THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 65 
SOME NEW YEAR “‘DON’TS.’’ 
F. M. Brown, chief clerk of the State Game Department, gives 
to the sportsmen of Oregon a few timely “Don’ts” that should be 
“pasted in tht mind” of every huntsman and angler, as follows: 
Don’t guess the law. Get a copy at the State Game Warden’s 
office. 
Don’t hunt or angle for anything which the law protects by an 
absolute closed season. 
Don’t violate any of the game and fish laws and then blame the 
_ officer who arrested you for doing it. Be a sportsman. 
i 2 Don’t try to inform any one what the law is unless you know. 
Don’t hunt or angle without first securing a license to do so. 
Don’t hunt with a dog or gun upon the cultivated or enclosed land, 
or the occupied unenclosed land of another, without first obtaining 
permission from the owner, occupant or agent thereof. You will 
violate the trespass law if you do. 
Don’t take any non-game bird for scientific or educational pur- 
poses without securing a permit to do so from the State Game 
Warden. 
Don’t shoot from a public road or highway. 
(9 Don’t kill song and insectivarous birds at any time. 
Don’t hunt ducks from boats propelled by mechanical power. 
Don’t forget that one of the objects of The Sportsman is to inspire 
4 the citizens of Oregon to use their efforts toward promoting the con- 
‘servation of the wild life of the state. 
Don’t forget to lend the State Game Department every assistance 
ma ‘possible in the effort to propagate and preserve the wild life of . 
Oregon. Let us take only what the law allows, that the next gener- 
ation may enjoy the same pleasures that the fields, forests and 
streams of our glorious state now afford us. 
3 Don’t forget that the courts have held that wild game is the 
property of the people, and can be hunted, killed, possessed and dis- 
7 posed of only as the people direct. It is well to bear this fact in mind 
always, especially ‘when you meet a game warden, charged with the 
_ enforcement of the edict of the people. Treat the warden with the 
courtesy and respect which his official position entitles him to 
_ receive at the hands of all law-abiding citizens. 
. Don’t forget that it will be through the tireless efforts of the 
_ authorities in chargt of fish propagation that the Oregon sportsmen 
of the future will enjoy the wonderful sport of angling for the trout 
abounding in every mountain stream in the state. 
Don’t forget that the “Closed Season” laws are the most import- 
ant of all. They are aimed to protect wild birds, animals and fishes 
during and after the breeding season. 
Don’t forget that the “Limit Laws’ curb the thoughtless and 
Selfish and guarantee the decent hunter and fisherman his share in 
the sport and its product. 
Don’t forget that the State Game Department is entirely self- 
Supporting, receiving its annual revenues for maintenance from the 
Sale of hunting, trapping and angling licenses. Not one penny of the 
Money of the taxpayers of the state is diverted to the work of pro 
tection and propagation of the wild game and fish of the state. 























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