Red Lake and throughout the region between Rainy Lake 

 and the Iron Range. Their territory of greatest abundance is 

 the wild country between the Iron Range and Lake Superior. 

 Within this latter district lies the Superior National Forest 

 and game preserve, where they are protected the year around, 

 and from which they may always be expected to come out 

 and replenish the surrounding country. 



Big Crop of Berries Attracting Bruin From Distant Points. 



Just as a matter of interest, it may be said that the caribou 

 are increasing in Northern Lake and Cook counties. Possi- 

 bly they are entering the state from the Canadian game pre- 

 serve just across the boundary. The band of caribou inhab- 

 iting the country north of Red Lake is gradually diminishing 

 in numbers, and may be expected to disappear within the next 

 few years. This is due not only to encroaching settlement, 

 but also to the persistent inroads upon the band made by 

 Indians and timber wolves. The very few elk remaining in 

 Minnesota are absolutely protected so far as the law is con- 

 cerned, but they probably are suffering the same fate as the 

 band of caribou just mentioned. The Superior game preserve 

 should by all means be stocked with elk, since conditions 

 there are exceedingly favorable for their existence and in- 

 crease. 



The rangers throughout Koochiching county, and Northern 

 St. Louis, Lake and Cook counties, report an unusual number 

 of bear this fall, and account for their numbers by the splen- 

 did berry crop in those districts during the past summer. It 

 is well known that the black bear is a great traveler, and 

 when he finds a good berry district he is pretty apt to stay 

 there until fall. 



Minnesota is blessed with an abundance of game. It is one 

 of the most attractive states in the Union for the sportsman. 

 Let us hunt only in a fair way, kill only a reasonable number, 

 and leave some for breeding purposes and for the other fel- 

 low. The greatest pleasure in hunting, after all, is not in 

 the killing, but in the quest and in the smoke by the camp 

 fire. 



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