156 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



without the sale of game. To the lay mind it seems en- 

 tirely possible to work out a scheme for having a certain 

 amount of hunting by proxy, under special licenses, pre- 

 pared and issued to meet such cases. The game warden 

 or his deputy, or, in their absence, some other government 

 officer, could determine the merits of each application and 

 exercise the discretion of issuing or not issuing a license 

 to hunt by proxy. The holder of such a license could be 

 relied upon to find a suitable person to act as a proxy, 

 go out and make the kill and haul in the meat, for a daily 

 wage consideration. Such proxies should not be issued 

 to persons able to hunt for themselves; and the transfer 

 of game by barter should be treated the same as the sale 

 of game. 



The feeding of the refuse portions of game to sled dogs 

 should be provided for by law and regulation rather than 

 be permitted to continue unchecked in the total absence of 

 regulations. 



FAMILY UNIT THE BASIS FOR LICENSES 



In the issuance of licenses, the family unit should con- 

 stitute the basis of issue. Any law which, like those of 

 certain western states of America, provided for the issue 

 of a full hunting license to each member of a family would 

 be a mistake, and occasionally would lead to heavy slaughter. 



A hasty survey suggests that, with a liberal bag limit, 

 one hunting license to four persons of one family would 

 not be very wide of the mark. The bag limit of our Alaskan 

 Game Act permits the killing of two moose, five caribou 

 and three mountain sheep, which is certainly enough fresh 

 meat for four persons for four months, if it be properly 

 utilized. 



The Nova Scotia law that forbids sportsmen to leave 

 large quantities of good meat to spoil in the wilderness, 

 or to be devoted to the maintenance and increase of preda- 

 tory game-destroying wolves, is an excellent law. Ethically, 



