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daughter Christy Love, who continues to
own and operate the UM Ranch adjoining
the Bud Love property. "When he married
and began his own family, he brought us to
the Bighorns and we would stay at Paradise
Ranch above Buffalo from 1948 until he
bought the UM Ranch in 1964. He moved
to the ranch and lived in the Taylor Cabin
rather than the ranch house the Tarbets had
lived in. The cabin had all the amenities and
was in a spectacular location."
Love died unexpectedly in January 1968.
A portion of the ranch became available for
purchase and the Commission began talks
with the Love family to buy the property. An
offer was accepted and on Jan. 21, 1970, the
sale was finalized. The area was named Bud
Love in his honor.
A WISE INVESTMENT
"It seemed to me it was in pretty darn
good shape when we bought it," said Roger
Wilson, retired Game and Fish wildlife biologist who worked in the Sheridan Region from
1970-1995. "I got up there on horseback
the first or second year after the purchase
and I was impressed with it. It was a nice
piece of land."
Wilson's initial impressions were validated
in 1972 with a detailed range inventory and
analysis done in early summer 1972 by Game
and Fish habitat biologist Gary Butler that
looked at carrying capacity, forage, habitat
types, animal numbers and distribution, soils,
geology and more. His report noted ample
water supplies, range conditions that varied
from good to excellent and documented 33
species of grasses, 74 forbs and lichens and
25 tree and shrub species.
Another study was initiated 15 years later
at Bud Love and surrounding areas to determine where and when elk were using this
diverse habitat throughout the year. Between
February 1986 and March 1989, wildlife
biologist Bruce Johnson trapped elk in areas
near North Rock and Shell creeks on the Bud
Love and on the HF Bar and Paradise guest
ranches. Radio-tracking collars were fitted
on 31 elk and 38 additional elk were marked
with white or yellow numbered, vinyl neckbands allowing for visual identification in the
field. Fourteen of the collared elk and 28 of
the banded elk were trapped on Bud Love.
In following years the radio-collared elk
were spotted 888 times by Game and Fish
personnel during flights or from the ground.
In addition, U.S. Forest Service personnel

Two pronghorn run across a meadow at Bud Love WHMA. (Photo by Patrick Wine/WGFD)

Bud Love WHMA has five man-made ponds, three of which are stocked with rainbow or brook trout.
(Photo by Patrick Wine/WGFD)

		

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