Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-25
GAME PRESERVE ESTABLISHED.
State Deputy II. II. st. John and As
sistant Warden Ii. r.. Bucknell
Establish Game Preserve
for Winneshiek
County.

Wednesday evening State Deputy
Game Warden R. T. st. John, of Rice
vile, arrived in DEBORAH, and on
Thursday in Company with Assistant
Warden B. e, Bucknell they went up
north and established game pre-
serve. The land selected will COM
prise about 1000 acres, covering
about two miles north and south and
a mile and half east and west The
east line will be the Burr Oak road;
the south line the Button road, run
ming by Chas. Moore's; the west line
is the road running by the B. e.
Jewell ana Ed Sharp farms. The
north line runs by Will Heading
tons and joins the Burr Oak road at
the old Child's farm.
The establishment and keeping of
these preserves is maintained wholly
without cost to the tax payers, as the
hunters licenses exceed the cost of
it's maintenances
To get an even distribution of
game the department has instigated
the plan of establishing game pre-
serves throughout the state, alloting
one to each county. The work Of es-
tablshing these preserves must have
the hearty cooperation OF the land
owners within the domain selected,
in return for which the state will give
continued protection from trespass
from parties with gun or dog. Game
Warden E. c. Hinshaw of Spirit Lake
will make final arrangements for the
lease. Such lease will not inter-
fere with the owners use of the land,
but merely allows the state to use it
for game purposes, the owner agree
ing to prohibit hunting on the land
and to refrain from killing anything
except crows, rabbits, squirrels,
hawks, or other vermin.
The promiscuous distribution of
game throughout the state without
regard to local conditions has accom-
plished very little in the past. The
present plan so far is meeting with
the very best prospects of success
and farmers solicited in other coun-
ties are we'll pleased with the estab-
lishment of preserves. The depart
ment is trying hard to solicit all good
people to take more interest in the
care and protection of game and fish
for it is evident without co-opera-
ton the best of plans fail. The
rigors of winters make it best to Sc
lect lands that are best sheltered
from the storms-timbered and rough
geographically speaking.
Warden st. John found the land
above mentioned to be the most ideal
preserve yet located in the state All
of the game shipped to Winneshiek
county in the future will be placed
on this preserve and will be protect
ed by the state for five years, with
absolutely no hunting, only as above
stated, by the land owners them
selves. Hungarian cartridges aud
English pheasants will be shipped
here and turned out on this preserve.
About rs birds will be placed there
next month.
A blue print of the preserve will
be made later and published in the
papers, so everyone can see and un-
derstand perfectly just where the
preserve is located.
Assistant Warden Bucknell of this
city has been a diligent, hard work
ing officer since his appointment,
and has accomplished a whole lot of
good by his efforts to have the game
laws obeyed to the letter. He is on
the alert always for the good of the