landowners and their children for the killing of weasels,, 
foxes, etc, which in many cases were dispatched principalIj 
to prevent inroads upon their own poultry. 
4. Through the efforts of the sportsmen of Pennsylvania, 
thousands of naturalized foreign-born residents, ignorant 
of our laws and customs, have been prevented from destroy¬ 
ing, through the use of firearms or packs of hungry, mon¬ 
grel dogs that feed upon the countryside, not only game and 
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wild birds, but domestic poultry and live-stock of various 
kinds, 
5. The rural people of' Pennsylvania have bene fitted 
• financially through the presence of sportsmen from distant 
points in their midst, who need to be housed and fed, have 
their equipment hauled into the hunting territory, also a 
local market for a great deal of their produce during the 
hunting season. . .. . 
On the other hand, as previously stated, the _la £d^im££S 
f t he state have 'in many instances not recej ^edji^ 
po rt groan.'* j ike consideration from hunters , and many unpunished. 
rimes have been committed against landowners and their property, 
tile the organized sportsmen have made an effort to educate 
reir fellow hunters to be up-right, self- respecting citizens who 
2gard the landowners as their hosts in eve » this ef- 
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ort has not fully corrected conditions. Trespass notices have 
sually been respected by good sportsmen everywhere, but to many 
unters such notices are simply a target to shoot? at. _ in fact, 
n many instances trespass notices are looked, upon as an open im¬ 
itation to come in and hunt if they want to find plenty of game, 
ith the result t ha t the good spor ts men who regard_t h£^ishes_of 
he landowners when lands are posted lose out entir ely. Because 
of this condition, the trespass law does not ordinarily secure 
the desired protection, and is inimical to the interests of our 
law-abiding sportsmen 
VALUE OP HUNTER'S LICEN SE TAG 
X 
requently been 
The value of Pennsylvania’s hunter’s license tag has . 
questioned, and even though the cost of these tags 
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