FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 2 I J 



A deer with one or two fawns is not good for anything to eat. Give the hunters 

 the month of November. Then the bucks are running, and the deer that will be 

 killed will be mostly bucks, which will give the animals a better chance to increase. 



The present law is not right ; for the law makes an open season from August the 

 15th to November 1st, with from September 10th to October 10th to hound in. Now 

 this means that most of the hunters hound from August 15 th, as you cannot do 

 anything with a man for having venison in his possession ; and the only way you 

 can convict any one is for running dogs. But you cannot find a man to swear 

 positively as to whose dog it was. It is just the same after the hounding stops. 

 They hunt with dogs until they have no right to have deer in their possession any 

 longer. You cannot convict any one, for the sentiment of the people is with the 

 violators of the law. 



Mr. George R. Fincli, Glens Falls, X. Y, (Lumberman and Adirondack Land Owner}} 

 —Stop the night-hunting. Don't open the season earlier than September 15th. Open 

 later and keep it open later. Favor hounding. Keep the transportation law as it 

 is. It is the best deer law we have had. 



JLr. E. Z. Wright, Utica, X. ]"., (Proprietor "G" Lake Preserve, Hamilton County) 

 —Not more than one-half the number of deer were seen about the lake — " G " Lake 

 — this year that were seen last year. The deer have steadily decreased for the past 

 five years. Four of the deer on this list were killed by owners of the preserve and 

 guests. Two were killed by poachers. 



In our opinion, the hounding of deer is most destructive, and must result in their 

 total extinction within a few years. There are so many hunters that every lake is 

 watched, and the runways leading to the lakes, so that the deer have little chance to 

 escape. 



It is the general belief that large numbers of deer are killed by lumbermen, and 

 taken to the lumber camps in Herkimer and Hamilton counties during the winter 

 season. I have no personal knowledge of this, but the belief is so general among all 

 classes living near the borders of the wilderness that I mention it here. 



JLr. ]]'m. F. Lngold, Massawepie, St. Lawrence County, N. Y, (Manager Childwold 

 Park.) — The deer are decreasing in the Adirondacks. The season opens too early. 

 Should not open until September first of each year. 



I have talked with a number of guides on this subject, and they are of this 

 opinion, when speaking disinterestedly, that there should be a better plan devised 

 for apprehending and prosecuting persons killing deer out of season. 



Mr. Johnson J. Scvey, Sevey Post Office, St. Lawrence County, N. Y, (Guide) — Have 

 lived in the Adirondacks for the last thirty years, and would say, as far as my 

 experience goes, that hounding and floating, or night-hunting, should be abolished. 



