﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  195 
  

  

  its 
  history. 
  When 
  wolves 
  were 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  the 
  deer 
  

   were 
  never 
  very 
  abundant. 
  Old 
  Adirondack 
  hunters 
  stated 
  that 
  

   they 
  traveled 
  days 
  at 
  a 
  time 
  in 
  winter 
  without 
  killing 
  a 
  deer, 
  and 
  

   without 
  finding 
  a 
  deer's 
  track 
  that 
  was 
  not 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  wolf 
  

   track. 
  Later 
  on, 
  before 
  the 
  advent 
  of 
  laws 
  prohibiting 
  market 
  

   hunting 
  and 
  crusting, 
  the 
  sections 
  inhabited 
  by 
  deer 
  were 
  ruth- 
  

   lessly 
  hunted 
  each 
  winter 
  by 
  men 
  who 
  shipped 
  out 
  the 
  venison 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  possible 
  and 
  afterwards 
  killed 
  for 
  the 
  hides 
  only. 
  It 
  

   was 
  not 
  until 
  modern 
  game 
  laws 
  were 
  adopted 
  and 
  enforced 
  that 
  

   the 
  deer 
  really 
  had 
  any 
  fair 
  show. 
  

  

  REGISTRATION 
  OF 
  DOGS 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  one 
  injustice 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  hounding 
  law 
  which 
  should 
  

   be 
  remedied. 
  Some 
  suitable 
  amendment 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  which 
  

   would 
  permit 
  the 
  possession 
  and 
  use 
  of 
  dogs 
  for 
  legitimate 
  pur- 
  

   poses 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  section. 
  The 
  owner 
  of 
  a 
  dog 
  should, 
  as 
  

   at 
  present, 
  be 
  held 
  responsible 
  if 
  his 
  dog 
  pursues 
  deer, 
  but 
  the 
  

   farmer 
  and 
  the 
  citizen 
  who 
  is 
  not 
  interested 
  in 
  hunting, 
  also 
  the 
  

   bird 
  shooter 
  and 
  fox 
  hunter 
  have 
  rights 
  which 
  cannot 
  be 
  disre- 
  

   garded. 
  These 
  men 
  are 
  not 
  law 
  breakers 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  statute 
  stands 
  

   at 
  present 
  they 
  are 
  often 
  made 
  to 
  suffer 
  for 
  the 
  sins 
  of 
  the 
  illegit- 
  

   imate 
  hunter. 
  

  

  A 
  proper 
  system 
  of 
  registration 
  of 
  dogs 
  would 
  no 
  doubt 
  solve 
  

   the 
  difficulty. 
  The 
  law 
  could 
  be 
  amended 
  to 
  permit 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   dogs 
  for 
  legitimate 
  purposes 
  in 
  the 
  forest 
  preserve 
  counties 
  outside 
  

   the 
  Adirondack 
  Park 
  on 
  the 
  sole 
  condition 
  that 
  such 
  dogs 
  he 
  regis- 
  

   tered 
  and 
  have 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  tags, 
  giving 
  the 
  registry 
  numbers, 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  to 
  their 
  collars. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  a 
  misdemeanor 
  and 
  pun- 
  

   ishable 
  by 
  a 
  fine 
  of 
  $100 
  to 
  permit 
  a 
  dog 
  to 
  run 
  at 
  large 
  in 
  the 
  for- 
  

   est 
  preserve 
  counties 
  without 
  the 
  tag 
  attached 
  as 
  indicated. 
  Such 
  

   a 
  law 
  would 
  give 
  the 
  game 
  protector 
  a 
  much 
  greater 
  opportunity 
  

   of 
  securing 
  convictions 
  for 
  violations 
  of 
  the 
  hounding 
  law 
  than 
  at 
  

   the 
  present 
  time. 
  Under 
  present 
  conditions 
  the 
  hardest 
  kind 
  of 
  a, 
  

   case 
  the 
  protector 
  has 
  to 
  make 
  is 
  a 
  hounding 
  case; 
  his 
  greatest 
  

  

  