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Article written by Robert E. Munkel and Cal R. Fremling regarding the bounty hunting system used in Houston County, MN, to rid the area of locally defined varmint species. Fremling and Munkel are credited as, respectively: "Winona State College" and "Beaver Dam High School, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin." Abstract: "The bounty system has been in effect for 82 years in Houston County, Minnesota. Over $170,000 in bounties have been paid during that time for wolves, foxes, rattlesnakes, pocket gophers, striped gophers, woodchucks, and crows. Over 7,000 rattlesnakes have been bountied in a single year. A family of semi-professional bounty hunters collected 2,511 rattlesnakes in one year. With the possible exception of wolves, the bounty system has had little apparent effect in controlling animal populations in Houston County. Habitat change has been primarily responsible for the decrease in numbers of wolves and for the rapid increase in numbers of red fox and deer." Article reprinted from The Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science, volume 34, number 2, 1967. 5 pages. Part of the Cal R. Fremling Collection.
Publication Date
1967
Item Type
Book
Publisher
Library
City
Winona, Minnesota
Keywords
Animals; Houston County; Houston County (Minn.)
Department
Special Collections-Library
Recommended Citation
Fremling, Cal R., "A review of the bounty system as a method of controlling undesirable animal populations in Houston County, Minnesota (1883-1965)" (1967). Cal Fremling Papers. 19.
https://openriver.winona.edu/calfremlingpapers/19
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Requests to reproduce this image must be granted by the Winona County Historical Society.
Contributing Institution
Winona County History Center
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TIFF
Fiscal Sponsor
This project has been financed in part with funds provided by the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society.
Scanning Responsibility
Northern Micrographics
Date Digital
2019-06-24 00:00
Metadata Creation Responsibility
Anna Gaffey
Unique Identifier
2011.003.0118
Notes
1967