30 OUR BIG GAME 



it is necessary to take up the animals in the winter and 

 feed them they lose in interest as objects of pursuit. 

 Bear, as well as deer, soon become tame, and first-rate 

 men do not desire tame game. Since the growth of 

 game preserving in America is now rapid, there are 

 many men familiar with the care of game, and all pre- 

 serves must of course have many game-keepers. 



There are some fine game-preserves in Canada, 

 which is the home of the moose, and Canada has be- 

 sides a large Rocky Mountain park. There, as in the 

 United States, the people are being educated to be- 

 lieve in the protection of game animals, and to realize 

 that parks and preserves and the punishment of poach- 

 ers are necessary for the salvation of the game. Game 

 animals have survived for centuries in the densely 

 populated countries of the old world. It is safe to say 

 they will survive in America now that we have game 

 clubs, parks and preserves. 



And here I wish to urge upon the sportsmen who 

 can afford it the establishment of more big game pre- 

 serves, especially in the West. The Virginia deer 

 and the moose are, I believe, safe from extermination, 

 at least in the Eastern game parks, and under the 

 good laws which are now enforced these animals will 

 survive for many years in the open forests, which are, 

 as I have observed, in many places benefited by the 

 overflow from the game preserves. 



There is immediate need for more protection in the 

 West. Naturalists, sportsmen and the camera hunters 

 are all agreed that the antelope, the elk, the mule-deer 

 and the other Western animals are in danger of ex- 

 termination. 



