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cattle numbers listed therein and concluded the inventory
represented a reasonable starting point from which to estimate
the numbers of cattle present annually from 1987 through 1991.
He arrived at his 1988 through 1991 cow figures by examining the
Hoyt organization’s calving records for those years and
concluding that an assumed calf crop rate of 80 percent would be
reasonable. He arrived at his 1988 through 1991 bull figures by
concluding that a ratio of one bull to every 20 cows would be
reasonable. His 1992 cattle figures, however, were based on his
own fall 1992 through spring 1993 cattle count.
Petitioners, on the other hand, contend that much higher
numbers of breeding cattle were present annually during 1987
through 1992. Jay Hoyt, in his testimony, estimated that the
Hoyt herd included the following numbers of breeding cattle
(which numbers he stated include some calves as well):
Total Breeding Cattle
Year (incl. some calves)
1987 24,000-29,000
1988 18,000-20,000
1989 16,000-18,000
1990 10,000-12,000
1991 16,000-18,000
1992 17,000-18,000
Jay Hoyt based these estimates on certain unspecified documents
he claimed to have examined–-presumably, including the annual
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of the Hoyt organization’s “entire herd” and are only listings
“as of a particular time, of cattle in specific locations”.
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