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Rails, coot and gallinules (except sora). — In the aggregate of all 



kinds 25 



Sora 50 



Black-bellied and golden plovers and greater and less, yellowlegs. 



In the aggregate of all kinds 15 



Wilson snipe or jacksnipe 25 



Woodcock 6 



Doves (mourning) 25 



Now you have above the universal open seasons and the 

 daily bag "limits." With this information before you, and 

 the figures representing the annual hunting licenses issued 

 in your state, take pencil and paper and figure out for your- 

 self the killing possibilities in your state, annually — and 

 the prospects of game in your state twenty years hence. 



The mind to which your figures make no appeal is hope- 

 less. 



Bag "Limits" in Alaska. — Concerning big game there is 

 a good object lesson in the so-called bag "limits" in Alaska. 

 The laws fixing them were framed in Washington, and 

 therefore the people of Alaska are not to blame. We in 

 "the East" have been criminally careless in this matter; 

 and we hear that a few Alaskans have been criminally 

 defiant in the non-observance of the absurdly-liberal law. 



The Alaskan game bag "limit" may be taken as an ex- 

 treme example of wicked wastefulness in the utilization of 

 valuable game animals. A resident of Alaska may kill in 

 one year, without any license or the payment of any fee, 

 the following animals : 



2 moose, representing 1,800 pounds of dressed meat. 



3 caribou, representing 750 pounds of dressed meat. 



3 mountain sheep, representing 450 pounds of dressed meat. 



4 deer, representing 400 pounds of dressed meat. 

 Unlimited goats, representing 450 pounds of dressed meat. 



3,850 

 3 brown bears, 

 Unlimited black bears. 



