addition, the sportsmen killed thousands of these various ani¬ 
mals that were never presented for "bounty* ....... 
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Since I9'l5 we have secured and stocked, in round nuxiv 
hers, game as follows*. • 
/ ' 
Elk... 170 
Deer. \o0 
Wild Turkeys... 0 * * * . 000 
Ring«neck pheasants.. 31.-000 
ping-neck pheasant Eggs..........Va,bOO 
Rahhits (cotton-tail)..., .40,000 
Varying Hares (Snow-shoe rahhits)10,000 
Quail, Boh-white.. 31, o00 "" 
Quail, G-amhel... 
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The majority of the various species purchased were 00 - 
tained during the past two years. 
The number of game refuges has heen increased xrom 
six (6), the number established prior to 1.915» to a total of 
thirty ( 30 ), with three ( 3 ) more refuges under way, Hive (5) . 
of these refuges have heen purchased and established and will he 
the property of the sportsmen forever. The three additional 
tracts now under contract will cost approximately /c 50 , 000 * 
The total expenditures for all these activities have 
heen keeping pace with the annual income. In o^xr wo_ds, 
Game Commission has heen doing everything wiuiiin .■.t'o power 
* ' * • 
the funds available, and indications are that the number 01 re- 
* 
fuges cannot he materially increased, due to the annual mainten¬ 
ance cost. Hundreds of requests for additional activities muo 
\ 
annually he refused. 
With the foregoing activities on the part of the Game 
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Commission, and the concerted active suppo rt_^^ssi - s^ce_^ 
, . . t * * 
more than a half million sportsmen , results have gradually im- 
proved, and, even though conservation problems are always long¬ 
term questions, the sportsmen of the State can well he proud of 
what they have accomplished in a comparatively short time. 
game conditions 
According to reports received from all sections of the 
State, as well as personal observations, we believe conditions 
as they apply to various species at this time are as follows*. 
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