﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  193 
  

  

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  realize 
  how 
  greatly 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  hunters 
  has 
  increased 
  since 
  this 
  

   form 
  of 
  sport 
  was 
  last 
  permitted 
  by 
  law. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  even 
  the 
  advocates 
  of 
  hounding 
  deem 
  that 
  

   this 
  method 
  of 
  hunting 
  would 
  result 
  in 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  deer 
  

   being 
  killed 
  than 
  are 
  killed 
  under 
  the 
  present 
  law 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  

   present 
  deer 
  supply 
  would 
  not 
  last 
  long 
  if 
  an 
  extended 
  hounding 
  

   season 
  was 
  permitted. 
  Hounding 
  is 
  a 
  method 
  of 
  hunting 
  which 
  

   has 
  been 
  found 
  too 
  destructive 
  to 
  the 
  supply 
  to 
  be 
  permitted 
  in 
  

   the 
  Northern 
  States. 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  where 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  hunt- 
  

   ers 
  is 
  limited 
  and 
  the 
  hunting 
  area 
  large, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  

   Ontario, 
  that 
  those 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  conservation 
  of 
  the 
  deer 
  can 
  

   logically 
  favor 
  such 
  a 
  method. 
  

  

  The 
  ideal 
  game 
  law 
  is 
  one 
  so 
  arranged 
  as 
  to 
  season 
  and 
  method 
  

   of 
  hunting 
  that 
  no 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  any 
  game 
  variety 
  is 
  

   killed 
  during 
  the 
  open 
  season 
  so 
  that 
  a 
  sufficient 
  breeding 
  stock 
  

   is 
  left 
  over 
  each 
  year 
  to 
  maintain 
  the 
  supply. 
  When 
  this 
  balance 
  

   is 
  seriously 
  impaired 
  the 
  extinction 
  of 
  the 
  game 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  matter 
  

   of 
  time. 
  The 
  sportsman 
  therefore 
  must 
  consistently 
  oppose 
  any 
  

   method 
  of 
  hunting 
  which 
  he 
  believes 
  will 
  kill 
  off 
  the 
  game 
  more 
  

   rapidly 
  than 
  it 
  will 
  increase 
  under 
  natural 
  conditions. 
  

  

  Even 
  a 
  short 
  hounding 
  season 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  serious 
  menace, 
  in 
  my 
  

   opinion, 
  to 
  the 
  deer 
  supply. 
  Not 
  only 
  would 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  deer 
  

   killed 
  by 
  hunters 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  reckoned 
  with 
  but 
  also 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   deer 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  dogs. 
  There 
  are 
  not 
  many 
  deer 
  dogs 
  in 
  the 
  Adi- 
  

   rondacks 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  With 
  hounding 
  permitted 
  their 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  would 
  increase 
  and 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  more 
  dogs 
  in 
  the 
  Adiron- 
  

   dacks 
  than 
  ever 
  before. 
  The 
  worse 
  feature 
  of 
  hounding 
  under 
  

   old 
  conditions 
  was 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  deer 
  killed 
  by 
  dogs 
  permitted 
  to 
  

   run 
  at 
  large 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  winter 
  and 
  early 
  spring. 
  While 
  most 
  own- 
  

   ers 
  of 
  hounds 
  would 
  undoubtedly 
  keep 
  their 
  dogs 
  tied 
  up 
  during 
  

   the 
  closed 
  season 
  some 
  men 
  would 
  not 
  take 
  this 
  precaution 
  and 
  

   dogs 
  ranging 
  the 
  woods 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  deer 
  are 
  weak 
  — 
  during 
  

   the 
  winter 
  — 
  would 
  result 
  in 
  hundreds 
  of 
  deer 
  being 
  killed 
  each 
  

   year 
  to 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  nobody. 
  

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