Adirondack Game Report for if)e 



^ear 1905 



Hon. James S. Whipple, Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner: 



SIR. — Your prediction as to the satisfactory condition of the deer and 

 other animals in the Adirondacks is fully carried out by the facts and 

 figures contained in the annual compilation which I now have the 

 pleasure of presenting. Good hunting prevailed, and the number of deer 

 killed was considerably in excess not only of last season but also of many 

 previous seasons. The number of unusually large deer secured was greater 

 also than usually falls to the lot of the hunters, and the actual weights 

 given show that the repeated assertion of the Department is true that the 

 deer reach their best condition in the Adirondack wilderness. The figures 

 carry with them the best possible argument that could be made in favor of 

 continuing the present satisfactory laws for the protection of these animals. 



The statistics of bear, elk and beaver also form a highly satisfactory 

 exhibit. The work which the Department has done in introducing and 

 protecting the elk and beaver has met with general approval, and the 

 colonies of beaver already form an especiall) 7 attractive feature of the 

 woods. A careful compilation of the accident cases has also been made for 

 the information of all concerned. 



A comparison of the shipments of carcasses, saddles and heads of deer, 

 by the express companies for the past season, with the shipments for the 

 preceding five years, taken from our office records, follows: 



Tl>e Annual Fjilt 



YEAR. CARCASSES. SADDLES. 



I9OO 1,020 89 



1901 1,062 103 



'9° 2 i,354 113 



J 9°3 i.9 61 145 



i9°4 i,6t8 124 



i9°5 2,196 108 



18 2 73 



95 



121 



i93 



188 



152 



180 



