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THE GAME BREEDER 



and each would have an equal show 

 at the game. 



The consequence would be that there 

 would be far better hunting all over 

 the country, if the spring shooting was 

 eliminated as hereinbefore suggested. 

 The increase in a comparatively short 

 time in this class of game would be 

 most remarkable, and the condition of 

 the birds so taken would be far su- 

 perior to the condition found in the 

 spring. 



I have dealt largely with game for 

 the reason that game is the more seri- 

 ous problem; our fish can very easily 

 be replenished to a large extent by 

 artificial means, but when the game is 

 gone it is gone forever, and we should 

 attempt to replenish the source of sup- 

 ply as we go along through the licensed 

 lakes and game preserves. Colorado, 

 like most of the other States, and the 

 United States, has a large number of 

 fish hatcheries which it operates very 

 successfully and is thus enabled to 

 stock its streams and public waters of 

 the State with millions and millions of 

 fish every year. It is for this reason 

 that some of the best fishing grounds 

 in the entire United States are to be 

 found within the confines of Colorado. 



Fish raising and selling in Colorado 

 has come to be a much larger industry 

 than game raising and selling. We 

 have in the State dozens and dozens 

 of what are known as licensed lakes, 

 which are conducted along the same 

 lines as game preserves, and when 

 properly conducted are very profitable 

 to the owners. 



It is not difficult to procure from 

 some one of the proprietors of these 

 lakes the very best of the different 

 varieties of trout, including the eastern 

 brook trout, and native and rainbow 

 trout at any season of the year. Many 

 of the owners of these lakes are ship- 

 ping fish constantly to the markets of 

 our State and of other States, and still 

 through the high degree of perfection 

 which has been attained in fish culture 

 the sum total of our fish in Colorado 

 to-day in all probability is far greater 

 than it was ten years ago. 



I fully agree with you that the game 

 officer should remain in ofiice and not 

 be subject to the political changes of 

 the State and that his compensation 

 should be made large enough to induce 

 him to remain and to make it pos- 

 sible for him to remain in office and 

 serve the people. 



THE MORE GAME STATES 



The tendency to have more game 

 and fewer game laws in any state is 

 evidenced by laws encouraging the 

 profitable breeding* of game. Com- 

 paring Connecticut, for example, with 

 Colorado, we observe at once that the 

 last-named state is a "more game" 

 state, while Connecticut seems to be 

 sadly behind the times. The Colorado 

 markets are full of game and game fish. 

 The people eat this desirable food. In 

 Connecticut the sale of quail, ruffed 

 grouse, Hungarian partridges and 

 woodcock is prohibited throughout the 

 year. The export of quail, ruffed 

 grouse and woodcock is prohibited. 

 Even the shooting of deer is prohibited. 

 The people have ceased to know the 

 taste of venison. The bag limit is so 



small that it would not pay anyone to 

 look after the game. In Colorado, al- 

 though the sale and export of wild 

 game is prohibited, the laws permit the 

 sale of game and game fish from li- 

 censed parks and lakes at any time it 

 is accompanied by an invoice. The 

 bag, of course, is unlimited. The 

 sportsman who has game may shoot 

 when he chooses to do so. 



In California game may be sold un- 

 der license. Pheasants reared in cap- 

 tivity or imported from a foreign coun- 

 try may be sold at any time under 

 perniit. 



In Illinois, deer bred in captivity mav 

 be sold Oct. 1 to Feby. 1 ; cock 

 pheasants may be sold by breeders, 

 Nov. 1 to Feby. 1. Doves ma}- be sold 



