GAME KILLED 
The sportsmen of the State have become educated to the 
fact that with such a large army of hunters we cannot hope to 
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look upon our wild life resources as a food supply, as was the 
case when our ancestors came to America* but instead we will be 
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accomplishing all that can be expected under present day condi- 
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tions if we are successful in continuing a sufficient supply of 
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game of various kinds to serve as the incentive to lure our peo- 
pie into the great out-of-doors to, commune with Nature and enjoy 
a day of wholesome recreation and sport. The laws protecting 
wild life have gradually been improved, and game of various kinds - 
especially our large game - has increased nicely. As a matter of 
comparison, I call your attention to the figures on the kill of 
deer and bear in Pennsylvania since 1907 as follows; 
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1907 1915 1918 1,919 1920 ' 1921 
Bear- 200 188 00 387 472 420 510 
Deer...*,. 200° 1287 1754 2939 33'00 4840 
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Male deer of all ages - the first year for the kill¬ 
ing of bucks only in Pennsylvania. 
00 Eirst season trapping was prohibited and-number 
limited to one to each person. 
The annual kill of small game varies considerably, de- 
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pending Upon climatic conditions, food conditions, etc., but, 
according to the best figures we have been able to obtain, the 
total weight of game killed in Pennsylvania in 1921 is almost 
5,000 tons . The value of this meat supply at present food prices 
would aggregate at least three and a half million dollars 
{$3,500,000.00), and the value of furs taken by Pennsylvanians 
each year it is estimated amounts to about two and a half million 
dollars ($2,500,000.00), Or a conservative estimate of the annual 
value of the kill of wild life in dollars and cents is at least 
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six million dollars ($6^000,000.00) without giving any considera¬ 
tion whatever to the value of hunting to our citizens - something 
that cannot be computed in dollars and cents. In addition to 
all this we have the benefit of the lifework and cheery song of 
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our song and insectivorous birds, the enormous value of which to 
our general well-being cannot be accurately estimated. 
FIELD ORGANIZATION 
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In 1913, when the writer became connected with the Game 
Commission, there were only twenty (20) Game protectors in the en¬ 
tire state, eighteen ( 18 ) of whom we re regularly in the field. 
We also had six (6) game refuge keepers. Today we have in Pen¬ 
nsylvania sixty*-four (64) Game protectors for the sixty-seven (67) 
counties, six (6) Assistant Game protectors, thirty-two (32) game 
refuges, thirty-one ( 31 ) of which will have officers in charge be- 
