The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-10-25

enough big game In the West to tempt
hunter 10 take down his rifie-pro
vided the present rate OF slaughter l,
maintained
From the Western States that have
long been famed as the haunts OF big
game OF all descriptions come stories OF
Migrant disregard OF laws. Hunting Is
carried on out OF season by ranchmen.
and. II game warden makes an ar
rest. 1t Is almost impossible TO fnd a
Jury that will convict. An occasional
outsider Is fined. but the native" gem
orally gets on scot-free. even II be has
been caught with a wagon load OF lille
sally slaughtered game In his posses
sion
In the last haunt OF the elk. south of
Yellowstone Park. In the jackson Hole
country, those noble animals are fast
disappearing Even the game OF yell
il1wstone National Park Is not exempt.
II stories from Wyoming aud Montana
arc correct, as II Is claimed that poach-
e-s carry ON a campaign OF wholesale
slaughter Ia the long winter mouths.
when the park Is snowbound and when
Il is practically impossible for soldiers
to guard the great game preserve OF
tie uation-
In the Northwest little or no atten-
ton Is paid to laws protecting those
rare animals. mountain soats while In
Colorado and other Rocky Mountain
States. whose peaks are the grazing
ground OF the mountain sheep, those
beautiful animals ar, being killed on 1
In spite Of a farcieal perpetual closed /
season"
Less than a decade ago a man could i
get all kinds OF deer hunting In Colo
RADIO; and a score Of years ago the buf-
falo were still rooming the plains east
OF the Rockies. But to-day the deer Is
getting almost as rare as the buffalo.
The elk long ago left Colorado's noun
talns and drifted north Into Wyoming.
where bands OF them are stiIl to be
found In Jackson's Hole. But the laws
OF Wyoming. while making Il hot for
any outsider who kills elk out OF sea
son. are inadequate when put In oper-
alton against the native hunter. IL Is
the Western ranchman who Is doing
most Of the Illegal killing. Il Is i'm
possible to convince the average ranch
er that he Is not privileged to 20 our
1Dc get -fresh meat whenever he
wants 1t. regardless Of game laws. Tho
ieer or elk come down 10 his very
'ences In winter. and there Is little
:hance Of discovery IN one OF the ami
halls is killed Even II stray game !
warden happens along and puts him I'M "
'er arrest. there Is little to fear. as a :
ury Is pretty sure to be made up OF :.
who are all tarred with the !,
sme stick. so the game hog gets or y
rec and goes on with his work Of :
In season and out
Even the setting aside Of government r.
Drest reserves and parks has done lit Il
Z to stop the slaughter OF game. In N
he summer, when the reserves are pa- q
oiled by rangers. and when Yellow. G.
one Park Is guarded by soldiers, there W
little or no Illegal killing done. But
the winter, when there are no ran m
RS In the reserves. and when the -
iowbound roads make II impossible
u the soldiers to patrol the big park
oroughly, the work OF slaughter goes
}. There are two big forest reserves
IjoinIng Yellowstone Park--the Teton
serve and tho Yellowstone reserve.
9TH are alive with game. ms Is the
rk Itself A limited amount Of game
n be killed In the reserves. In season.
conformity with the game laws OF
) oming. but the season In the park
always closed. No firearms are adj
tied into the park. save those chr
u by the soldiers. II one insists on
FRYING a gun Into the park he must
We II sealed.
But all these rules and regulations
! little figure In the eyes Of the skill
and experienced poachers who live
the vicinity OF the park. These men
no killing In summer or autumn.
ey make their s. day as guides for
nting parties Of fasteners. But In
winter. when the SHOWS are deep
the tremendous winter OF the Vel
stone country has set In, they get
y busy. On slowshoes these poach-
find II easy 10 enter the forest re-
yes and the park. and to kill all the
ne they want. Magnificent elk. deer
other game fall before their rifles.
a lonely soldier sights the poachers
work, the chances are he pays no at
ton, for the reason that # tyould n
T result In his own death. L
D addition to the work OF the white
10 hog, many Of the Western States
e troubles with wandering bands OF
lans, that carry on indiscriminate
Ighter Of game. These Indians have -
business on their reservations but --(