Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-07
OBJECTS TO SHOOTING LAW
Garrison, Neb., Man Would Allow
Spring Shooting, but with Re-
strictive Provisions.
MoURNs HEAVY sLAUGHTERs

life-sized disgust with what he calls
rot-hunters from towns and cities has
excited Jesse Diford OF Garrison. Neb..
to make an objection to present laws on
game shooting Diford asks spring shoot
ing, but he also suggests that othe. re-
s,rictions be applied to the shooting OF
ducks and geese. He says. in part;
I'm regard TO the game laws on ducks
and geese. I've a few remarks. I am
not conceited enough 20 think know as
much as some OF the men that made those
laws. But 1 would bet farm know
more of the circumstances and the in
justice OF those rulings than they do.
What is the use OF protecting the birds
in the spring and then let bunch of
ring-tailed sports slaughter them in the
fall7 Did you ever live on a farm? Come
out. l wish some OF the fellows that
think so much OF that law would spend
the open season on the farm. There would
DO a howl you could hear clear to WASH
lngton. You never see a duck in the
country In the fall, unless It is close to
a river.
October and November. is the busiest
time OF the year on a farm the world
over. So n you can tell me how that law
benefits anyone, but the club house sports.
will treat. that's all. Do you suppose
II the farmers were let alone they would
ever exterminate the wild game? should
say not. March Is the only time they
have leisure to hunt ducks and geese,
and II man on an average gets two
ducks every day he hunts he Is the
luckiest guy i'm the country. The game
wasn't made alone for the country poo
ple-no. but they should have a square
DEAL and they are not getting It. Who
IL tho cause OF this stringent law? II
you are not prejudiced you VIII own that
the pot-hunter from the towns and cities
IL the whole and only reason. And no
wonder they think this law is a good
one. For II there are no ducks to speak
OF killed In the spring II makes a better
slaughter for them In the fall. ana young
birds at that. l win get around to what
am after pretty soon. Sure. II was a
good law that prohibited selling wfid
game But tell me why. This law allows
the killing of twenty-five birds 70 one
man In day. Now. there IS where thew
fall down. No one family can use more
than three or four. and II has to be a
large one at that. have known a bunch
OF three fellows to have killed more than
gu ducks In one week. Now you see
where the game IL going. Why ali this
useless slaughter These men that are
making these laws had better probe
little deeper. There was a law passed
prohibiting SEEMING. which was well and
good. but they were about four years be-
hind time with that. What is the use to
lock the barn when the last horse Is gone.
Now. here Il the point,
why don't they pass one? Make IL
penalty to own or use decoys and allow
twenty days shooting in the spring ana
the present open season IN the fall. II
the use OF decoys are allowed win ven
ture to say inside the next fifteen or
twenty years Wild geese will be a cuff
osity In this state. Look at the bountifm
supply OF geese We had ten years i, ago.
Where are we now7 And l win bet inside
the next ten years deooys will be a thing
long since done away with. j could write
volume on this subject dearly love
to hunt. but have never shot over a az
coy In my Hfe." JESSE DiFoRD
Garrison, Neb.