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antelope, which has been closed for the 

 past fifteen years. Every year marks a 

 decline in the number of deer, while 

 many of the range riders claim that there 

 are around 2,000 antelope ranging in 

 Coconino County, and that this condition 

 justifies a reversal in the game laws. 

 Wild turkey, however, are still to be had 

 by the wily hunter, but are practically un- 

 attainable to those who lack experience 

 in locating and stalking this shy bird.- — 

 Remington Live News Notes. 



More Rabbits. 



In a recent report of the Biological 

 Survey we are told that in a single coun- 

 ty in Oregon about 75,000 jack rabbits 

 were poisoned. We hope the poison did 

 not reach the prairie grouse and other 

 desirable foods. We believe it would be 

 good business for the survey tO' point out 

 the food value of the rabbits, the grouse, 

 the quail and other game and to urge 

 amendments to the laws encouraging the 

 profitable production of all species. 



The report about the work of the 

 survey is as follows : 



"Serious depredations by jack rabbits 

 upon wheat, barley, oats, alfalfa and 

 other growing crops, and stacked hay 

 necessitated continued efforts for their 

 control in eastern Oregon, California, 

 Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New 

 Mexico and Texas. Effective methods 

 of poisoning the animals were demon- 

 strated and successful campaigns in 

 farming communities organized against 

 them. This work was very successful 

 and enormous numbers of animals were 

 killed. In a single county in Oregon 

 about 75,000 were poisoned at a cost of 

 less than one-tenth of a cent each. 



Cottontail rabbits have damaged or- 

 chards, grain and truck farms, especially 

 in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, 

 Delaware and New Jersey, and advice 

 and demonstrations have been given for 

 protection against them. 



The European hare, introduced into 

 New York some years ago, has increased 

 and is spreading rapidly in southern New 

 York and adjacent States, where it has 

 done extensive damage to orchards. In- 

 vestigations have been started to dis- 

 cover methods for the control of this 



animal, which threatens to become a dan- 

 gerous pest. 



Will Can Rabbits. 



The W. H. Dyer Company, operating 

 canning factories in Evansville and 

 Owensboro, Ky., has decided to can rab- 

 bits as a war measure and to help redmce 

 the high cost of living. Rabbits have not 

 been canned previously, and Evansville 

 will be the pioneer in this, field. The 

 country surrounding this city will pro- 

 vide an abundance of rabbits for canning, 

 it is believed. Business men in the Green 

 River territory in Western Kentucky 

 have agreed to provide from 50,000 to 

 60,000 rabbits yearly. Experiments al- 

 ready have shown that canned rabbit is 

 palatable and nutritious, and that the plan 

 is feasible. — World, N. Y. 



Mottoes for the Gun Room Wall. 



The American Field informs us that 

 one of the numerous game protective as- 

 sociations has put forth the slogan, 

 "Sport for sport's sake," and will con- 

 duct a drive in order to secure $1 each 

 from 5,000 sportsmen. Endorsing the 

 idea, we have adopted the slogan and we 

 will put the new motto up in the gun 

 room of our new shooting syndicate, with 

 a few others. Our mural decoration will 

 have the following : 



Sport for sport's sake. 



Trap shooting for trap shooting's sake. 



More game and fewer game laws, for 

 goodness sake, and God bless our home. 



The last-named motto will be found of- 

 ten in country houses, rented for shoot- 

 ing purposes and we retain it since it 

 lends a home-like appearance to the walls. 

 No special charge for the idea. 



"Otherwise Than by Shooting." 

 Nonsense. 



We are surprised to see that the Mich- 

 igan Commissioner advises in his report 

 that the game breeders' law should pro- 

 vide that "ducks may be killed any 

 month of the year for which such permit 

 is issued, but if said ducks are killed by 

 shooting they shall not be bought, sold 

 or otherwise disposed of." 



Why should a State game officer who 



