THE GAME BREEDER 



Antelope Breeding. 



The laws of many States which permit 

 deer breeding might be applied to ante- 

 lope in Wyoming and if publicity be given 

 to the fact the antelope are very valua- 

 ble for sport and for food they quickly 

 can be made and kept plentiful. Some 

 of our readers now sell a good lot of 

 deer every year to State game officers 

 who turn them out in places where the 

 public can shoot. A few big antelope 

 ranches in Wyoming easily can be made 

 to supply the Wyoming warden with ani- 

 mals to be liberated for the public to 

 shoot provided the State maintains pro- 

 per public shooting grounds. The ante- 

 lope would not be worth much to the 

 public on posted farms. The deer are 

 said to be increasing in a few districts. 

 In other districts there is quite a short- 

 age. The Game Breeder suggests that 

 some profitable deer ranches are needed 

 to supply breeding stock and an abundant 

 food. 



Mountain Sheep and Buffalo. 



The sheep are reported to be increas- 

 ing but hard to locate in very inaccessible 

 places. I hardly think, the warden says, 

 there has been to exceed twenty-five 

 head killed in the State the past season. 



The buffalo enclosed in the State Re- 

 serve are doing well. A warden at Cody 

 reports about fifty head of wild buffalo 

 on the Hoodoo Game Preserve which no 

 doubt escaped from the park. 



Game Birds. 



Sage chickens "are getting very scarce. 

 * * * There is not one of our war- 

 dens who has not reported a shortage of 

 chickens this year. * * * The auto- 

 mobile places the chickens at the mercy 

 of the hunters. There should be closed 

 seasons in various counties. Very few 

 grouse are killed and there are very few 

 in the State. Ducks and geese under the 

 migratory bird law have increased to a 

 great extent." 



"There are very few quail in the State. 

 A few may be found in the Platte Valley 

 near the Nebraska line. As they are 

 fully protected they are supposed to be 

 increasing. However, owing to climatic 

 conditions this is very doubtful. The 

 closed season should be extended to 1925. 



The pheasants have decreased instead of 

 increased and they are not a success in 

 this State. I think it would be foolish 

 to spend any more money trying to stock 

 districts of the State with them. They 

 can, however, be raised in captivity, even 

 in the high altitudes. One man in the 

 neighborhood of Dubois has been very 

 successful raising themi. The closed sea- 

 son should be extended to 1925. 



"It is a proven fact that more damage 

 is done to the game and game birds of 

 this State by predatory animals than 

 from all other sources." 



Game Ranches Needed. 



It is very evident that some good big 

 ranches for game with gamekeepers in 

 charge are needed in Wyomiing. These 

 would be very profitable under liberal 

 laws. Some, no doubt, would entertain 

 sportsmen at reasonable prices. All 

 would supply an abundance of stock ani- 

 mals, game birds and eggs for propaga- 

 tion purposes. The markets would be 

 kept full of cheap food. The State 

 Game Warden could get all the game 

 needed to turn down on public shooting 

 grounds. 



The warden's report closes with the 

 sportsman's creed : "Obey the laws and 

 work for better laws ;" which in Wyo- 

 ming would seem to miean quit shooting 

 game birds until 1925 and meantime 

 work for more laws. We think the peo- 

 ple would do well to. consider the game 

 breeder's creed : "More game and fewer 

 game laws," and to work for a big lot of 

 game, good shooting during long open 

 seasons beginning now and plenty of 

 game for the people to eat. 



State game officers who take pride in 

 seeing a big lot of game produced in their 

 States are modern and up to date. State 

 game officers who discourage and pre- 

 vent game breeding soon will ascertain 

 that the sportsmen have little or no 

 shooting and the people who are said to 

 own the game never have any to eat. 



The Appetite for Legislation 



Our readers will be glad to hear, no 

 doubt, that more space will be given in 



