sportsmen generally agree that our laws on gome, t,av,-.en «-« ». 
whole, are about as good as can-he and. thounouds of 
sportsmen join us in the thought that constant tinkeri»« 
the laws relative to taking game is not at all desiraore. 
There are only about four matters in which our s P or 
, i - rpy. pt* in IslflB 0 ¥ (1 Q 3T 
men are seriously concerned at tnis time. Th J,, 
of their importance, are as follows-. 
]. Legislation that will bring about a better un:-.^^ 
standing between sportsmen and landowners. Th * the 
soon will be, one of the biggest questions comxontin*, 
sportsmen of many States. 
0 q p n- i^nn all laws on game into one compact 
2. Codification Ox ail x<x o o application. 
code, with practically no changeo xn 1 
3. A uniform season for all small upland game for 
the month of November only. 
4 p g + ^- r ,e killing of no deer except with antlers 
4. permit m.o 6 . ^ ^ establish a 
with two or more points uo one an.x,.. . ■ • x ro _ • 
more desirable breeding ratio, and secure . j V 
phies throughout. Our law now woteh; |* ur in . 
11 spike' 1 bucks until they have anaeio at lea 
dies long. 
sport suss - LAmiomE-RS \jwmm . 
Of the four items mentioned, the sportsmen- landowners 
problem is the most serious, and since it affects many of the 
,,, T ...ran disc uss it from our view-point 
States here represented, i will aiocu 
a • Tva eartp qpotions of Pennsylvania, especially 
in Pennsylvania. in some seexiono ux 
..To + ann tup feeling between landowners and 
near centers of population, the iceimg u. ... 
sportsmen has become quite acute. Tnis situation hao b 
brought about principally through abuses and misunderstandings, 
-aha hao also been aggravated by individual* and clubs leasing ... 
large tracts for private hunting grounds. There are, I am eorrj 
to say, still entirely too many in our ranks who cannot be .clas¬ 
sed as sportsmen, but instead are simply "sports," taking what 
this world has to offer regardless of the rights of their fel 
lowmen or the future. Some of these "sports", many of them 
native-born Americans too, go upon the property of lan 
ind commit all sorts of un-called for depredations and abuses, 
c 
even to the extent of destroying live stock through reckless 
shooting. The good sportsmen of Pennsylvania deeply deplore 
this condition„ and have through organization and education 
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