, 1906-01-19

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game will be preserved for the profit
able pleasure Of future generations"
Mr.. Nowlin makes extended comment
upon the game and game conditions in
the state. from which a few excerpts
are given.
During the past year game has far
ed well all over the state. The elk
and deer, especially, are in fine condl-
ton and show no decrease in numbers.
The greatest n TO our elk is
the possibility of an exceptionally Sc
we're winter. One really hard winter
would destroy more elk than ten years
of hunting under present restrictions.
I'm some portions of the state deer
actually increased in numbers.
Heretofore. foreign hunters have de-
stroyed many deer along the eastern
boundary OF the state in the Black hills
region. l visited that section in per-
son in the early part of September, ap-
pointed a special assistant n made
such arrangements as will, | believe,
prevent such lawlessness in the future.
our antelope are rapidly disappear
ing and should be protected by strin-
gent legislation. While l believe that
the capture Of the young, for propaga-
ton, should be permitted, | do not think
antelope ought to be hunted, but
lqhnnl1 no prntnpfAH Inv n rlnCah son Gnp
OF at least six years.
''rw enty-four arrests were made by
wa.dens during the year 1905 for VIC
%.ations of the game n fish laws. In
sixteen of these cases convictions were
obtained in the justices of the peace
courts, and fines assessed to the
amount of $500. -Four of the defend
ants were acquitted, three were dismis.
sed on appeal 10 the district court, and
one is now serving a six months sen
tence in the Uinta county Jail for the
wanton killing OF elk for tusks.
The cases dismissed on appeal
were faulty because of technical err
rors in the papers sent up by the JUS
Itices trying the cases. In precincts
remote from the county scat, where no
legal counsel is available, such errors
are always probable, but are no reaec
ton upon the justice of the peace, jury
or officers, as they are not supposed tC
be familiar with legal i%ntricacies.
aIn III, Janlepn ho1o ,not;or So hoo,
to contend with a gang of half a dozer
tusk hunters, or men who kill elk fol
their tusks and heads, whenever they
deem 1t safe to do so. Some of them
have suffered the full penalty of the
law, but seem to persist in their law,
~iessness; and this necessitates a con.
slant patrol of wardens. Every reputa.
BILE citizen Of that section ~deprecates
this sort of vandalism, and many of
them render active assistance in pre-.
venting 1t, or Furnishing the offenders,
and | feel confident that we can eventu
ally rid the country of this tusk hunt.
ing class.
lShaity LOT tulo hllu Oh law
lessness is wholly inadequate; it ought
to be made a felony. One or two head
and tusk hunters serving a term al
Rawllns would have more effect than
a dozen misdemeanor convictions"
The report of guides show that the
following big game animals were kill
ed by 124 nonresident hunters: Elk
1877; deer, Al; antelope, GO and noun
tain sheep, is. Several bears were
killed, but guides are not required to
report upon them. Nonresident hunt
ers paid in license fees $40 for each
big game animal killed. II there is add
ed to this the cost of guides and gen
eral Quitting, the cost is increased tc
500 for each animal.
The cost to resident hunters for eacl
animal killed was s1.14, which Mr.
Nowlin concludes is not a ~burdensome
tax.
The total receipts for the veal
amounted to $12,654.3O 4.
To the hunter Mr.. Nowlin's report
VIII prove as interesting as a frst-class
work of fiction.