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$100 per mouth (the man furnishing his own subsistence and horse 

 feed). 



The extermination of predatory animals should fall largely to the 

 patrolman who could kill such animals as coyotes during the summer 

 and trap or poison them during the winter. Probably $25 a year would 

 cover the cost of traps, ammunition, poison, bait, etc., used in this 



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Fig. 25. 



Canon Creek Falls, Trinity County, typical of Trinity County 

 mountain scenery. 



work. A patrolman can do more to increase the deer by destroying 

 predatory animals, especially coyotes, than in any other activity, not 

 excepting u.ulawful killing of deer. 



Winter feeding is sometimes necessary and would cost from $25 to 

 $50, as we can assume that under this protection the game would 

 increase and require more feed during periods of stress. The proper 



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