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These are specifie, aiitlieiitieated fads, whieli could he i-epeated liy 

 every man who has his eyes open. It i-cally is not surprising that the 

 attitudi^ of mind expressed l)y tlic^ following exists. "Why shouldn't I 

 have a deer," the settler says, "which will he eaten anyway hy the 

 coyotes; especially when 1 have killed one or more coyotes niy.self." 

 Or. as the trapper would say, "Why can't I get a deer, or three or four, 

 during a year! Even if I kill only one panther or trap only six coyotes. 

 I have done more to protect and to incrc^ase the deer than any other 

 person or organization has done." 



Two important factors in the reduction of a game species are preda- 

 tory animals and the hunter. We attempt to compensate for loss by 

 the second factor hy closing the season for a period of years to allow 

 recuperation. Why could not similar results be obtained by reducing 

 the toll taken by predatory animals ' Although it is true that a cer- 

 tain balance is established between a species of game and its enemies 

 Avhen left to nature alone, it has been frequently demonstrated that man 

 can alter such a lialance very much to the advantage of the species that 

 lias ])een preyed upon. 



Residents of Trinity County are agreed that by far the most pressing 

 need in efficient game protection lies in the control of predatory ani nulls. 

 The liberal bounty on the mountain lion has eliminated this animal as 

 a serious menace, but the coyote still remains abundant enough to be 

 an important factor in conservation. An increase in deer, (|uail and 

 grouse can best be effected hy a vigorous campaign against the coyote 

 and other predatory animals ])reying upon them. 



