CHAPTER III 



THE GAME LAWS OF ALASKA 



The following remarks are chiefly extracts from letters of 

 mine which appeared in the Field in December 1903 and 

 January 1904, relating* to the above subject. During the 

 fall of 1903 there were no less than five Englishmen, 

 including the writer and others, who were shooting in 

 Western Alaska. Since it appears probable that others of 

 our countrymen may be inclined to visit that country ere 

 long, I take this opportunity of making the following remarks 

 for the benefit of those who may intend to do so. As the 

 law at present stands, no licence to kill game is required, 

 nor is any payment necessary to obtain permits. Permits 

 to export trophies from Alaska must be obtained. The 

 proper mode of procedure is to apply direct to the Secretary, 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. The applicant 

 should state the number of each kind of big game required, 

 not exceeding the number allowed by the game laws of 

 Alaska. 



During a recent conversation with Dr. T. S. Palmer, the 

 assistant chief of the Biological Survey Office at Washington, 

 who is in charge of the Game Preservation Department, I 

 was informed that there seemed to be a somewhat confused 



idea in the minds of English sportsmen as to the correct 



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