Hunting at High Altitudes 



notably on the Alaska Peninsula. The number of 

 game and bird refuges in Alaska should be in- 

 creased, and this is a matter well worthy of the 

 attention of the Boone and Crockett Club. 



More wardens are required rather than more 

 law. Indians should be kept well in hand while 

 moose hunting, as they kill cows in preference to 

 bulls, on the ground that the meat is more tender 

 and consequently more salable. 



The present game laws operate perfectly against 

 visiting sportsmen, and apparently this is the only 

 feature that commends itself to the natives. It is 

 the same old story, the natives kill the game reck- 

 lessly and then blame the visiting sportsmen. The 

 cowboy, miner and farmer killed the game in our 

 West, and are killing it now in Alaska, ably 

 assisted by the Indian with modern rifles. 



As an example of what we may expect from a 

 local administration of the law, the annual reports 

 of the former Governor of Alaska, Walter E. 

 Clark, are edifying reading. This gentleman, who 

 is deliciously ingenuous, demands that the enforce- 

 ment of the law be turned over to the local Legis- 

 lature, which he is sure is qualified for the job. 

 When Senator Dillingham visited Alaska, some 

 years ago, and consulted the prominent citizens of 

 the various towns along the Yukon about the game 



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