South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- Food Habits of Antelope in Northwestern South Dakota
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Food -- South Dakota
- The food habits of antelope, as presented in this report, are applicable to northwestern South Dakota, extreme northeastern Wyoming, and southeastern Montana. In other regions of South Dakota where the vegetative composition of the range differs,...
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- Crippling Losses and Illegal Kill During the 1948 Antelope Season
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Wounds and injuries -- South Dakota
- The 1948 antelope crippling loss and illegal kill on the Cheyenne Management Unit (250 square miles) in Fall River County was determined by an aerial survey.
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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 1953 Antelope Census for South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Counting -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Counting -- South Dakota
- Western South Dakota's antelope population (15,098) was fairly close to the recommended population (14,450) as of July 1, 1953. In only one unit was the antelope population consider-ably below the recommended. The buck:doe:kid ratio for the...
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- The 1954 Antelope Census in South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Counting -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Counting -- South Dakota
- The South Dakota antelope population as of July 1, 1954 was estimated at 18,000. Since 1953 there was a 12 percent increase in the antelope population in those counties in the better antelope range. The Lower Cheyenne Management Unit (which is...
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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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- The 1957 Antelope Census in South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Counting -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Counting -- South Dakota
- The purpose of this survey was to determine the composition, distribution and total number of antelope in Perkins, western Corson, Harding, Butte, Meade, northern Ziebach, eastern Pennington, eastern Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Haakon and Stanley...
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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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- 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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- 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 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 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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- 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 Spring Inventory of Antelope in South Dakota, 1967
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Counting -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Counting -- South Dakota
- The 1967 spring antelope inventory of adults, and the doe:kid ratio, found the population to be near the anticipated level. Reproduction was normal in all sample areas. A higher than expected doe:kid ratio was found in the northern east river...
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- Spring inventory of antelope in South Dakota, 1968 South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Counting -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Counting -- South Dakota
- The 1968 breeding population was slightly lower than anticipated West River and slightly higher East River. Reproduction was normal in nearly all areas. Calculated July population was 22,142 head. This is about 10,000 below the carrying capacity...
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- Spring inventory of antelope in South Dakota, 1969 South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Counting -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Counting -- South Dakota
- The 1969 adult breeding population was 2,000 antelope more than the preceding year. Severe over-wintering losses that were not successfully censused, occurred in the northern East River areas. Reproduction was below normal in the northern...
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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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- Spring inventory of antelope in South Dakota, 1971 South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Counting -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Counting -- South Dakota
- The aerial spring antelope survey was conducted between May 14 and July 8, 1971. The July population was 34,690 antelope for Western South Dakota. McPherson County in eastern South Dakota showed a population of 88 antelope. This was the only unit...
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- Spring inventory of antelope in South Dakota, 1972 South Dakota
- Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.); Antelopes -- South Dakota; Antelopes -- Counting -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- Counting -- South Dakota
- The aerial spring antelope survey was conducted between May 12 and July 10, 1972. The July population was 34,894 antelope for Western South Dakota and 398 for eastern South Dakota, a total of 35,292 in the South Dakota Hunting Units. This...
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- Antelope Restoration
- Antelopes -- South Dakota; Pronghorns -- South Dakota; Pittman-Robertson Project (S.D.)
- The Antelope Restoration Project has three objectives: 1. To restock those portions of Western South Dakota which historically were populated by antelope but which now have few or no antelope. 2. To restock the Antelope Reserve for...
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