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  hunting 
  big 
  game 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  residence 
  (see 
  p. 
  32). 
  These 
  

   conditions 
  in 
  a 
  State 
  so 
  thinly 
  settled 
  and 
  with 
  large 
  counties 
  would 
  

   naturally 
  make 
  the 
  returns 
  from 
  resident 
  licenses 
  very 
  small. 
  

  

  (3) 
  Number 
  of 
  big 
  game 
  licenses. 
  — 
  As 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  States 
  require 
  sep- 
  

   arate 
  licenses 
  for 
  big 
  game 
  and 
  for 
  game 
  birds, 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  ascer- 
  

   tain 
  approximately 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  nonresident 
  licenses 
  issued 
  for 
  

   hunting 
  big 
  game. 
  The 
  figures 
  for 
  9 
  States 
  and 
  4 
  Provinces 
  are 
  shown 
  

   in 
  the 
  table 
  following: 
  

  

  Nonresident 
  Licenses 
  for 
  Big 
  Game 
  issued 
  in 
  1903. 
  

  

  State. 
  

  

  Colorado 
  

  

  Idaho 
  

  

  Maine 
  

  

  Michigan 
  

  

  Minnesota 
  

  

  Montana 
  

  

  New 
  Hampshire 
  

   Wisconsin 
  

  

  Licenses. 
  

  

  Fees. 
  

  

  29 
  

  

  $725 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  500 
  

  

  1,697 
  

  

  25, 
  455 
  

  

  45 
  

  

  1,125 
  

  

  131 
  

  

  3,275 
  

  

  61 
  

  

  1,525 
  

  

  135 
  

  

  1,350 
  

  

  361 
  

  

  9,025 
  

  

  State. 
  

  

  Wyoming 
  

  

  New 
  Brunswick 
  

   Newfoundland 
  

  

  Nova 
  Scotia 
  

  

  Ontario 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Licenses. 
  

  

  Fees. 
  

  

  158 
  

  

  $7, 
  900 
  

  

  338 
  

  

  10, 
  140 
  

  

  72 
  

  

  3,600 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  1,200 
  

  

  259 
  

  

  6,475 
  

  

  72, 
  295 
  

  

  From 
  this 
  table 
  are 
  omitted 
  the 
  returns 
  from 
  Nebraska, 
  North 
  

   Dakota, 
  Utah, 
  Washington, 
  West 
  Virginia, 
  Manitoba, 
  and 
  the 
  North- 
  

   west 
  Territories, 
  in 
  which 
  licenses 
  for 
  big 
  game 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  separated 
  

   from 
  those 
  for 
  game 
  birds. 
  Several 
  other 
  States, 
  in 
  which 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  big 
  game 
  hunting 
  is 
  done, 
  are 
  also 
  necessarily 
  omitted 
  — 
  South 
  

   Dakota, 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  and 
  Quebec, 
  from 
  which 
  no 
  reports 
  are 
  

   available, 
  and 
  Vermont, 
  New 
  York, 
  California, 
  and 
  Oregon, 
  in 
  which 
  

   no 
  general 
  hunting 
  licenses 
  are 
  issued. 
  But 
  notwithstanding 
  the 
  in- 
  

   completeness 
  of 
  the 
  statistics, 
  several 
  facts 
  of 
  interest 
  are 
  brought 
  out. 
  

   Thus, 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  nine 
  States 
  and 
  four 
  Provinces 
  in 
  the 
  table 
  

   3,336 
  nonresident 
  big 
  game 
  licenses 
  were 
  issued 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  $72,295, 
  

   that 
  Maine 
  issued 
  more 
  than 
  one-half 
  of 
  these 
  licenses 
  and 
  collected 
  

   more 
  than 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  fees, 
  and 
  that 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  stood 
  second 
  

   in 
  point 
  of 
  license 
  receipts. 
  If 
  we 
  assume 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  nonresident 
  

   licenses 
  in 
  Nebraska, 
  North 
  Dakota, 
  Utah, 
  West 
  Virginia, 
  Manitoba, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Northwest 
  Territories 
  were 
  issued 
  for 
  big 
  game 
  hunting, 
  the 
  

   totals 
  would 
  only 
  be 
  increased 
  to 
  3,649 
  and 
  $78,120, 
  respectively, 
  leav- 
  

   ing 
  but 
  six 
  important 
  States 
  — 
  New 
  York, 
  South 
  Dakota, 
  California, 
  

   Oregon, 
  Washington, 
  and 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  

   South 
  — 
  from 
  which 
  no 
  returns 
  are 
  available. 
  In 
  other 
  words, 
  nearly 
  

   60 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  5,779 
  nonresident 
  licenses 
  issued 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   and 
  most 
  of 
  those 
  issued 
  in 
  Canada 
  in 
  1903 
  were 
  for 
  hunting 
  big 
  game. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  if 
  the 
  resident 
  licenses 
  could 
  be 
  separated 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  way, 
  the 
  results 
  would 
  be 
  veiw 
  different. 
  Fortunately, 
  in 
  five 
  

   cases 
  these 
  figures 
  are 
  available, 
  as 
  resident 
  licenses 
  are 
  issued 
  only 
  

   for 
  big 
  game 
  in 
  Michigan, 
  Minnesota, 
  Wyoming, 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  and 
  

   Ontario. 
  In 
  1903 
  there 
  were 
  19,061 
  resident 
  licenses 
  issued 
  in 
  Michi- 
  

  

  