REPORT OF THE IMSIf AND GAME COMMISSION. 



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REPORT OF THE SACRAMENTO DIS I'RICT. 



TJie Honorable Board of I'^ish (iiul dame Commissioners of the State 

 of California. 



SiKS: We siihiiiit herewith ;i lirief feport of Ihc \V()fl< imd ;i('('Oiiii>lish- 

 iiients of the Northern or Saerjuiieiito Distriet whicli has supervision 

 over a land area of anproxiinate].\- :5!),1()7 so.iiare miles, or only i;}78 

 s(|uare miles less than the area of the combined states of Massachusetts, 

 Delaware, New Jersey. Vermont and Maine. Fifteen of the state's 

 deputies work out dl' this office. 



As much of the I)est shooting jjrounds for waterfowl ;nid the i)est 

 (leer counti'\' is found williiii this district, tlir cii rdrccinciit of l;iw 

 occupies an iiii|M)i1;int place in oui- duties. 



MARKET HUNTING STOPPED, 

 ^larket hunting in the Sacramento Valley has been reduced to a 

 mininiuiii. No doubt there is some traffic in ducks and other game, and 

 while there is game, always will be more or less. Several convictions in 

 the Federal Court for violations of the INIigratory Bird Treaty Act broke 

 the back of the "Colusa ground sluicers" with their double automatics. 

 These guns carry ten loads that can be shot in six seconds. It is the 



l-iu. :;;;. Jjuiks CUU in ;iU) conlisLittL'd Irmn two maikot luiiUir.s near i 'oliisa, 

 Colusa County, in 1919. Market hunting in California is now u thing of the past. 



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