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the law prohibit the molestation of the 

 birds' nests or eggs, the can-ying of a gun 

 or other hunting gear within a mile of 

 the refuges. Any boat used in violation 

 of the law is liable to confiscation and 

 heavy penalties of fine or imprisonment 

 are provided. 



PENNSYLVANIA PUNISHES 

 VIOLATORS. 



Severe sentences are becoming the rule. 

 In the Fishing Gazette we read that 



Clyde Wilsoncroft and Roy Reynolds of 

 Drury's Run, Pennsylvania, were arrested 

 by the state police for illegal fishing. 

 Each had sixty-five trout in his posses- 

 sion. The men were given a hearing 

 before Squire Griffey, of Revono, and 

 fined $650 each, or $10 for each trout 

 caught. Not being able to pay the fine, 

 both men must serve G50 days in the 

 county jail. 



LIFE HISTORY NOTES. 



WEIGHTS OF MULE DEER. 

 Extravagant statements regarding the 

 weights of mule deer are current. Most 

 weights given are mere estimates. It is 

 worth while, therefore, to record the 

 weights of two bucks taken in the Granite 

 Mountains, Washoe County, Nevada. 

 about September 1, 1908. Careful 

 weights taken on steelyards showed 217 

 pounds and 220 pounds after the entrails 

 and feet had been removed. A dressed 

 forked horn weighed ISO pounds. — -F. 1'. 

 Cady. 



DEER CAPTURED IN LAKE TAHOE. 



On January 26, 1919, Henry Sail, th<' 

 caretaker of the Hellman resort on Lakr 

 Tahoe, discovered a doer swimming in 

 Lake Tahoe about three-quarters of a 

 mile out from land, and he immediately 

 took after it in a boat. It was in an 

 exhausted condition, and showed marks 

 of having been attacked by a coyote or 

 other animals. Mr. Sail took the deer 

 home and took special care of it, and 

 Mr. Hellman procured a permit from the 

 Fish and Game Commission to keep it. 

 After keeping the deer in captivity for a 

 week carefully chained, it was given its 

 freedom, and since then it has never 

 strayed away from the property even 

 though it has absolute freedom to roam 

 over 43 acres of ground. It has adopted 

 the house cat, seven setter dogs and one 

 Airedale dog. The deer appeared to be 

 about eight months old when captured. 

 Its mate was found later by J. E. Pomin 

 of Idlewild, near the Hellman property, 

 partly devoured by coyotes. — Joseph H. 

 Sanders. 



OREGON C/ESARIAN FAWN A MOST 

 HEALTHY LITTLE ONE. 



At Neskowin, Tillamook County, Ore- 

 gon, during (he summer of 1917 deer 

 hounds wore heard back in the mountains. 



Fig. 63. Csesarean fawn successfully reared in 

 Oregon. Photograph by Raymond 

 Walsh. 



Soon they appeared on the beach, having 

 dr^en out a doe. The weary doe made 

 for the breakers and started for the rocks, 

 then well covered with water. Later 

 when the tide receded a search was made 

 for the deer. She was found on the rock, 

 but in an effort to reach safety her front 



