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There is no use "kidding" ourselves about the matter, we have 

 reached the point where our supply of fish and game is on the down- 

 ward trend, and it is us to us to do something. But, you ask, what 

 can we do about it? The automobile and the desire to take fish and 

 game are here to stay. They are a part and parcel of our every- 

 day life. There is only one thing we can do, and that is to meet the 

 situation face to face, as an existing and continuing fact, and produce 

 more fish and more game to supply this increasing demand. 



Therefore, to those of us who are interested in this question, the 

 problem of the hour is how to produce more fish and game to satisfy 

 the increasing demand for it. I have heard some of the old-time fish 

 and game hogs of the state say, "The fish and game are gone and 

 can't be brought back". True, they are gone; gone to an extent largely 

 because of their unwise activities in the past, and perhaps they can- 

 not be brought back to the point where these butchers can again 

 slaughter it as they have. But I do not share their belief that we 

 cannot always have, in this wonderful state, sufficient fish and game to 

 satisfy any reasonable sportsman. 



Of course, I will admit, the matter of keeping this state stocked 

 with fish and game, is a man-sized job, and one which will permit 

 no lagging, but to me the future looks encouraging. 



One of the reasons why I feel so hopeful, is the expression of in- 

 terest, the desire to co-cperate so manifest on the part of the sports- 

 men, themselves. Everj where sportsmen are organizing clubs, many 



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