﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  207 
  

  

  That 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  deer 
  law 
  giving 
  the 
  first 
  fifteen 
  days 
  in 
  Novem- 
  

   ber 
  as 
  a 
  special 
  ' 
  open 
  season 
  for 
  buck 
  deer 
  was 
  repealed. 
  The 
  

   open 
  season 
  for 
  muskrat 
  was 
  extended 
  from 
  March 
  15th 
  to 
  April 
  

   15th. 
  A 
  three 
  year 
  close 
  season 
  for 
  Long 
  Island 
  deer 
  was 
  estab- 
  

   lished. 
  The 
  prohibition 
  against 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  ferrets 
  for 
  hunting 
  

   rabbits 
  was 
  removed, 
  and 
  a 
  bag 
  limit 
  of 
  ten 
  rabbits 
  per 
  day 
  to 
  one 
  

   person 
  was 
  added. 
  

  

  The 
  penalty 
  for 
  polluting 
  streams 
  and 
  for 
  taking 
  fish, 
  by 
  drawing 
  

   off 
  the 
  water 
  and 
  also 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  explosives, 
  was 
  materially 
  

   increased. 
  

  

  The 
  force 
  of 
  game 
  protectors 
  was 
  increased 
  from 
  eighty-five 
  to 
  

   ninety. 
  The 
  salary 
  of 
  the 
  First 
  Assistant 
  Chief 
  Protector 
  was 
  

   raised 
  $200, 
  and 
  the 
  Division 
  Chiefs 
  given 
  the 
  same 
  salary 
  as 
  the 
  

   Assistant 
  Chiefs 
  ranking 
  below 
  the 
  First 
  Assistant 
  Chief. 
  

  

  THE 
  ENFORCEMENT 
  OF 
  THE 
  LAW. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  the 
  leaders 
  of 
  the 
  organized 
  sportsmen 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   believe 
  that 
  the 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  game 
  law 
  has 
  been 
  too 
  severe. 
  

   The 
  statement 
  is 
  made 
  that 
  the 
  game 
  protector 
  should 
  devote 
  his 
  

   energies 
  to 
  prevent 
  violations 
  of 
  the 
  game 
  law 
  and 
  not 
  to 
  the 
  prose- 
  

   cutions 
  of 
  the 
  violators. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  protector, 
  under 
  the 
  

   present 
  system, 
  is 
  judged 
  too 
  much 
  by 
  his 
  record 
  of 
  cases, 
  and 
  that 
  

   better 
  results 
  would 
  be 
  obtained 
  if 
  he 
  was 
  instructed 
  to 
  make 
  few 
  

   if 
  any 
  arrests 
  but 
  to 
  warn 
  the 
  violators 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  and 
  to 
  hold 
  

   his 
  evidence 
  of 
  violations 
  over 
  their 
  heads 
  as 
  a 
  threat 
  to 
  make 
  

   them 
  mend 
  their 
  ways. 
  

  

  While 
  plausible 
  in 
  theory 
  such 
  a 
  program 
  is 
  highly 
  impractical. 
  

   Prosecuting 
  people 
  for 
  violations 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  is 
  not 
  pleasant 
  busi- 
  

   ness. 
  The 
  game 
  protector 
  is 
  human, 
  and 
  would 
  naturally 
  welcome 
  

   an 
  excuse 
  to 
  be 
  rid 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  troublesome 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  work. 
  The 
  

   result 
  could 
  not 
  fail 
  to 
  be 
  loss 
  of 
  discipline 
  and 
  demoralization 
  in 
  

   the 
  force 
  and 
  increased 
  game 
  law 
  violation. 
  

  

  The 
  attitude 
  which 
  the 
  Commission 
  takes 
  upon 
  this 
  matter, 
  and 
  

   the 
  only 
  attitude 
  which 
  it 
  can 
  take, 
  is 
  that 
  where 
  a 
  violation 
  of 
  <:he 
  

   law 
  has 
  been 
  committed 
  the 
  penalty 
  must 
  be 
  met. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  

  

  