84 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



Park, to a total of about 1,700 head, for restocking pur- 

 poses ! This shows how well those 20 states protected their 

 elk when they had elk ! 



Deer. — There are nine states which once contained deer 

 that now are so destitute of them that there is in them no 

 longer any deer hunting. Those deerless states are: Colo- 

 rado, North Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, Indi- 

 ana, Ohio and Tennessee. And today there are 18 states in 

 which female deer may even yet be killed according to law! 

 They are : 



Wyoming, Michigan, 



Montana, Massachusetts, 



Nevada, Connecticut, 



Washington, New Hampshire, 



South Dakota, Maine, 



Minnesota, Virginia, 



Arkansas, North Carolina, 



Louisiana, South Carolina, and 



Kentucky, Florida. 



Vicious Bag Limits. — In Missouri, Alabama and Missis- 

 sippi the bag limit on deer is 1 per day ! In Kentucky and 

 Virginia there is NO LIMIT ! Certain season limits are as 

 follows: In Louisiana and Mississippi 5, Florida, Oregon, 

 Texas and Georgia 3. 



Now, in view of all existing conditions, there is not one 

 state in our country which rightly and justly should main- 

 tain a bag limit on deer of any more than one antlered buck 

 each year to each licensed hunter. And each state should 

 have a law forbidding guides, under severe penalties, from 

 killing deer for their patrons, or otherwise than under their 

 own licenses. 



As matters stand, a number of states that now have deer 

 hunting soon will exterminate that sport. 



Bear. — At present only one western state (Oklahoma), 

 makes any effort to conserve its stock of bears from reck- 

 less annihilation, and preserve the grand sport of bear hunt- 

 ing on a continuing basis. Is it not strange that bear hunt- 



