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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 



for. The camp reraaiued open until Sep- 

 tember 5. During the season 1,239 per- 

 sons registered, but this number does not 

 represent the total number accommodated. 

 Further improvements are to be made in 

 preparation for the crowds expected next 

 summer. 



and providing for a bag limit of one deer. 

 Governor Smith, in signing the bill, 

 stated that the law was In the nature of 

 an experiment and that if it proved un- 

 satisfactory it would be repealed. 



Laws of this character, contrary to 

 recommendations of those most interested 







Fig. 59. Tahoe Public Camp on the old hatchery grounds at Tahoe City. Hundreds of campers 

 availed themselves of the comforts of this free camp ground conducted by the Fish 

 and Game Commission. Photograph by George Neale. 



DEER CONSERVATION IN NEW 

 YORK. 



The state of New York is gaining some 

 valuable facts by obtaining a census of 

 the deer. The reports lead to a conclu- 

 sion that there are in round numbers 

 about 50,000 deer in that state. In 1917, 

 approximately 37,000 men hunted deer 

 and the total deer killed is estimated at 

 10,000. Records show that 5,888 Adiron- 

 dack deer hides were received for tanning 

 by different tanning companies. 



Approximately 19,000 of the total num- 

 ber of deer are bucks. With a kill of 

 10,000 about 50 per cent of the bucks are 

 killed each year. This is a toll already 

 too great if the deer supply is to be 

 maintained. 



As a result of investigations a shcter 

 season and a bag limit of one buck in- 

 stead of two was recommended, but the 

 legislature, influenced by selfish hunters, 

 passed a bill allowing the killing of "any 

 wild deer of either sex, other than fawns," 



in game conservation and contrary to the 

 best experience of other states, are likely 

 to prove costly experiments. 



MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT 

 CONSTITUTIONAL. 



The duck shooters of the country who 

 have fought federal protection for migra- 

 tory birds in an effort to defeat the law 

 so that they might continue the destruc- 

 tive practice of spring shooting of water- 

 fowl, have been decisively beaten on two 

 occasions lately in the United States Dis- 

 trict Courts. This fact is made more 

 interesting because on both occasions 

 those opposing the law felt certain they 

 would win. Their array of counsel was 

 the best they could obtain. They chose 

 their cases with due regard to decisions 

 made in the past and with all respect to 

 the local sentiment in the district where 

 the trial was held. In fact, they left no 

 stone unturned that would aid them in 

 their fight to defeat the law, and still they 



