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Mr. Hugh C/emons, Luzerne, Warren County, N. Y. — There are two small herds 

 of wild deer in this town (Luzerne), and one of four and another of six or seven in 

 the northeast part of the town. Six years ago there was not one in the town. 



Mr. George S. Bennett, Baker's Mills, Warren County, N. Y. [Guide.) — I think that 

 the hunting should be extended to the first of December, and open September 15th. 

 The venison would then be better, and it would keep better. A great deal of it 

 spoils before it is taken out of the woods. 



Mr. John MeClanathan, Hague, Warren County, N. Y. (Postmaster.) — My opinion 

 is that if hounding deer could be stopped entirely, that deer in this vicinity would 

 increase materially. 



Mr. C. L. Marcellus, West Day, Saratoga County, N. Y. — I think that in a few years 

 deer will be plenty if the present law is maintained. The season for hunting should 

 be shorter. 



Mr. George H. Hooper, Graphite, Warren County, N. Y. (Postmaster) — The sports- 

 men in this section would rather do away with hounding altogether, and only be 

 allowed to still-hunt two months in the year, from about October 1st to December 

 1st. The dogs now drive the deer away as a general thing. There are many 

 wounded that are driven away by the dogs, and die and never are found. 



Mr. Henry Day, Stark, St. Lawrence County, N. Y. (Gamekeeper, Kildare Club.) — 

 I think the public is satisfied with the deer law as it is, except the dogging and artificial 

 lights ; that should be stopped. 



Mr. Emery P. Gale, Gale Post Office, St. Lawrence County, N. Y. (Guide and 

 Hotel Proprietor) — It is not the city hunters that kill many deer out of season ; 

 it is these natives that live around the borders of the woods. Take off the fifteen 

 days hunting in August and put it on in November. It would be a great saving of 

 the deer. Three-fourths of the deer killed in August by jack-hunting are does. The 

 city people do not care very much about hunting at that time of the year — not near 

 as much as they would in November. Do not allow any time after the 15th of 

 November to get out venison. In November, and up to December 15th, is the 

 time the game protectors should look after these still-hunters, for they kill a great 

 many more deer than they ought. Some of them kill old bucks by following their 

 tracks on the snow, and kill them expressly for their head and hams. They get from 

 $2.50 to $5.00 per head, and that is quite an, inducement for a common laborer to 

 take his gun and start out hunting. This must be looked after more closely, as we 

 are not going to have any deer in a short time. 



