El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-18
GIVE SUPPORT TO THE Y.MCA
ENFORCE THE TEXAS GAME LAWS

F7TrF the pendng bill in the Texas legislature max
Nv ing it unlawful to kill doves except from Dec 70
Feb /, may not be the most favorable season for
the shooters there need IN Texas for shorter season
dove-and need for the enforcement OF the law when
it is adopted.
If MIGHT be advisable to have the season earlier in the
year-say August to October sO-but this Is long
enough to permit the shooting Of doves Other states have
short seasons for these birds and Texas should follow suit
hunters expect TO enjoy the sport Of shooting muen
longer.
fact that Texas pays less attention to the pro
lection Of its game than almost any state IN the unonano
has game few years ago, Texas was the paradise
for the hunter Today it affords very little sport because
the game hog has shot It clean Of game
New Mexico, which protects its game birds and animals
by protection is not only the passage Of laws
TO protect thems but the enforcement OF the laWsna II
Pasoans BY the hundred 60 there 10 do their shooting De
cause through failure to enforce the Texas laws there IS
little game be had Texas Better have season OF two
months and have doves to shoot It each year than
have long open and nothing to shoot after
Even if the doves are migratory their ruthless slaughter
in Texas for several months reduces the supply that viii 60
south to the next and eventually aids II
their determination When other states have short seasons
on doves, why should Texas have long one?
Regardless Of the outcome Of the proposed change in the
dove shooting season, E. Paso sporsmen should organize
and that the laws enforced game warden should
be secured who VIII prosecute necessary the sportsen
seves should act game wardens and see that prose
cutions are made Of law violatOrs.
It vel known fact that the game laws OF texas are
openly violated every season. almost every month"; business
men and even public oficeho1ers-some Of them charged
with the enforcement OF the lago out and KIN guam
before the opens and they do not even stop at killing
the legal limit Of 20 day, but slaughter them for their
friends and acquaintance Deer killed out Of season.
does are killed out Of season. against the law and
ruthless disregard is shOV for the game Of tie state
Protection Of some sort is needed We have laws, but
they are not enforced as practically every hunter in Fl Paso
knows. and as most of the officers know.
Fl Paoans don't obey the federal law which makes
penalty to shoot ducks after sunset. Up IN New Mexico
where Ted Rouaut has put the fear Of the law into vo
laors the law IS obeyed very Vigorously Practically the
only law violations the southern part Of New Mexico
last year by FL Pasoans who killed more than the
allotted number Of wild turkeys per day, shot ducks after
dark by automobile light and killed more than the lega
limit Of birds frequently
It is q shame that there many hunters and so
few sporsmen The real sporsmen in FL Paso owe 10
Themselves if they wish to enjoy the sport much longer TO
see that the hunters obey the law, whether they wear
judicial robe pocemans badge are merely private
citizens