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Mr. A. H. Eh us, Old Forge, Herkimer County, N. Y. {Railroad and Express 

 Avent at Fulton Chain Station.) — The deer this year were hounded to death, and the 

 majority of the does killed had fawns, thus causing the death of young deer in the 

 early winter by starving and freezing to death. Does killed in the early fall leave 

 the poor fawns to look out for themselves and get their own living, which is 

 impossible for them to do when snow falls. Fawns depend on their mother for 

 their living, most all winter. When deprived of their help they are unable to get 

 anything to eat. They are left to starve and freeze to death. I have never heard 

 of a large deer being found dead, unless it had been wounded and got away, or 

 hounded to death in the winter. If hounding and floating are stopped, there will 

 be a great increase of deer in this section. The hunting season should be from 

 September 1st to November 1st, and if the killing of does cannot be stopped next 

 year, stop it as soon as you can. 



Mr. George IV. Sisson, Potsdam, N. Y. {Lumberman and Owner of Forest Lands.) — 

 Would recommend prohibiting night or jack-hunting and hounding, and give the does 

 a chance to increase. They would soon become sufficiently abundant so that any good 

 sportsman could kill all that ought to be killed by still-hunting in a sportsmanlike 

 manner. 



Mr. Frank Z. Hunter, Peasleville, Clinton County, A T . Y — It would be better if the 

 season were changed; for instance, still-hunting to begin about September 1st and 

 hounding to end about November 20th. From the 15th of August until about the 

 10th of September the deer seem to lie around back meadows, and it is very easy to 

 still-hunt them. But when they get back in the big timber, they cannot be hunted 

 quite so easily. 



There are about two deer killed by still-hunting where there is one by hounding. 

 It is not so injurious to the deer to hunt them by hounds as to still-hunt them; for the 

 reason that a good many that are shot by still-hunting will get away and die, and will 

 never be found. 



Mr. Byron H. McCollom, Osivegatchie, St. Lazvrenee County, N. Y. [State Game 

 Protector, and formerly a Guide.) — It would be a good plan to make a law to stop 

 killing does for two or three years, for there are about four bucks to one doe in this 

 territory; also to stop night-hunting at once, for most of the deer obtained that way 

 are does and there is no possible way of telling them apart. 



Mr. Wellington Kenwill, Indian Clearing, Moose River, Hamilton County, N. Y. 

 (Guide and Woodsman.) — The deer have decreased some in this locality during the last 

 three years by dying in winter. In the winter of '93 it was estimated that 250 deer 

 died from starvation, disease, or some unknown cause. One-half that number were 



