near centers of population. Reports from all over the state in¬ 
dicate that rabbits are more plentiful than for many years past. 
. , . SQUIRRELS ! Reports indicate that squirrels are again 
increasing, due largely to the later open season on these ani¬ 
mals, and our present supply of squirrels should furnish excel¬ 
lent sport this fall. In some sections squirrels should not be 
ex c essive numoers until they mak e further recovery from 
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losses during the winter of 1919 and 1920 > 
_AURKE YS : Reports indicate that these birds are 
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increasing. The hatching and rearing season was quite favorable 
and there will be fully as many or more turkeys in most sections 
of the State than last season. The success of the season will 
depend somewhat on weather conditions, Pennsylvania is one of 
the few stages in the Union that can boast of these splendid game 
birds in woith-while numbers, and so long as the sportsmen will 
continue feeding them during the winter time, hunting them with- 
m reason during the open season, help us stop poaching before 
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season and help stop calling contrary to law, they will undoubt¬ 
edly continue to increase quite rapidly. 
. BUEEEID GROUSE: Reports indicate this ''king of Amer¬ 
ican game birds" is again gradually increasing throughout the 
o^ate. m some sections they were so reduced in numbers about 
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1917 that no perceptible increase has been noted, but with care - 
A 0 jtAA iA° n . and - conti nued conservative killing on the part of 
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the s P°rtsmen and keeping out forest fires the ruffed groude 
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fairly plentiful and supply good shooting for 
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many years to come,. Hundreds of sportsmen throughout the State 
during the past several seasons have refrained from killing these 
birds at all, while others kept well below the legal limit now 
allowed by law, Hone of these birds can be purchased for stock- 
APS purposes, and the only thing to do is to tak e the utmost care 
of our seed stock. 
RIHG-MECK PHEASA1TTS : Ring-neck pheasants are apparent¬ 
ly increasing in many sections of the State where they have been 
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