A WINTER GAME PRESERVE. 



FRANK DUNHAM, M.D. 



Editor Recreation : In the June num- 

 ber of your Sportsman's Bible you present 

 a few ideas in relation to adding to our 

 game preserve in this State. 



I read the article, and then began think- 

 ing. I might have gone no farther than the 

 thinking stage had not that veteran guide 

 and sportsman, Ira Dodge, of Cora, Wyo., 

 paid our city a visit. Our talk naturally 

 turned to hunting and fishing, and, as a 

 consequence, to game laws and game pro- 



will find a tract of country marked " the 

 red desert." We conclude that by setting 

 off a portion of country between the twelfth 

 guide meridian on the East, and the thir- 

 teenth guide meridian on the West, the 

 fifth standard parallel (North) on the 

 South, and the South boundary of Fremont 

 county on the North, enough of this terri- 

 tory would be taken in to furnish a winter 

 range for the elk, and other large game, for 

 all time. 



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MAP OF PROPOSED WINTER GAME PRESERVE. 



tection. Without doubt Colonel Dodge is 

 the best posted man in the West on our big 

 game and their haunts. 



We were discussing the question of estab- 

 lishing a winter game park, and concluded 

 to put the L. A. S. in possession of some 

 facts, and to call its attention to a stretch of 

 country that is practically of no value to 

 any one, but which furnishes winter range 

 for more elk and antelope than all the re- 

 maining portion of Wyoming. 



Look at a map of this State, and in the 

 northern part of Sweetwater county you 



We are also heartily in favor of extending 

 the park limits so as to include all of Jack- 

 son's Hole proper. In this we differ slightly 

 from the editor of Recreation. To make 

 the East boundary of the timber reserve the 

 East boundary of the contemplated preserve 

 would be to go farther East than is necessary 

 or wise. This is for several reasons. 



1st. All along the head of Wind river, 

 the Du Noir, Horse creek, and all the 

 tributaries of Wind river are improved 

 ranches. Many of these are patented, and 

 we would have a big fight on our hands, 

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