SHEEP AND LAMB LOSSES
Total By Predator Cause and Number of Head, Montana, USA
Last updated February 17, 2012

PREDATOR
Year	Fox	Dog	Coyote	Eagle	Bobcat	Bear	Mountain Lion	Wolf	Other Animals	Unknown Predators	Total Predators
	Number of Head
2011	700	300	9,800	1,000	--	700	300	200	200	400	13,600
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006	1,300 1,300 1,300 1,100 700	900 400 600 700 600	11,700 14,600 10,200 11,700 10,100	800 600 900 800 1,100	-- 100 100 -- --	900 400 800 700 500	500 300 400 400 500	600 700 500 600 200	-- 100 -- -- --	600 300 400 1,000 400	17,300 18,800 15,200 17,000 14,100
2005 2004 2003 2002 2001	1,100 700 1,000 1,300 900	500 700 1,000 1,000 1,100	8,500 9,200 11,800 13,900 14,300	900 700 1,200 1,600 1,600	-- -- -- 300 100	400 900 800 600 500	200 500 400 700 400	300 500 500 500 --	100 100 100 400 --	400 400 900 1,100 1,000	12,400 13,700 17,700 21,400 19,900
2000 1999 1998 1997 1996	1,000 1,200 2,000 2,200 2,700	1,300 600 1,200 1,000 1,400	12,900 15,100 14,900 19,900 22,600	1,600 1,700 2,000 2,400 2,200	-- -- -- 100 200	900 400 300 400 800	400 400 600 500 500	-- -- -- -- --	100 -- 100 -- --	700 900 700 500 800	18,900 20,300 21,800 27,000 31,200
1995 1994 1993 1992 1991	3,400 6,000 3,300 5,000 4,900	1,600 1,000 1,700 1,800 3,500	28,000 28,500 30,700 31,100 33,700	2,700 5,300 2,500 1,900 1,300	-- 300 200 -- 100	300 600 700 800 600	500 1,000 1,000 600 600	-- -- -- -- --	-- 200 100 -- 200	600 -- -- -- --	37,100 42,900 40,200 41,200 44,900
1990 1989 1988 1987 1986	4,000 3,500 4,200 2,900 5,100	1,600 1,500 3,100 3,100 2,900	29,700 28,200 31,000 26,400 30,500	2,200 800 2,700 2,700 2,000	-- 400 300 100 100	700 1,000 1,300 1,200 1,100	600 500 400 300 400	-- -- -- -- --	300 -- 100 200 1/	-- -- -- -- --	39,100 35,900 43,100 36,900 42,100
1985 1984	4,300 6,200	1,500 2,100	41,600 38,300	2,500 2,500	100 200	1,400 1,400	300 1/	-- --	1/ 1,000	-- --	51,700 51,700
1/ Category not available that year. -- Denotes less than 100 head. Please note: Totals may not add due to rounding.

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