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as might result either in their extermination 

 or migration ; and, second, that, entirely inde- 

 pendent of whether deer were increasing or 

 diminishing in numbers, they should be pro- 

 tected from cruel or unsportsmanlike methods 

 of killing. That jacking is cruel and unsports- 

 manlike few would deny, and that killing deer 

 in deep water would hasten their extermination 

 is the firm belief of many who are well quali- 

 fied to form an accurate judgment. For these 

 reasons, both in the interest of sport, and for 

 the better protection of the deer, the most 

 earnest efforts were made in the years 1895, 

 1896, and 1897 to secure the enactment of 

 laws prohibiting jacking and hounding. Dur- 

 ing this time I was a member of the Legisla- 

 ture, so that, in telling of what was attempted, 

 and what was accomplished, I can say, in the 

 words of the narrator of another story : 



. . . quceque ipse . . . vidi 

 et quorum pars . . . fui. 



When the session of 1895 opened, the gen- 

 eral law permitted the killing of deer from the 

 1 5th of August to the ist of November; 

 hounding was permitted from September loth 

 to October loth, and there was no prohibition 

 against jacking. Special laws regulated deer 



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