The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-20


 -- i-- --------------- all of the islands and some DOT tions of the main land of SoutheasJ Alaska north from about the Seth parallel of north latitude, the is- lands Of Prince William Sound and portions Of the mainland adjacent to the coast, Kenai Peninsula and environS, the K q k-Afognak group, and the Alaska Peninsula and some of the islands Of the Aleutian chain.
 Nowhere in it can non-reslden s hunt without the proper license, and only in the open season be- tween September 1st and June 20.h The bag limit of three animals, established many years ago, has been reduced to two, and this aP- plies alike to resident and non resident except that the former may kill in certain areas where persons or property are the object of molestation or attack, withouy regard for the bag limit. Further more, it. is illegal 10 sell any par. of the bear; so market huntlne, games worst enemy, is eliminated.
 Now mark the area in which residents may kill bears at any time under the conditions specified in the regulations This does not mean that residents may do unlimited hunting in those areas any moro than non-residents can. This are2 includes Admiralty, Baranof, Chi chagof and some smaller islands and portions of the Southeast Alas ka mainland; Kenai Peninsula; a limited portion of the Prince Will liam Sound mainland, Kodiak and Afognak Islands.
 Open Season Area
 Next, circle the areas in which no hunting is permitted, eXcepJ during the open season. This em- braces the Gulf of Alaska main land, Glacier Bay to Alsek River and Yakutat Bay to Boring River; the drainage of the west shore ol Cook Inlet region; the Alaska Pen Insula and Alcutian Islands, and the following islands: Shuyak in the Kodiak Group; Hawkins, Hinchin- brock and Montague in Prince Will liam Sound and Krukof and var tofshikof Islands in Southeast Alas ka.
 Tn this area there are approXl- mately 50,000 square miles of land. Tn other words, here, adjacent to the Alaska coast line or in Terri torial waters, is vast tract oI land, larger than a majority oT the individual states of the Union, in which every measure of protec- ton asked for by conssrVationlstS is extended to the brown bear. It cannot be said this is not bear country. Sportsmen from all over the world who have hunted in Alaska will attest it is real brown bear country. True, it is somewhat more inaccessible than other areas, but that fact merely adds to the effectiveness of protection n q strengthens the assurance that ex- tinction is not in sight, and abso- lutely impossible under the circum- stances.
 Other Bears Larger
 .It has been said that the bears on Kodiak Island are particularly worthy of preservation, owing to the immense size they attain. Glance again at the map of Alas ka. Directly across Shelikof Strait from Kodiak lies the Alaska Penin- sula. It is matter of record that the bears there are larger than even the giants of Kodiak.
 Owing to the lack of regular ocean steamship lines, this area is less accessible, and the cost of put ting an expedition into the field is consequently greater. But it is the finest of the brown-bear rang es. It does not lend itself readily to tenderfoot efforts, but for ex-