NO RESULTS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE 



UNDER this head we are compelled to class nearly all 

 the shortening of close seasons and reductions of bag- 

 limits that have been enacted in the western states enum- 

 erated below. We have again and again pointed out, with 

 tiresome iteration, the hard fact that petty juggling with the 

 details of killing game that is subject to slaughter by any 

 man who can raise $1.00 for a hunting license never yet 

 saved a vanishing species, and never will. 



For the upland game birds of the states named below, the 

 heath hen died in vain. 



At this moment all species of upland game birds west of 

 the Mississippi River need a 6-year close season — if they are 

 to be saved from extinction, and put on a continuing basis. 

 If the men of today cannot be made to realize this fact, Pos- 

 terity will find it out; but too late! 



STATES THAT FAILED US. 



In Minnesota, in spite of our personal appeals, the advice of the 

 leading newspapers and the State Game Protective League, the 

 legislature refused to give pinnated grouse even three years 

 of real protection. The ruffed grouse was given protection 

 until 19 20. There was various juggling of close seasons and 

 bag limits, but for the saving of species from extinction they 

 are of no value. It is too bad that Minnesota was so un- 

 willing to do something worth while! 



North Dakota. — Deer were given a close season until 1920. No 



other changes worthy of mention were made. The remnant of 



pinnated grouse will be merrily slaughtered, until the species 

 is exterminated in that state. 



South Dakota. — The State Game and Fish Commission may, if it 

 chooses (and no one objects!), establish state bird refuges, 

 and provide close seasons therein. The law is wholly subject 

 to the will of the Commission. Bag limit on quail and two 

 species of grouse, 15 birds per day! Open season, one month. 

 Law very hard on all upland game birds, and extinction of 

 species may be regarded as absolutely certain to occur. 



