(The Boone and Crockett Club 

 IX. 



EXAMPLES OF LOCAL WORK. 



Besides these larger matters, which have a gen- 

 eral interest for the whole country, different mem- 

 bers of the Club, at various times and in various 

 places, have performed excellent work, whether 

 by enforcing existing laws, moulding public opin- 

 ion in one direction or another, or influencing 

 individuals to act in behalf of wise game protec- 

 tion. Two examples of such work may be cited, 

 one many years ago in Wyoming Territory, an- 

 other much more recent, in New York. 



In the year 1888, three members of the Boone 

 and Crockett Club Col. Wm. D. Pickett, Archi- 

 bald Rogers and T. Paton assisted by Otto 

 Franc, a local Justice of the Peace, undertook the 

 first enforcement in the Territory of Wyoming of 

 the laws for the protection of game. Jim Gehman 

 was appointed game constable October i, 1888, 

 and it was understood that for the district about 

 Grey Bull River the existing game laws were to be 

 enforced. 



The mere fact that a game constable had been 

 appointed caused a stampede from the region by 

 all the head, hide and meat hunters, and in this 



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