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to February 15, we might hope to have game plentiful." 

 Miscellaneous Suggestions 



As regards trapping, Mr. E. D. Dargan, Darlington, 

 writes: "There should be a law to prohibit trapping of 

 birds while snow is on the ground." Mr. A. W. Brabham, 

 Bamberg, suggests: "The steel trap in the hands of the 

 trapper is the main cause of the decrease of our wild ani- 

 mals and this fearfully cruel practice should be stopped 

 by law." Mr. B. D. Efird, Lexington, writes: "Make 

 shorter season for game and fur bearing animals, also 

 prohibit the setting of steel traps." 



That there is need in the opinion of some obervers of 

 limiting the number of days in a week on which a man 

 may hunt, is shown by a reference to Mr. Dill's letter on 

 another page, arid to the report of Mr. T. W. Brunson, Jr. 

 Hampton, who writes: "We have a few men in our coun- 

 ty who hunt and fish all the time. They stay within the 

 bounds of the law, I believe, but still they do a lot of harm 

 to our birds as they go every day and get the limit. If 

 we had some way to regulate this, I think it would do 

 good. I do not think that any amount of money that our 

 good men in the State will put out to help protect our 

 birds will be lost. We need every bird to help the farmer. 

 Many farmers have realized this and have all their lands 

 posted." 



The efficacy of a law limiting the number of birds which 

 may be taken in a day depends largely upon the sense of 

 honor of the individual hunter. Conditions prove that 

 such a law is not observed without an enlightened senti- 

 ment behind it, and it is supposed by some observers to be 

 almost impossible to enforce it. Dr. Charles W. KoUock, 

 Charleston, suggests: "Limit the number of birds to each 

 gun, this to include ducks." In view of the fact that the 

 game birds are rapidly disappearing the bag limit on all 

 species in this State is too high. 



In order to have birds it is neither desirable nor neces- 

 sary to restore forests to their primitive conditions even if 



