Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-20
HUNTERS MUST
HELP PRESERVE
CAME REFUGES
If Refugees Not TreSpasSed
Upon and Are Kept Clean
of Predatory Animals Will
Build Up Game Supply

Game refugees have built up the
deer and turkey supply Of Penn
sylvania from a condition Of prac-
teal determination to a condition
Of abundance. Nearly 10000 head
Of big game is now killed annually
in Pennsylvania without injuring
the breeding stock.
Game refugees will likewise build
ND the deer and turkey supply OF
New Mexico, il not trespassed upon
by hunters and IL kept clean Of
predatory animals.
The area OF mountain lands In
New Mexico is so huge that the
state can never hope to prevent
trespass on game refugees solely by
policing them with deputy wardens
The policing must be done by ell
! lightened sportsmen and ranchmer
or not at all. Gt'ne wardens can
only help by backing up this volun'
! tary policing with the necessary
legal prosecution.
Accordingly, the success of the
game refuge program is largely in
/ the hands of the sportsmen them
Z NtlNtS' tiS opN' AOlll'Al must vi
| force them or else face either
closed season or the determination
Of big game. '"The gods help those
who help themselves"
The state game commissions In
creating refugees have not in any
case taken in all hunting grounds.
They have been very careful to
leave plenty of open space where
! there is good hunting. This is
proven face, recognized by all older
/ hunters, although many others
| hold the erroneous opinion that all
good hunting ground has been shut
off in the refugees,
There need be no mistaking Of
/ the refugees by hunters. rs all ref
uges are well posted with metal
signs which may be seen and rec
| ognized from a good distance.
/ However, hunters who may desire
! to obtain detailed information con-
cerning the refugees should address
/ the state game warden. Maps will
be furnished upon such applica-
tion. detailed maps having been
specially made for this purpose,
Harry Johnsons sporting goods
house also has detailed information
on the subject.
| Game refugees are no longer
! matter OF theory. 1t Is n proven
fact that they serve to restore game
| in depleted sections. It has been
demonstrated repeatedly that game
soon learns the boundary Of pro-
tected areas and flees for that area
on a direct line when pursued.
Accordingly, a game refuge acts
as an automatic reservoir. which
insures against the determination
of breeding stock and results in a
constant overflow of natural in
crease onto the surrounding areas.
Where the refugees are enforced
they are a more perfect device
for replenishmS game than a
| totally closed season. This is FOR
the reason that the game is not al
lowed to grow tame where the
refuge system is used. while when
the omen season is enforced for anv
considerable period the game does
| become tame and is. consequently.
slaughtered in large numbers with
the reopening, Another reason is
that under the closed season plan
the states income from game IL
censes, which is necessary for the
enforcement of law. is stopped.
Moreover, when game refugees
once get into operation they are
permanently productive cure in.
stead Of temporary remedy. An
other point is that there is always
difficult problem to be handled
in the question Of control when the
open season follows a closed sea
/ son.
The game refuge ects as an auto
/ matte preventative for a shortage
of bucks. The buck is a polygamus
animal and only one buck is re-
| quired in the breeding of five does.
In the game refuge the older and
stronger bucks drive other bucks
out Of the refuge and on to the
/ surrounding country.
This omen area is where the
other bucks naturally belong Not
only are they pushed out On to the
! hunting area but they are also
forced i"to the area where the
| barren does are to be found.