Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-10-08
Yours very truly,

f. LEE LECOMPTE,
State Game Warden.
Broken game laws mean less game and
less sport for the hunter, and less business
for the sporting goods people connected
with the industry. Every person has a
personal influence. which counts in his
community, and can preserve great ma
jority of the game for the future genera
tons by helping to prevent violations.
This can be done by requesting the pub
lie of your community to not only OBJ
serve the game laws, but working in CO.
operation with the State Game Depart
ment for the upbuilding of the natural
resources of this State.
If game of any kind is plentiful in your
locality try and keep it so by insisting
that all hunters thoroughly observe the
game laws of our State. Had there been
a bag limit and same had been observed in
years past. there would be to-day an abund-
ance of birds and game animals in every
locality in this State. In fact, it is not
too late now to save enough game this
season to assure the sportsmen ample
shooting for another season by observing
the bag limit and leave brooders in our
covers to propagate during the season of
1921. 1t is fatal mistake for any person
who hunts to try and kill the last bird in
bevy or th<es piece of game they can
find. After a bevy of quailis shot down to
from to birds, they should not be inter
rupted any more during the hunting sea
son, but left alone as brooders to pro pa
gate for next season. AS time and expe-
rience have proven that unless we have
production during the breeding season, we
will not have good hunting during the
open season on game, and to get prOduc-
ton the spOrtsmen. landowners ami Others
must unite and work in cooperation with
their locality get the proper amount of
protection and food during the time they
need it the most. which is not only dur
ing the the breeding season, but also dur
ing the winter season when food is scarce,
especially when tre earth is covered with
snow and sleet and food is unavailable
for birds and game.
Reports from throughout the State are
to the effect that game OF all species is
plentiful in our covers this season, and the
sportsmen should be afforded excellent
hunting. This department has used every
means and every effort to increase the
game supply in this State, and from re-
ports our efforts have not been entirely in
vain, however, to further increase the sup
ply we must have the cooperation of the
public in the enforcement Of the game
laws.
his hunting license and arm tag (Which Il
| furnished free) now, and put the license
in your hunting coat pocket and have your
tag sewed on the left sleeve between the
elbow and shoulder. where it will be handy
in case a warden asks you to let him
see it.
When the time comes for you to start
on your hunting trip you will have enough
to think about without having to wait t.
make application for hunters license.
You will undoubtedly do some hunting
during the coming autumn, and il is not q
bad idea to secure your license now. anC
have il ready. In doing so you will greatly
relieve the CONGESTION at the Office Of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court, which occur
each year about ten days prior to tn,
opening Of the season on uplard game.