BULLETIN NUMBER ONE 21 



"The deer are decreasing very rapidly; and as to this I 

 found not one dissenting opinion. On the other hand the 

 number of hunters is increasing, and especially of those 

 who live in the cities and towns adjacent to the Adiron- 

 dack^. The reason is obvious. In the old days a man who 

 had a week-end vacation could not make a day's drive in, 

 hunt a day and take a day to drive back. Now, through the 

 automobile, and the good roads which the auto has brought, 

 the same man can be in camp two hours; and those who 

 live anywhere within 50 to 100 miles can get in within a 

 few hours. I was only 4 hours and 15 minutes from Schen- 

 ectady to North Hudson, a distance of 104 miles. 



"Last fall (1914), during the last week of the season 

 there were, within a radius of five miles from a certain 

 supposedly 'wilderness' camp, more than 250 hunters ; and 

 one drive was made with 31 men working together. Three 

 years ago 53 male deer were taken out of that territory, two 

 years ago 26, last year 23, and this year during the first six 

 weeks of the season, 2\ How many were gotten in the last 

 two weeks I have not yet heard. Regardless of such dog- 

 ging as goes on, and killing out of season, the deer are being 

 hunted almost to extermination ! 



"Owing to the nature of the woods, and the conditions 

 under which hunting is done, a great many deer are wound- 

 ed which are not got, and about as many does are killed 

 as bucks. The most of the does are left in the woods. Un- 

 der such conditions I regard the 'buck law' as an iniquity. 



"Naturally, I discussed with many persons the problem 

 of saving the game. Mr. Apperson would like to see driving 

 prohibited by law. I am not sure that would be desirable, 

 and I am sure it is not feasible to enforce such a law. 



"My conclusions are briefly as follows: 



"1. Limit the kill to one deer of either sex. Only a 

 small percentage of those who now go in get any deer, and 

 the vast majority would be satisfied with one deer. Only 

 a small minority are looking for trophies; they want 'a 

 deer!' 



