Bisbee daily review., 1919-08-03
DECLARES OPEN SEASON ON ELK
 IN THIS STATE

Establishing precedent which is bound to attract the attention of sportsmen throughout the country. Joe V. Prochaska, state game war. den, has announced a limited open season for elk hunting from October 17-31. inclusive
 The dates will be haled as a red. letter event in the annals of snort. dom, and incidentally will call the attention of the world to the fact that Arizona is a big game country as we'll as several other things.
 Arrangements for opening the elk season were formulated at a con- ference held early in the summer between state and federal game of ficials and representatives of the fed eral forest service The full details however, which have taken many weeks to formulate are here an, nounced for the first time.
 In SitgreaVes Forest
 The elk in question are to be hunted in the Sitgreaves national forest in the northern portion of the state. A certain portion of the for est, embracing some seven town townships, have been set aside as a perpetual elks' sanctuary, and no hunting will be permitted in this spe- cial preserve.
 Only 100 special permits will be issued to hunters of elk, outside the sanctuary. Applications for such permits must be filed at the office of the state game warden, capitol building, Phoenix, not later than September II. The license fee will be $10 for residents of Arizona and S2O for non-residents. Fifty pe1 cent of the amount of the fee must accompany the application.
 In the event there are more than 100 applicants for pefmits, a lottery will be held in the office of the game warden on Friday, September 12 The first 100 names of applicants drawn will be entitled to permits on payment of the balance of the fee To those who fail to draw, the mi tial payment, on fee will be returned
 All permittees will be supplied with a contour map of the Sitgreaves national forest, showing the general location of the elk, the boundaries of the sanctuary, trails, waterways, etc, together with rules and regulations governing the hunt
 One Male to Each Hunter
 Each holder of a license will be permitted to slay but one male an- imal, the object being to reduce the present herd of $50 to 25O by the taking of 100 males, which are con- sidered surplus. Attention is called to the fact, however, that there isl good deer hunting in the same sec, tion and that turkeys are abundant, so there are good chances to bag these consolation prizes for those who are not successful in bringing down one of the "big boys"
 The object of the coming open season is three fold:
 1-To reduce the number of sur plus males.
 2-To confine the roaming of these animals to the prescribed ter ritory, and
 3-To provide the sportsmen of the state and nation with a kings sport.
 The present herd which numbers better than $50, according to esti. | mates, represent the original S1 an imals which were shipped in in 1911 and their increase The elk were shipped from the Yellowstone na- tional park, through the active coop eration of the Elks' lodge of Arizona. |
 Complaints of Damage
 For some time past complaints | have been coming into the game warden's office that the elk were | creating considerable damage among mountain farms. Headed by two or thre males, the bands would become | quite bold. In some instances they | have destroyed crops and in other instances they have raided hay stacks, destroying in the aggregate hundreds of dollars worth of feed.
 It was this situation which re. suited in a conference which led to the decision that an open season should be declared. Elk lodges