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  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
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  right 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  shore. 
  The 
  netting 
  limit 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  uniform 
  

   in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes. 
  

  

  THE 
  ADIRONDACK 
  DEER 
  SEASON 
  

  

  In 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  and 
  southern 
  Adirondacks 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   ject 
  is 
  again 
  being 
  agitated 
  of 
  the 
  return 
  to 
  a 
  short 
  hounding 
  sea- 
  

   son. 
  The 
  argument 
  is 
  advanced 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  much 
  safer 
  to 
  

   human 
  life 
  to 
  hound 
  deer 
  than 
  to 
  still 
  hunt 
  as 
  under 
  the 
  present 
  

   law. 
  While 
  I 
  was 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  strongly 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  hunting 
  deer 
  

   with 
  dogs 
  I 
  have 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  been 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  such 
  a 
  

   method 
  of 
  hunting 
  is 
  no 
  longer 
  practical 
  in 
  this 
  State. 
  A 
  long 
  

   hounding 
  season 
  would 
  result 
  in 
  the 
  extermination 
  of 
  the 
  deer 
  and 
  

   a 
  short 
  hounding 
  season 
  would, 
  I 
  believe, 
  be 
  much 
  more 
  dangerous 
  

   to 
  human 
  life 
  than 
  the 
  present 
  method 
  of 
  hunting. 
  

  

  A 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  table 
  of 
  hunting 
  casualties 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  six 
  

   years, 
  which 
  is 
  printed 
  elsewhere, 
  shows 
  that 
  during 
  that 
  time 
  

   16 
  men 
  have 
  been 
  killed 
  and 
  7 
  injured, 
  who 
  were 
  mistaken 
  for 
  

   deer 
  — 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  23 
  casualties 
  ; 
  while, 
  during 
  the 
  same 
  period, 
  33 
  

   men 
  were 
  killed 
  and 
  29 
  injured 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  carelessness 
  or 
  ac- 
  

   cident 
  while 
  engaged 
  hunting 
  other 
  game. 
  The 
  average 
  of 
  men 
  

   killed 
  and 
  wounded 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  table, 
  who 
  

   were 
  mistaken 
  for 
  deer, 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  4 
  a 
  year, 
  and 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  hunters 
  afield 
  the 
  percentage 
  is 
  probably 
  no 
  larger 
  

   than 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  hounding 
  was 
  the 
  legal 
  method 
  of 
  hunting. 
  

   Many 
  sportsmen 
  who 
  recollect 
  conditions 
  when 
  hounding 
  was 
  in 
  

   vogue 
  can 
  recall 
  accidents 
  where 
  persons 
  were 
  shot 
  by 
  being 
  mis- 
  

   taken 
  for 
  deer. 
  The 
  following 
  item 
  from 
  a 
  late 
  issue 
  of 
  Forest 
  

   and 
  Stream 
  substantiates 
  this 
  statement: 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  noticed 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  hunters 
  killed 
  or 
  injured 
  

   is 
  very 
  small 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  an- 
  

   nually 
  go 
  afield. 
  Particularly 
  is 
  this 
  true 
  as 
  to 
  deer 
  hunting. 
  In 
  

   fact, 
  it 
  might 
  well 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  these 
  accidents 
  form 
  a 
  negligible 
  

   quantity 
  in 
  any 
  argument 
  that 
  may 
  rise 
  as 
  to 
  this 
  particular 
  form 
  

   of 
  sport. 
  Those 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  advocating 
  a 
  return 
  to 
  houndi.ig 
  

  

  