XI. POSSIBLE RE-INTRODUCTION. 



FROM the number of hunters who took out licenses 

 in 1916 — upwards of three hundred thousand — it 

 would seem that they formed an important part 

 of the population of Pennsylvania. When it is con- 

 sidered how small a return they received for their ef- 

 forts, their spirit and enthusiasm for the chase seems 

 all the more commendable. Despite the valiant efforts 

 of Dr. 'Kalbfus, there was very little found to kill 

 during the various "open seasons'' which came to an 

 end on the first days of 191-i, 1915 and 1916. It is to 

 be doubted if two thousand deer were killed in the 

 entire Commonwealth during these three seasons. 

 With such meagre results the time is bound to be at 

 hand when a strong demand will be made to re-stock 

 the forests with game worthy of the name. Civilized 

 men are beginning to find that killing rabbits, quails 

 and squirrels is little better than a barnyard slaughter, 

 that they do not furnish the excitement expected. In- 

 telligent hunters read of struggles with wolves and 

 mountain lions, of coyote coursing, and dispatching 

 grizzHes in the West, and compare it to the feeble pas- 

 time of slaying a few mangey rabbits at home, to the 

 disparagement of the home sport. A strong demand 

 will be made to stock the Pennsylvania wilds, not with 

 more rabbits, quails, ring-neck pheasants and squirrels, 

 but with savage beasts, such as panthers, red bears and 



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