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Strays from Colorado have been seen on the Carson; a 
mysterious herd is by some claimed to exist on the _hite 
Mountain Indian Reservation; and there is a bare possi- 
bility of a few survivors on the Texas end of the Guada- 
lupe Mountains. But in so far as authentically known, 
the original elk are gone. 
Three herds of Yellowstone Elk have been imported in 
recent years. 
The Pecos Herd was liberated by State Game Warden 
Gable in 1909, six head surviving shipment. 
The Cimmaron Herd, introduced by the Suate of *w 
Mexico in 1911, is located in an enclosure near Cimmaron, 
New Mexico. The original four head have increased to 
15 head. 
The Sitgreaves Herd. In the winter of 1913, eighty- 
five head of Yellowstone Elk were liberated by the State 
Game Warden and the Elk lodges of the State in Cabin Draw, 
Clear Creek watershed, on the western end of the Sitgr- 
eaves. This herd has in part scattered to the Coconino 
and Tonto but has -onc well. Thirty-seven cnlves have 
been seen during 1915. 
Mistakes hnve been made in liberatinC elk, and the 
cause of g-me protection has suffered from them. Elk 
should not be liberated where winter storms will force 
them to drift into agricultural communities. They must 
have wiinter range. They will winter as high as horses 
and cattle. Brush is desirable. 
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