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HUNT' 



FISHING IN MONTANA 





Antelope Neti.- Devil's Slide, Upper Yellowstone 



allowed in December should be cut off. The legislature changed the 

 law two years ago in this respect, and added fifteen days in which 

 deer may lawfully be killed, from the first to the fifteenth of Decem- 

 ber. It was a grave mistake. If the deer is not to be extinct and as 

 scarce as the antelope and the bison, the session of Montana's legisla- 

 ture now approaching must take precautionary measures. The closed 

 season should commence on the first of December. Many of the best 

 sportsmen, who are familiar with conditions in the northern part of 

 the state particularly, are advocates of a closed season extending over 

 several years, to enable the game to propagate and recover from the 

 unfortunate conditions that have been conspiring to rapidly exterminate 

 them in recent years. The legislator who will procure the enactment of 

 a bill throwing additional safeguards around the life of the deer in 

 Montana's forests will have done a splendid service for the conimon- 

 weallh." 



The American Sportinan^s Creed 



1. Never in sport endanger human life. 



2. Never kill wantonly, or needlessly, or brutally. 



3. Obey the laws of the state and nation, work for bet- 

 ter laws, and uphold the law-enforcing authorities. 



4. Respect the rights of farmers and property own- 

 ers and also their feelings. 



5. Always leave seed birds and game in covers. 



6. Never be a fish-hog. 



7. Discourage the killing of game for commercial pur- 

 poses by refusing to purchase trophies. 



8. Study and record the natural history of game species 

 in the interest of science. 



9. Love nature and its denizens and be a gentleman. 



