The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-08-31
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FOURTEEN LICENSES ISSUED BY
THE AUDITOR UP TO 800 P. N.
Sam F. Fullerton, Executive Agent Of
Game and Fish Commission, Says
Game is Increasing.

!, While Sam T. Fullerton, execu.
tive agent of the State Game and
Fish Commission, was in Bemidji
recently, he was interviewed
relative to Nae conditions through
out the state relative to game
and fish, and said: 52#
"Game is everywhere on the
increase. Small game is abund.
ant in most localities and quail
are more numerous than ever
before. 1 don't know just how
the chickens shooting in theconaty
will be as [ have had 10 report as
yet from the local wardens, but
in the region around Brainerd
there will be some sport. And
AS for ducks, why ducks will be
thicker than ever. A movement
has been set on foot recently
chat promises to afford Minneso-
ia some pheasant shooting.
This year at the big state hat
cherry we have hatched about
300 Chinese ringn ecked pheasants
and are distrib bnting them about
the state. We have also sent out
about 600 pheasant eggs among
the farmers Interested in the
preservation of game: The
pheasants are nroteeted for ten
years and as they are ready
mnltipliers and [bneed fast, It IS
very probable that by the time
the law is up, the pheasant
shooting in the state OF Minneso-
ia may we'll compare with that to
oe found in Oregon. We have a
large force of game wardee&s in
the field every day and during
the past ten days we have appoint
ed 60 assistant wardens.
"The big game in Minnesota is
increasing fast. There are more
deer and moose in Minnesota
t)day than there were five years
ago. This seems a rash state
ment to make but it is none the
less true. The reason is the in
creased protection afforded them.
The lum herman and the pot
hunters were the chief cause of
the fall of the deer and moose in
this state. These condition are
almost entirely eliminated now
as numbering in Minnesota is
fast disappearing, and the arm of
the law is now long enough to
reach these petty offenders.
Besides people have seemed to
acquire sense of shame, as it
we're, and no longer consider the
game and fish commission as
huge joke, bat see it as a force to
be reckoned with if disobeyed.
"Why few years ago it was
positively dangerous for a game
warden to make an arrest. AS
recently as eight years ago a
party of Indians stabbed a war
den to death near Walker, for
trying to put q stop to the
slaughter Of the deer. Indeed,
| may safely say that although
Maine is famed far and near as
the Deer and Moose state
there are today more deer, moose
and caribou in the stlte Of Min.
nesota than in Maine, and with.
proper protection there will be
good hunting in Minnesota for
all time.
t'Black Bass are fast increas-
ing and there is no doubt that
since the suppression Of their.
sale, they will continue t, in
crease. This year has been a
poor year for the bass fisherman
on account OF the high water and
plentifulness of the natural
food.
'sTroutare also slowly lncreas-
ling and I have every reason to
predict that the present system
of protection maintained and
strengthened there will be fish