148 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



"An analysis of the violations thus reveals that they 

 were due not to dissatisfaction with any one law, but to 

 general contempt for the Conservation Law, per se. The 

 protectors (disguised as sportsmen) were all required to 

 report whether the hunters in the camps to which they 

 were assigned operated on the general plan of killing 

 practically anything that they saw, and more than two- 

 thirds of the protectors answered this question in the af- 

 firmative. The result of this determination is shown in 

 101 deer that came within the protectors' immediate knowl- 

 edge, in most cases under their personal observation: 46 

 were bucks, 44 were does, and 11 were fawns of both sexes. 

 It was a matter of great interest in one camp that one 

 man had killed eight does in the season, while another at 

 the same camp, by a singular coincidence, had killed eight 

 bucks." It is to be remarked that the killing of does in 

 the Adirondacks or anywhere in the state of New York is 

 entirely illegal. 



"There were many more illegally killed deer than those 

 mentioned above," says the Commissioner, "regarding which 

 the protectors obtained evidence that resulted in settle- 

 ments or convictions. Cases arising from the 1917 work 

 were settled for $3,511.50. They involved 79 individuals 

 and more than 125 violations. Already in 1918, 38 cases 

 have been settled, with a total recovery so far of $4,245. 

 The 1918 cases alone will number between 200 and 300 

 when all have been closed. 



"The Commission wishes particularly to point out that 

 the violations of the deer law involve no particular class 

 or locality more than another. Men of all walks of life 

 are involved, and even some women, who deliberately stood 

 upon runways in wait for deer that were being run by 

 dogs. Efforts to correct the old, outworn point of view 

 regarding wild life — a point of view that would make game 

 the property of whoever can get it, regardless of law — 

 must accordingly be directed to every class and locality." 



