The Elk, Like the Mormon, Wants for himself, at least a 

 Dozen Wives. 



"It is not easy work that faces the elk hunter in Manitoba. 

 The law prescribes that only bulls shall be killed and further- 

 more that hunting shall be done only in December. At that 

 season of the year the elk cows and calves have gathered 

 into herds and one may get glimpses of large numbers of 

 them through openings in the forest. This is not so with 

 the bulls. He of the spreading antlers has forgotten the fierce 

 fights of early autumn when he battled with other suitors for 

 the possession not of a wife, but a dozen of them. By De- 

 cember he has even forsaken his wives and now seeks the 

 most secluded place where, all alone, he may feed and rest 

 and elude the hunter until the great antlers drop off. After 

 shedding his antlers which event usually occurs around 

 Christmas time, he again joins the herds and helps to fight 

 off the wolves until spring. 



Rough Country of the Iron Ranges Ideal For Nation's Big 

 Game. 



"From what I have seen of the elks' range in Manitoba and 

 elsewhere, I am firmly convinced that this splendid game 

 animal can easily be re-introduced to certain parts of Minne- 

 sota. We have much territory just as suitable so far as food 

 and shelter are concerned, just as secure from settlement 

 because entirely unsuited for settlement; just as capable of 

 being protected from the poacher because already included in 

 a state game preserve and patroled by game wardens and' 

 federal and state forest rangers. I refer to that rough coun- 

 try north and east of the Iron Ranges. 



"Uncle Sam did a wise thing when he established the 

 Superior National Forest and the legislature of Minnesota 

 enacted one of the best pieces of legislation on the statute 

 books when it included that forest, with other territory, in 

 'The Superior Game Preserve.' That splendid preserve is 

 going to mean the perpetuation of moose and caribou and 

 deer to provide good hunting year after year in all the sur- 

 rounding country. Why should it not mean the perpetuation 

 of the elk also? Let us keep at it until means are provided 

 for stocking the Superior Game Preserve with a few carloads 

 of Cervus Canadensis. It is time for the elk to return." 



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