BULLETIN NUMBER THREE 129 



ory, and now we know that it is utterly fallacious and 

 absurd ! A doe seen in the forest while her fawn is hidden 

 is by no means a barren doe. 



We strenuously object to all bills to provide for the kill- 

 ing of female deer in the State of New York, even for one 

 year, and we do so for the following reasons : 



1. — We object to the repeal of the buck law because it 

 would remove a very important measure of pro- 

 tection from deer-hunters, and again expose them 

 to death by shooting, through being mistaken for 

 deer. The buck law conserves human life, as state 

 records abundantly have proven. 



2. — We desire to see the fascinating sport of legitimate 

 deer hunting perpetuated; and we strongly object 

 to its being exterminated by the killing of breed- 

 ing female deer. 



3. — We object to the degrading influence of a deliberate 

 return to an unmanly and reprehensible practice 

 in deer hunting. 



4. — We object to paying a large force of men to protect 

 our State deer only to see the mothers slaughtered 

 by exterminatory and wholly unsportsmanlike 

 methods. 



5. — We object to the payment of a legislative premium 

 on poor woodcraft and rotten sportsmanship. 



6. — We object to seeing the Empire State disgraced and 

 humiliated by the taking of a great step backward, 

 a step which if taken will place New York in the 

 same low class as Connecticut, and which will 

 make the sportsmen of New York objects of pub- 

 lic scorn throughout the 18 states that now main- 

 tain laws protecting their female deer against all 

 forms of killing, or other molestation. 



7. — Finally, we object to the slightest consideration be- 

 ing shown by the New York legislature to men 



