Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-12-08
GAME WARDEN WORRIED.
wisconsin Omrcial Ever on the Alsrs
to Check Infractions Of
the Law.

The Work and Worries of Game War
cen" might be made the title Of q book
whose contents could be furnished by
Edward L. Tracy, Of this city, who has
spent several years trying to enforce
the fish and game laws Of the state OF
Wisconsin, says Milwaukee report
Although much of his work is of Sc
riOus nature, many incidents occur dur
ing the course of years prosecutions
that are humorous to all parties not d.
rectly concerned. Even more interest
ing are the attempts that are made each
year to evade the laws Epicures who
want trout or partridge, or even venison
in seOsOn and out of season must be sat-
isfied, and the more strict the enforce
ment of the law, the higher the value OF
game under the ban, and the greater the
temptation to the Illicit hunter. Depu-
ties scour the state, especially the hunt
ing and fishing grounds, and others
spend their time at the depots guarding
against the illegal shipment Of game.
and every now and then comes the re-
port of confiscated packages.
We watch pretty carefully, said Game
Warden Tracy, but we cannot catch
everything and everybody who violates
the laws. One of the biggest temptations
to hunters is the shipment of venison.
Most of this that escapes us Is shipped
in freight cars. Last year received q
telegram from a deputy at Woodruff
telling me that certain car containing
lumber and Christmas trees was billed
to Milwaukee with dozen carcasses OF
venison aboard watched for that par
ticular car for a month, but it never
came through, nor could the railroad COM
pany trace car of that number. l finally
concluded that the deputy had wired
the wrong number, and one day nat
car full of Christmas trees came into the
yardmen unload the entire car, but there
was no venison aboard and it took the
balance of the afternoon to load
the car again. The number had was
that of a fiat car, but Isuppose the
game and lumber and trees had
been put into a box car, and
there it would be almost impossible tc
find it unless one had the exact number
of the car Some of. the venison is
shipped in coffin boxes, but as these must
have health permit il they contain .
corpse it is comparatively easy to catch
the offender who is shipping game. Pr
ano boxes afford another way to break
the law Laundry and bread baskets
have also been brought into requisitioB
for the purpose.
when it comes to shipping par
tridges, the usual way is to pack them
in barrel, with layers OF poultry at the
top and bottom. This makes an inno-
cent-appearing package If the heade
are taken off alone, never bother
Unto the side of the barrel with hunt
er's ak that carry II the middle of the
barrel proves all right I don't worry
about the rest. There Is one man up in
the state who ships bullheads to mar
ket, but he finds it hard to resist the
temptation of putting few pike or bass
In the middle Of the barrel, and usually
gets caught at it.
Some Of the hunters avoid these
methods and ship their game as eggs, in
crates, with . few layers Of eggs on top.
have taken cartridges out Of cheese
boxes, and saddles Of venison out Of in
nocent-looking beer-bottle cases. Last
season found box consigned to a liv-
cry stable in this city marked Harness
in large letters. There seemed to be no
need of specifying these contents. and
opened the box to find several dozen par
tridges neatly wrapped up"