FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 



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Mr. H. H. Covey, Big Moose, Herkimer County, N.'Y., {Guide and Hotel Keeper at 

 Big Moose Lake.) — My report on the number of deer killed in 1895 ' s furnished from 

 memory and may not be absolutely correct. However, the number given as killed is 

 less, not more, than were actually killed. 



I think if our deer are to be kept up to their present standard and numbers, both 

 dogging and floating must be prohibited. 



I happen to have on hand a memorandum of the season's killing for 1893, on Big 

 Moose alone, showing number of shots made, number of deer wounded, and number 

 of deer killed, with the name of each man doing the shooting. I will omit the names, 

 but srive their initials. 



Initials. 

 W 

 A 

 G 

 D 

 B 

 B 

 S 

 T 

 W 

 B 

 R 

 S 

 E 

 T 

 B 

 M 

 B 

 N 

 H 

 C 

 D 

 W 

 B 

 M 

 T 

 O 

 G 

 S 

 K 

 H 

 B 

 G 

 E 

 M 



Total 



Xo of Shots. 



7 

 4 

 3 

 14 

 '9 

 4 

 9 

 6 



5 

 1 1 



3 



I 2 



5 

 3 



4 

 4 

 7 

 6 



7 

 7 

 4 



I I 



7 



219 



No. of Wounded. 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 2 



5 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 1 



4 

 7 

 3 

 6 

 2 

 2 

 6 

 1 

 1 1 

 2 



5 

 2 



2 



2 



3 

 2 



2 

 4 

 5 

 3 

 5 

 3 



109 



No. Killed, 

 o 



2 



3 



2 

 1 



2 

 2 



49 



Those marked wounded all left blood, but couldn't be found, as they were shot 

 while floating. 



