CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 



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This engine will be installed during the 

 month of January. Mr. H. B. Nidever 

 has superintended the work of construc- 

 tion and has seen to it that the boat 

 meets the requirements in every respect. 



BOUNTIES. 



Some interesting bounty figures from 

 the State of Wisconsin convincingly 

 prove the ineffective and wasteful system 

 instituted in many states to reduce pred- 

 atory animals. Did Wisconsin get its 



We very much doubt whether the sav- 

 ing was anywhere near commensurable 

 with the amount paid, aud yet not a ses- 

 sion of the legislatui'e goes by but a 

 bounty system is proposed for our own 

 state. 



ATTENTION, TRAPPERS! 



In order to give proper protection to 

 fur-bearing mammals before it is too late, 

 a trappers' license law was passed by the 

 last legislature. It is now necessary for 



Fie. 



Joint exhibit of the United States Forest Service and the California Fish and Game 

 Commission at the State Fair, 1917. Courtesy U. S. Forest Service. 



money's worth between 1906 and 191G by 

 paying the following amounts in bounties 

 on wolves, lynx and wildcats? Nor do 

 these figures give evidence of the fraud 

 which invariably accompanies the bounty 

 system. 



inor, .$r>i,522 



1907 .51,068 



1908 49.248 



1909 47.706 



1910 40,428 



1911 -_- 35,934 



1912 3.5,.506 



1913 38,126 



1914 42,928 



1915 42,764 



1916 39.198 



Total .$480,428 



all trappers over eighteen years of age 

 "who trap for profit" to obtain a trap- 

 per's license (citizen, $1.00; alien, 

 $2.00). Those under eighteen years are 

 required to obtain a license, although no 

 fee is charged. Each licensed trapper is 

 required to report his catch before July 

 1 of each year. 



The more notable provisions of the law 

 are as follows: 



Open season for black or brown bear, 

 ring-tail cat, coon, pine marten, fisher, 

 wolverine, mink, skunk, river otter, and 

 fox November 1 to March 1. 



No open season for beaver or sea otter. 



It is unlawful to use poisons in taking 



