -- South Dakota
- During the 1955 antelope season 4,850 permits were issued and 4,281 antelope were killed. The average success for all hunting units was 88.3 percent. There was a 75.1 percent return of report cards. The average hunter required 1.4 days to bag an...
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- The 1956 Antelope Season in South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorn hunting -- South Dakota; Antelope hunting -- South Dakota
- During the 1956 antelope season, 6,266 hunting permits were issued and 5,616 antelope were killed. The average success for all hunting units was 89.6 percent. There was a 76.1 percent return of the re-port cards. The average hunter required 1.4...
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- 1957 Antelope Season in South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorn hunting -- South Dakota; Antelope hunting -- South Dakota
- During the 1957 antelope season, 4,415 permits were issued and 3,887 antelope were killed. The average success for all hunting units was 88.0 percent. There was a 73.4 percent return of the report cards. The average hunter required 1.5 days to bag...
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