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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 27, 1921
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The Astonislung Restoration p) Conserved I Wild Life in Eastern States,
Which Has Made the Rockies, King Grizzly and A 11,
Look. Jealously to Their Laurels!
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BtK IX A PBIXSnVAXIA GA.ME5AVCTOAttr'iHIM(V,ISG HOW CONSEBVAnOJf IS -RETORI.YG V11D UFE TO WOOD A3TD THICKET THAT
POT HUWERS MADE DFiSOLATH
THE forest prlmeTal Is being re- wasting or wooaianas ana wim me seems to ce only on way to stop Connecticut ana Massachusetts tney were aaoptea. uney were enn-rceu.
stored. Despite the encroach- was most seriously practiced. The him. The hunter In the Dan Smith are Increasing at a rate that Is as- To a laYge .degree the protection of
. .i.i.. .r..wi,i- west has always been a bis: game, picture Is about to use It a bullet tonishlne- old hunters. trame was put up squarely to the
country. The east U becoming so through the roof of his maw plung- Is the big game country being sportsmen. The game hog, the man
once again. lng upwards through the brain. taken back to the east? who killed for the market, was placed
The agents chiefly responsible for Yes, the grizzly stll Is king. And There Is no more thrilling story in In a discredited class and real sports-
bringlne this condition about are the those who hunt him know that it the history of the chase than the re- men shunned him. The chap who
ning to assume the virgin aspect of reforestation movements, intelligent may 'come to ' close quarters, when stocking of the forests and. fields made great bags simply t prove that
pioneer days. The wild life of Amer- game laws and the tendency of decent one's cartr'tlge chamber is emptied with wild game, and this despite the he was a mighty Nlmrod and who. had
ica, under intelligent programmes of sportsmen to ostracize the game-hog and no time to reload. The knife and fact that in what are popularly called his picture taken with an excessive
I HE forest primeval Is being re
stored. Despite the encroach
ments of smoking cities and vul
garizing engines of modern industry,
the whole face of nature in many dis
tricts, both east and west, is begin-
conservation. Is multiplying to such and the pot-hunter. As a result, game the long-barreled six-shooter must the middle states half a million hunt- number of ducks or grouse or quail
an extent that American h is now Plentiful within a few minutes" be relied on when those mighty paws ers each autumn take out licenses, or rabbits soon found that his fellow
n me i an nuntsmen r,de of many b, ciUeg. in Glen crush the frail form of a man against And, when the leaves are painting hunters held him in contempt; that
. ii lo me aame Ijin mca- Rock N j a ,uburban town olUy that shaggy, fea
ure that their forefathers did the 19 .. ,rm Mow vrV w1M dor Two years hen
thrills of the garte trail. The bull t lnfrequentIy dart thr0ugh the In Pennsylvania,
inoose be low, with pristine lustiness Btreets Penr;8yIvanla bears have Game conserv
In the wilds of Minnesota: the gr zzly become BO pientliuj that they ar9 that with a pro.
bear, long the monarch of the Rockies,
Is the same standing challenge to
huntsmen that he was to Daniel Boons
and Davy Crockett. Pheasant, quail
a suburban town only mat snaggy, rearrui breast. , the hills with wonderful hues, when they went hunting not as slaughter-
Two years hence elk may be killed the air is crisp and frosted grass ers. but as men seeking recreation,
crackles under boot In the meadows, and when the legal limit was reached,
conservators have declared this great army of lovers of the open in many instances less than the legal
proper system of protec- swing back to Nature. limit, they quit.
tion not only ellk, but moose, can be It was not many years ago when Protection to the forests means
restored to the Adirondacks. game, both large and small, feathered protection for game. There must be
Last year there were shot in New and furred, was rapidly being depict- both food, and cover for birds and
actually pests.
The Thrill of Close Quarters
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big thrill the grizzly. Even the mod.
. Ul m i.u.uwiic, era. Done-iearing. Btrrwrosea buuet sso. In the states of New York, Perm- came th era, of conservation. Better . place for the deer, grouse, quail and
la observable In the east, of course. ha failed to make hunting him afe. aylvanla and New Jersey more than laws for the protection of the wood- rabbits.
o-at waa there that tho prodigal He never ; knpw he' dead.. Thera 13.000 deer wer brought . down. Za Una ui for the protection of ta Eld by. elde with th conservtioA
laws came the limit to size of bag, the
specifying of open seasons when dif
ferent varieties of game may legally
be killed, and th many other regula
tions, all of which in the long run
serve to help the sportsmen of the
land. Take, for example, the exper'
.ence of the state of New York with
deer. For a short time the buck law
prevailed. This la the law which pro
tects the females and . allows onlly
buck deer to be killed.. Now, It has
estimated that there were about 60.000
deer in the state. In the year 1919,
the buck law having been repealed,
there was lndlscrlmlnatae killing and
10,000 deer were reported shot, half
of them does. In a single year New
York reduced her deer herd to 60,000.
At that rate It meant that in a few
years this fine animal would become
scarce. Worse than that, ln 1919 nine
men were killed in New York state ln
mistake for deer.
Foiling theCarrlrsa Mm rod.
Under the buck law, the hunter
must see the horns of the animal, for,
if he shoots a doe. or a male deer
with horns so small that they are not
visible, he is subject to a heavy fine.
The buck law thus" serves to protect
the man in the wpods. The experience
of 191 aroused the sportsmen of the
state and, aided by an energetic and
far-sighted conservation commission,
the killing of female deer was pro
hibited once more.
In a few years New York should
almost equal Maine as a deer country.
And, despite the fact that one experi
ment to restore moose failed, many
sportsmen believe that with reforest
ing the Adirondacks and, more par
ticularly, with adequate protection,
moose can be brought back.
Wiat .Vermont ha doo iiv th wajr.
of creating a great deer herd encour
aged Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
other states. There are zl counties ln
New Jersey. Last year deer were
shot In 16 :of them.
In Pennsylvania and In Maryland,
sue to the. migratory bird law, and on
Long island the flights of wild ducks
have been larger than ln 20 years,
and the hunters who seek the thrill
of salt-scented marshes when the can.
vasback or. the black duck or the red
head lures look, forward to one of the
best seasons on record.
Pennsylvania has done more, per
haps, to bring about an increase ln
game than any other eastern state.
It has purchased millions of acres of
forest land, has established & system
of forest rangers that will equal any
in the nation,' and has .adopted wise
game laws. A few years ago It
brought a few elk from the Yellow
stone country end turned them loose.
Now, the elk is a wide ranging (ani
mal and requires plenty of elbow
room. The experiment has proved
successful to a df gree. The herd has
increased and. while there have been
complaints of destruction of crops
and some of the animals have been
slain by Irate farmers, still the herd
will be allowed to roam the hills.
The buck law has worked well In
this state. Last year 3300 male deer
were killed and the herds are Increas
ing so rapidly that more than 40
counties are populated with the white
tall. The great forests that were
cleared away 75 years ago have
grown up ln new timber, and this Is
thicker and more difficult to tr&verwe
than the original growth. It affords
Ideal protection for deer and bear.
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