El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-24
Frank G. Carpenter
Copyright. 1915. by Frank
G. Carpenter.)

The open season varies in different
parts of the country North OF lati-
tude 50 brown bear may be killed at
any time. and moose. caribou. sheep
and sea lions from August 1 TO Deem
her 10. Walrus may be killed from
Nay 10 to July !, and grouse. ptarmi-
gan and other birds from September !
20 March l.
Two Moose Year Is Limit.
It is unlawful for any person. in any
one year, to kill more than two moose.
one walTus or sea lion, three caribou
three mountain sheep. three brown bear
or eight deer: and he must not have
IN his possession on any one day more
than . grouse or ptarmigan.
On the kenai peninsula. the region
that the railway will first open, il IS
now necessary TO have q licensed guide,
and II viii cost from s. to so a day
for the time he is employed. The
guides may be either white men or
Indians; they are appointed by the
governor. and their names are pub
lished- They are subject to the COVER
nor and TO the game Wardens who
watch to see that the laws are kept
The penalty for infringement or the
hunting regulations Is fine Of 5000
or imprisonment for rot more than
three months. or both
Plan to Preserve Game.
The stringent hunting regulations
are necessary to the preservatiOE OF
the game Of Alaska. and already che
killing of certain animals in certain
territories from time to time. It is
now prohibited to shoot moose in
southeastern Alaska. and il was only
lately that the restriction on caribou
in the Renal peninsula was abolished.
This is so Notwithstanding the caribou
parts of Alaska are almost - numerous
IS were the buffalo on our western
II is estimated that there are stiu
several millions of these animals on the
barren lands Of the far north. They
live there in the summer and go south
ward in great herds for the winter
Two or three years ago 4 drove OF
80 coo came within a mile Of Dawson
and fed there on the hills Men went
out to see them in au tOmObilcs and
great numbers We're killed. The ami
mails did not seem to he afraid OF man.
and even the automobiles did not create
q stampede.
About - miles from Fairbanks is a
hill known as POrcupine Dome, where.
al the hunters say. the caribou of that
region come together to start south ~
companies. They move in droves OF
thousands and make their way TO the
headwaters OF the rivers. They stay
south during the winter. and along IN
February and March begin to stray
gle back in bands of 100 or 50.
Natures Cold Storage.
Caribou are still seen as far south
as the Lynn canal over 1000 miles
from their summer home in the far
north In 1915 a drove of more than
10000 passed south. crossing the Klon-
dixie valley about - miles from Daw-
son. and SOC were killed for the win
ter food supply Of that city The car
casses Were dressed and left out in
the air They froze within a short
time, and the natural cold storage con-
ditiOns We're such that they We're kept
until used.
During my stay in Dawson 7 had a
talk with commissi Toner Black. the gov
ernor Of the territory. who. like NimrOd
is "A mighty hunter. He described
caribou herd which he saw on a recent
trip up the Sixty Mile river lie says
that the narrow valley and high noun
tains on either side swarmed with the