176 © ABOUT THE GAME LAWS, ETC, 
which the following extract is taken, and to which the 
friends of game protection in North Dakota would be 
glad to see such recommendations formulated into laws 
in their State. Of course the squirrel is not much in evi- 
dence in North Dakota, but the red variety is to be 
found in the Turtle Mountains and on Mouse River. 
In his interview with the reporter, Warden Fullerton 
said: 
‘«Minnesota should have a law protecting rabbits and 
squirrels during a portion of the year—from February 
1, to September 1. The passage of such a law will 
mean the greater safety to all kinds of game. 
‘‘Game is being slaughtered today in endless quanti- 
ties, and much of it by people who go* out under the 
guise of rabbit and squirrel hunting done during the 
early winter, but after the first of the yearit is too often 
the case that would be rabbit hunters turn to poachers. 
‘*In the early months of the year, the game which 
we are endeavoring to protect is literally at the mercy of 
unscrupulous hunters. A covy of quail found huddling 
in the lee of a hedge or a tree are often shot as they sit 
there, and the hunter never admits that he has secured 
anything but a few rabbits or squirrels. Birds of all 
kinds which make their winter home in the northern 
woods, and the larger game which we pay wardens to 
protect, are slaughtered in great quantities in this way. 
‘‘A law placing a ‘close season’ on squirrel and rab- 
bits, after January 15 or February 1, would work no 
hardship to anyone and would deprive the poachers of 
the excuse which they now have for going into the woods 
at all seasons with a gun. Boys are among the worst 
offenders as they shoot at everything in sight.” 
