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local officials and sportsmen for criticism, but not published. The present report 

 is compiled from them. 



Routes traveled appear on Map 3. 



The mechanics of field work in a given State, as finally evolved by trial and 

 error, were roughly as follows: the State capital and State university were visited 

 first, for the purpose of absorbing a general impression of the State's conditions 

 and problems from official records, libraries, officials, and faculty. This yielded 

 specifications of what to look for in the field, and a partial list of persons through- 

 out the State informed on each problem. The problems and persons were then 

 plotted on a map, a car rented, and the field travel begun. The list of persons 

 and problems to see naturally grew as the field travel progressed. After making 

 a round of the State, the capitol and the university were usually re-visited for the 

 purpose of checking up on the information gathered in the field, and for advice 

 on its interpretation. 



Cumulative tabulations, charts, and maps, as well as field notes, were used 

 to record information gathered in the field, the objective being to perceive trends 

 during, not after, the completion of field work, and to end up the field work with 

 the foundations of a report already completed. 



One of the obstacles to accurate appraisal of problems by means of such a 

 survey is its seasonal lop-sidedness. The mental picture of a game environment 

 seen in summer is likely to give too optimistic an inference as to winter condi- 

 tions. For this reason the investigator should either have personally lived in the 

 general region which he is surveying, or cover it during both seasons. 





