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A non-resident may kill the same identical bag, except 

 that he is limited to 3 goats, for a paltry license fee of only 



$50. 



How long can the game of Alaska survive these condi- 

 tions? 



The complete destruction of all our game, outside the 

 sanctuaries, is dependent not upon the law, the game com- 

 missioners or the game wardens, but upon the diligence 

 or slothfulness of the men and boys who hunt according 

 to law. 



Now, what do serious-minded and honest Americans 

 THINK of our system of game "protection"? 



WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXTERMINATIVE 



PROGRAM? 



Yes ; who is really to blame for the absurd hunting license 

 fees, the joke bag "limits" and the criminally long killing 

 seasons? 



The answer is: Up to 90 per cent, it is the sportsmen 

 themselves! 



The state laws on non-migratory game are exactly as 

 the sportsmen have developed them, to suit their own views 

 and purposes. 



The federal laws covering all migratory game birds have 

 been made by the federal government's Department of 

 Agriculture, and in the main they reflect the demands of 

 the great mass of sportsmen as those demands have been 

 expressed in the form of state laws. Thirty-four of our 

 states have experienced no difficulty whatever in making 

 their state laws synchronize with the seasons and bag 

 "limits" of the federal Regulations. 



When we sit down and for ten minutes devote ourselves 

 to the difficult business of being honest and square with 

 our wild creatures, we are compelled to admit (1) the open 



