American Big Game in its Haunts 



November i, puts no limit on the number to be 

 killed, while in Nevada there appears to be no 

 protection for the species. 



If these protective laws were enforced, sheep 

 would increase, and once more become delightful 

 objects of the landscape, as they have in portions 

 of Colorado and in the National Park, where, as 

 already stated, they are so tame during certain 

 seasons of the year that they will hardly get out of 

 the way. On the other hand, in many localities 

 covered by excellent laws, there are no means of 

 enforcing them. Montana, which perhaps has as 

 many sheep as any State in the Union, does not, 

 and perhaps cannot, enforce her law, the sheep liv- 

 ing in sections distant from the localities where 

 game wardens are found, and so difficult to watch. 

 In some cases where forest rangers are appointed 

 game wardens, they are without funds for the trans- 

 portation of themselves and prisoners over the one 

 hundred or two hundred miles between the place of 

 arrest and the nearest Justice of the Peace, and 

 cannot themselves be expected to pay these ex- 

 penses. In the summer of 1903 sheep were killed 

 in violation of law in the mountains of Montana, 

 and also in the bad lands of the Missouri River. 



On the other hand, in Colorado there are many 

 places where the law protecting the sheep is abso- 



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