The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-27
MAKING GAME PRESERVE
In THE BLACK HILLS
Tract of so, 900 Acres viii Give
sport for Hunters and
Fishermen.

PIERRE. \ -. Sept. %, game rr.'-
serve Of 10000 acres OF pineclad hills.
crossed by mountain streams. In which
shall be enclosed specimens of the big
game animals native to the Northwest,
while the streams are stocked with Ash
IL the aim toward which the state Game
Department i@ now working in harmony
with the State Forest Department.
The last legislative session authorized
the expenditure OF money from the game
fund to enclose this immense tract and
the work is now far along. A part Is now
enclosed. In which the elk secured from
the Government herds in Yellowstone
Park are being held until the whole pas
ture can be opened TO them Native deer
also are roaming within the tract
The game fund IL now at such point
that II. 6. Hedr!ck. the state warden.
IL taking the preliminary steps toward
securing - herd OF buffalo. most likely
a part 90 the big Philip herd near here.
70 he placed within the park this fall.
lie also il taking steps toward securing
some OF the small herds OF antelope,
which are ranging in the Cheyenne River
mems OF mountain sheep as part Of the
population OF the new game park. all
Of these to be located between now and
next spring lie also will attempt 10 Sc
cure game birds, including different kinds
OF phcasants and Wild turkeys.
The fence. which is many miles IN
length, is OF five foot woven wire, topped
with three strands of barbed wire. which
* the same character Of fence as has
been used to hold til, buffalo In the Philip
herd. 1t Is believed that this viii hold
any OF the wild game secured.
To the hunter one of the principal
features OF the game situation is just
what the law and the department ac-
eept as the rights Of the hunter. In
that there IL slight conflict between
the State and the Federal laws as 10 the
time of the opening of the season for
! small game. The Federal act permits
shooting to begin September 7, while the
State law fixes September 10 as the
opening day. The next legislative session
will very likely bring the State law into
harmony with the Federal act.
The big game season Is for the month
of November only and allows the hunter
|, one deer. Mountain sheep and antelope
are protected perpetually. The hunting
license Is IS.
The efforts OF the game department
have been directed toward preservation
OF the game left 40 far as possible by
stopping Illegal shooting and by the at
tempt to increase the game birds of The
State through the introduction of Chinese
phessants. over 1000 of these birds having
been turned loose In the State last fall.
most Of them getting through the winter
In fine shape.
The warden and his deputies have been
busy the past year In regard to law en-
forcement. and there we're more arrests
and convictions just before the opening
of the season last fall and after the close
OF the season than for all the time OF the
existence OF the old county warden law.
The matter of enforcement Of the Ash
Ing laws also has received considerable
attention and Illegal fishing has practl-
caily been stopped. Resides this feature
of fishing activities the department had
selners at work taking out carp and other
non-game. coarse fish from the waters Of
the streams and lakes.
II ~ predicted that the South Dakota
game preserve in the Black Hills will be
one OF the show places OF the Northwest
within a few years. with the specimens
OF large game which will be located on