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game should immediately enact a law prohibiting the 
killing of any female hoofed animal, under any and all 
circumstances, and also prohibiting the killing of any 
hoofed animal less than one year old. 
“3. Throughout every state and territory now in- 
habited by them, the killing of antelope, mountain 
sheep and mountain goats should be absolutely pro- 
hibited for ten years; and the possession of a fresh 
skin or head should be regarded as prima facie evi- 
dence of violation of law. . 
“4. Henceforth every person visiting the Western 
regions in quest of large game should regard it as his 
duty to codperate with state and territorial authorities 
in the observance and enforcement of the game laws, to 
kill sparingly at all times, and under no circumstances 
to shoot female or yearling animals. 
“5. No guide should conduct a hunting party in 
quest of game unless each member of it pledged him- 
self to observe the rules of moderation in shooting that 
now are morally binding upon all. 
“6. In view of the alarming decrease of our large 
game animals, it is time for the adoption throughout 
the United States of an unwritten law that any man 
who kills a female hoofed animal is not to be considered 
a true and honorable sportsman. 
“7. Every state and territory containing large game 
should collect a license fee on each gun carried or used 
in hunting; and all funds derived from this source and 
from fines should be used in payment of the salaries of 
game wardens. 
