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ing but for the use it may serve as interest points in 

 an outlook. And it is a regrettable fact that the pursuit 

 of game for sport has in many places reduced the pres- 

 ence of living game to a point where it no longer can be 

 counted as an asset of any magnitude, economically, from 

 a sport standpoint or in recreational value. 



This is not in any sense an outburst against hunting in 

 a general sense. No better fun can be had than a good 

 clean hunting trip. There are still places where good 

 hunting may be found and should be allowed with proper 

 restrictions. The purpose of this is rather to call atten- 

 tion to a fact that has perhaps not been universally recog- 



PHOTOGRAFH OF A CONY TAKEN BY GUARD HUPP NEAR 

 TWIN SISTERS LOOKOUT STATION, ON THE NORTH PEAK OF 

 TWIN SISTERS MOUNTAIN 



nized. Game living has a direct landscape value and as 

 such is a part of the recreation resource of the Forests. 

 A live buck seen a dozen times a season by a score or 

 more of people has a greater total value in the nation 

 than a mounted head with dead eyes staring over a 

 den full of skins, weapons and other mounted heads. 

 Especially is this true in areas that are now more de- 

 pleted of game than others for these are the areas that 

 have been more used by man in the past and will be 

 more used in the future for recreation. 



All encouragement should be given to rational preser- 

 vation and propagation of game animals in forest re- 

 gions. The transplanting of large game from one for- 

 est to another where it formerly was plentiful but since 

 has been killed out is worthy of universal commendation 

 and the work done by the Forest Service in this field 

 merits good support. The establishment of National 





BIG GAME OF THE LONG AGO. THIS SHOWS A BUFFALO COW 

 AND HER CALF, ONE DAY OLD, ON THE WICHITA NATIONAL 

 FOREST IN OKLAHOMA 



and State game preserves in those sections where game 

 naturally propagates should be pushed more rapidly but 

 only after a really thorough study of location of such 

 areas is made. Too often local politics play no small 

 part in the establishment of such a preserve. The service 

 of the National Parks as game sanctuaries is of the 

 finest sort and there truly one may see unafraid wild 

 things. True sportsmen will welcome the work that will 

 preserve species from extinction and will again stock 

 the ranges where formerly game was plentiful. It is 



THIS CAMP ROBBER IS MAKING HIMSELF THOROUGHLY AT 

 HOME ON THE PREMISES. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, 

 WYOMING 



