the game? If the settlers and homesteaders were allowed to 

 feast as liberally on venison as the wolves, but no, that 

 would be against the law. What is the penalty for a person 

 who kills a deer out of season, or more than his share in 

 season? 



Few people have any idea what a full-grown timber wolf 

 can do. He weighs almost as much as a deer. He is a great 

 powerful brute, just a bunch of bones and sinew. His ap- 

 petite is never appeased, he scoffs at other food than meat 

 and prefers venison to any other kind. And can you blame 

 him for his choice? When there is any deer to be found, Sir 

 Wolf will have his fill. 



It would not take long to do away with every wolf, if the 

 bounty were high enough. Personally, I believe the bounty 

 should be raised to from seventy-five to one hundred dollars. 

 Some may ridicule such an idea. The bounty now offered is 

 very little inducement for people to get out and hunt and 

 trap them. If the bounty were high enough to make it profit- 

 able, more people could devote their time to such hunting, 

 and consequently the timber wolves would soon be exter- 

 minated. In the long run, it would not cost as much to rid the 

 county of them as it does now. I mean the bounty should be 

 raised for the timber wolves alone, for the brush wolves that 

 inhabit the country are not very harmful to the deer. He lets 

 his cousin, the timber wolf, do the hunting for him; in other 

 words, he takes what is left. He is quite fond of rabbits and 

 other small game that he can more easily pick up. 



Some people may be able to attribute a few good deeds to 

 the timber wolf, but in my estimation their good deeds are so 

 few and far between that, personally, I can see nothing good 

 about them. I see them as a menace to any country, and sin- 

 cerely hope that all who have an interest in Minnesota, espe- 

 cially Northern Minnesota, will co-operate with me in trying 

 to have them exterminated. 



I am sure if anyone doubts my statements, to have been 

 with me on a few hikes would have been sufficient to convince 

 them of the truth of what I have written. The country I refer 

 to is not overrun with wolves, either. I believe in saving the 

 game as well as the forest." . C. E. JOHNSON. 



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