in turn have not been asked to contribute a single cent to 
the fund from which this bounty was paid unless they saw fit 
to hunt beyond a given apfa. 
The payment of bounties also helps privately control¬ 
led preserves by the destruction of vermin which would other** 
wise destroy the game they desire to retain for their exclu¬ 
sive enjoyment. 
3* Through laws enacted an d,enfo rced by the sportsmen , 
and through restocking game^wTth.t he ""Tun ds supplied by spo rts¬ 
men, land- owner s and their children "novr" can hunT* for an d find 
a " Veason abi'e s'upp 1 y of game' ofT t'hetr~own premises, Without 
paying one cent to the fund for such restocking and protect¬ 
ion that made such conditions possible. 
'4, Thr ough the resident hunter’s license tag , th e land-_ 
owners of tHe"' State' are securing' 'an'' insurance 1 a gains f depre- 
da'tlohs' oh' thbir property ’that could not be obtained from 
any other source ,the value of which protection cannot be 
estimated in ‘dollars and cents. 
Through the efforts Of ^he sportsmen the aliens in 
Our midst, ignorant Of cur laws and customs, are prevented 
ftoln hunting or owning firearms or packs of hungry worth¬ 
less dogs to feed on the countryside* and land-owners, es¬ 
pecially farmers near industrial -and mining centres, re¬ 
ceive protection impossible fifteen yeaf,s ago,, as was then 
everywhere evidenced* 
The land-owner 3 , through the sportsmen of the State, 
aye also benefitting financially through boarding sportsmen, haul 
ing their equipment into the hunting territory and out again, a 
local market.for their produce, etc. On the other hand, as 
above stated, the land-owners of the state have,in many i nstances 
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not received anything near sportsman-like consideration 
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from the 
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hunters, and depredations, thefts, and other serious crimes have 
been committed against land-owners and their property. The good 
sportsmen of the commonwealth have made an- effort to educate their 
fellow-hunters to be up-right, self-respecting citizens who would 
regard properly the rights and wishes of land-owners, which effort 
has not fully corrected conditions. 
Trespass notices have usually been repsected by our 
good sportsmen everywhere, but are simply a joke to many hunters; 
in fact trespass notices are frequently regarded by men not clas¬ 
sed as sportsmen as an invitation to hunt on such lands if they 
want to find plenty of rabbits, etc,, and the good sportsmen lose 
out because they respect the land-owner’s wishes. Because of 
+>1 i r nonA.ition. it is my opinion thatjthe trespass law does jot 
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o rdinarily secure the desired protection , and is usually inimical 
to the interests of our good sportsmen, in an endeavor to con¬ 
trol hunters who do not conduct themselves properly, the sports¬ 
men prevailed upon the last legislature to -change the position 
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