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prohibit the killing of buck deer until they have ant¬ 
lers with two or more poipfs to one antler, to es¬ 
tablish a more desirable breeding ratio and save a 
lot of small bucks killed illegally each season. 
The first of these items is very Important, suggest-* 
ions on these questions, according to the sentiment of• thousands 
of sportsmen so far consulted, are as follows; 
SPORTSMEN - LAND-OWNERS PROBLEM; This is one of the 
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most difficult problems confronting the sportsmen of. Pennsylvania 
today, principally because of abuses and misunderstandings, and 
considerably aggravated by the purchase of large tracts of wild 
lands by clubs and individuals for private hunting grounds, in 
the first place, there are unfortunately entirely too many m our 
ranks who cannot be classified as sportsmen, who go upon thfe pro¬ 
perty. of land-owners and commit all sorts of uncalled for depre¬ 
dations and crimes too numerous to mention. The good sportsmen 
of Pennsylvania deeply deplore such actions and desire such van¬ 
dalism prevented if at all possible. On the other hand, many 
1and*owners do not appreciate what the true sportsmen of Pennsyl¬ 
vania have done for them; sportsmen ov/ning private enfenced pre* 
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serves are frequently unappreciative Of the benefits derived 
through funds contributed by the sportsmen generally. Briefly . 
enumerated, through the efforts of our sportsmen., the land-owners 
have been securing material benefits- as follows,; 
1. The sportsmen of. the Sta te a re responsible fo r _a llJhe 
laws on our statutes pr otecting, sohg^ and_iftg^^ »_ 
5hT~fheir~enfo‘fcerneriSTNo land-owner, or anybody ts.se, unless 
he"wi? - aTsd a sportsman, ever turned a hand to secure legisla¬ 
tion orotecting beneficial birds. The protection of song an 
insectivorous birds, ever since the creation of the Game com¬ 
mission, has been given the same attention as the protection 
of game birds and animals. ^ejportaneftaince J une l ^l^z 
have been paying the en tire cos^T oT such pr o^£t^ji_o£&_ox_ 
their own funds, and ape not asking a cent in ^urn ior ser- 
vices rende r e cCT The life-work 61 the birds, Protected by the 
hunteps of the State, makes possible the crops 6f th<~ xarmers. 
in addition to protecting these beneficial birds, 
through the efforts of the Game Commission and interested 
sportsmen thousands of trees, shrubs, etc. 1bearing J^ r 
birds have been elanted to supply plenty of desirable food and 
thus prevent inroads upon the cultivated fruits and berries of 
the land-owners, the persons who derive the greatest benefit 
from their life work. 
2 Through the hunters f license fund, the sportsmen since 
July 1913 have paid out in bounties on noxious animals of 
various kinds more than $860,000. large portion^of ni,3 
enormous amount has gone to the land-owners and t h e ir childyeg 
"for the killing "of"weas el a, foxes, etc. , which in t he^m^j ^ or it y 
of instances were dispatc hed principally t o prevent ,inroadg 
upon their o wn poultry . The land-owners and their cmldr n 
