To summarize the* license tag of Pennsylvania in Tnany 
instances simply adds "men" to "sports" and makes S POR TSMEN out 
of hunters who would otherwise kill regardless of the future, . 
as well as destroy private property of all kinds to the untold 
detriment to the cause in which we are interested. The only oh- 
jections ever raised to this tag in Pennsylvania have come from 
hunters who did not want their identity known for various reasons, 
hut, frankly speaking, does any State have use for a lot of hunt¬ 
ers of this type? Prom other States where the use of a similar 
tag has heen considered, the principal objections have heen the 
cost of the tags, and the possibility that the tag would he ac¬ 
cepted by officers as full evidence that the hunter wearing a 
certain tag was the owner thereof when in reality it was borrow¬ 
ed from a friend. Very little trouble of this kind is experienc¬ 
ed in Pennsylvania, and even though officers should not ask every 
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hunter they see to produce their license certificate, it is be- 
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yond question quite desirable to have exposed prima facie evidence 
that the man is properly licensed. While the license tag does 
not serve as a cure for all improper conduct, it is of so much 
value that we would very much dislike to be without it. Mary- 
land has tried the same tag, and as I understand it the Game De- 
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partment and the sportsmen of that State appreciate its value fully 
SUPPLEMEPTidL LEGISLATIVE REMEDY 
As a remedy for man^t of the ills above named, various 
additional methods have been suggested from time to time. Among 
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others, a law that would prohibit a landowner from posting his 
property, or if posted would prohibit him, his family or friends 
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from hunting thereon. An arrangement of this kind might prove 
beneficial in some instances, but -is so un-American in principle -■ 
practically be holding a club over the landowners — that it is 
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the last thing self-respecting sportsmen would desire even though 
it should be held constitutional, about which there is a grave 
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doubt. This is decidedly not the method by which to overcome 
the differences between sportsmen and landowners, but there is 
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now; a well crystallized sentiment throughout Pennsylvania favoring 
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