Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-01-16
GAME and FISH
BOARD DISCUSSES WORK
Figures Presented Show Rigid
Law Enforcement Dur
log 1918

IVY 1910
The North Dakota Game and Fish
Board OF Control is in session in Bis,
marck. 1t is composed of ]. p. Reeve,
Beach, president; w. E. Byerly, Vel
va, vice president; Chas. Brewer, sec
rotary. In addition to the members
Of the board, Chief Game Wardens
McCutcheon of Minot and Reko of
Mandan are also here. The members
OF the board spent a part of yestcr-
day at the various Offices in the cap
itol, looking up matters pertaining
to their work. Some figures for the
past years work We're given out.
North Dakota's game laws were
enforced in 1913" said Secretary
Brewer, lin 4 manner that was rath-
er pleasing to the members of the
board Of control. Through the edu-
catiOnal campaign conducted by the
board, the increased activities of the
game wardens. the hearty co-opera-
ton of the sportsmen and the wide
publicity given the matter by the
state press, results have been secur-
ed during the past year that indicate
better things for the future.
"The sale of resident licenses show
an increase of more than 20 per cent
over 1912, or 3333,3O8, as compared with
26,S6S the year before. The non-res-
ident license sale was boosted 81 per
cent, being 1O1, as compared to So
in 1912 and 60 in ,1911.
"The license increases were par
TALLY due to the increased number of
district deputy wardens from four to
twelve. This gave the wardens more
compact territory and an opportunity
to enforce the law and to demand to
see the licenses Of the hunters, while
the chief game wardens were FORUM
ate in the selection of many active
special local deputies, who secured
splendid results. The increases in
some districts were sufficient to pay
the salary and expenses of the dis:
trict deputies and make those officials
self-supp0rting. '"
"The larger number of nonresident
licenses sold was because of the more
rigid enforcement of the law and the
fact that many men took them out
who had formerly hunted under res
ident licenses secured either by bor-
them from friends or by maxi
ing false declarations regarding their
homes"
According to the secretary, Cass
county, in which Fargo is located,
the only one to exceed the 1000
mark in resident licenses. There
were eight counties between the 1000
and the 1000 mark, Ramsey county
being second, Ward third, Stutsman
McHenry fifth, Grand Forks
Bens0n seventh, Bottineau
and Richland ninth. All the
rest fell below 1000, and Oliver was
the only county that did not reach
the 100 mark. "'p'' 4"
Discussing the financial side of the
matter. Secretary Brewer said: 1.-THE
funds for the enforcement Of the
game laws, paying the expenses of
the board, the salaries and expenses
Of the chief and deputy game war
dens, the rewards for the specials,
the salary of the state fish commits.
the maintenance and opera
lion Of the state fish hatchery and
distribution, as we'll as the entire
of the fish, all comes out
the license money paid by the
hunters. The gross receipts this year
$3S5 S13, and the net, after de.
Quoting the county auditors fees, was
$33,372.2O.
1.-The enforcement of the game law,
however, is where the past seasons
record made such an excellent show.
ing over that of former years. The
were 1870, as compared to 81
the year before, more than four times
as many. The convictions were 121,
as compared to %. The total of the
paid was 1924, as against $465
the year before, or almost five times
the amount of the preceding year.
I'm seizures the contrast was even
During the past season the
wardens took 525 hides from illegal
trappers, as compared to none the
year before; 293 traps we're confis-
Gated, as against 6 in 1912 and nine
guns, as compared to two. Eighteen
nets were taken last year and one
the year before.
1.-The most marked results have
been an increased respect for the
game laws, especially regarding the
observance Of the closed season, the
bag limit and the legitimate hours
for shooting. A more sportsmanlike
spirit is being developed and the
shooters of the state are placing the
game hogs" under the ban. The
man who boasts of violations Of the
closed season and the amount of
birds he killed over the limit is less