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Sornje claim that the present sixty days open season is proper 

 and others that the season should be from September 15th 

 to November 15th. Both contentions possess merit — the earlier 

 season favors the non-resident hunter and the licensed guides 

 of the state, while the present season gives an opportunity 



A Tair Hunter "E-xpectalinn." 



tu the resident hunter to hunt after the usual snow fall, the 

 latter part of November. 



On account of the heavy penalty for violations of the laws 

 concerning feathered game the trial of these cases may now 

 only be held in District Courts, ^^'ould recommend that the 

 penalty be reduced ti> jicrmit these trials in Justices Courts; 

 that is, make violation of these laws a misdemeanor instead 

 of an indictable misdemeanor as at ]")rcscnt. 



