Unit 7: Set 6: Bringing Back the Game: Hunting and Game Conservation in North Dakota- Photos

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A6561-1 Snow Geese. Hunters
have been drawn to North
Dakota�s prairie potholes
because of the huge flocks
of ducks, geese, (and other
nongame migratory birds).
ND is located on the
Central Flyway.

D0511 These two men had a
formal portrait taken after
a hunt in Nelson County in
the 1890s. Their bag includes
2 hawks, 17 sharp-tailed
grouse, 1 jack rabbit, gulls,
a weasel, and about 30
prairie chickens.

0765-004. This group of Minot
hunters enjoy their success in
September 1908. Automobiles
were part of a great change in
technology that contributed to
the decline in some game animals.
Hunters could easily go to the
game in an automobile.

0175-017. In 1913, hunters were
limited to 25 ducks per day each.
These hunters have not yet gotten
their limit, and the day has just
begun.

0745-001. This woman,
using a modern shotgun and
an automobile has had a
successful upland game
(sharp-tailed grouse or
prairie chickens) hunt.

C0119. This photo shows a badlands
hunting camp in 1896. The hunters
have 12 deer, 2 bighorn (or
mountain) sheep, and what
appears to be 1 elk.

1032-02. This photo taken near
Underwood, 1906, show the
results of a legal deer hunt
for 3 men. The game includes
5 bucks, 2 fawns, and 7
rabbits.

C1295. This photo was taken in
the 1930s when deer hunters
could take only 1 buck and
season was open every other
year. The Game and Fish
commissioner praised this
hunt as a good example
of hunting with game
conservation in mind.

0800-037. A Greater Prairie
Chicken, or broad-tail grouse,
is known for its colorful
�booming� and dancing during
mating season in the spring.
It was a favorite upland bird
of hunters until the seasons
closed in 1945.

0056-264. Pheasants added
a new dimension to hunting
when the season opened on
these Asian natives in 1931.

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