BULLETIN NUMBER FIVE 
197 
Roads and automobiles now take the poacher into their 
country, and always hundreds of miles from any warden or 
officer. A killing is made, and no one knows anything about 
it, or has any way of finding out. 
“The state is not protecting the game, in my judgment. 
For instance, in this county we have only one warden for 
the entire area, and he is busy issuing licenses and riding 
along the well-traveled trails, as he has no time to go fur¬ 
ther. ... 7 am of the opinion that the mountain sheep of the 
state are doomed to final extinction within a very short 
time unless protective measures are effected.” 
A PETITION. 
Mr. Simpson has drawn up and is circulating for signa¬ 
tures the following forceful and important petition to the 
Wyoming Legislature, that convenes in January, 1917: 
“We, the undersigned, resident citizens of the County of 
Park in the State of Wyoming, respectfully petition your 
Honorable Body to pass at the coming meeting of the Legis¬ 
lature, protective laws against the total extermination of 
the SAGE GROUSE of the State, alleging: 
“1. That settlement of areas in which this Grouse has its 
habitat; easy access to it by modern conveyance; lack of 
protection on account of remote localities along roads, high¬ 
ways and trails, and an evident lack of interest by Citizens 
of the State with limited knowledge of this bird’s decrease 
in the last few years, and the undoubted fact of ultimate 
extinction of the species ivithin the next five years, requires: 
“That at least a five-year close season be made, and, in ad¬ 
dition, suitable and sufficient penalties for its violation.” 
Burke 77. Sinclair, Secretary to the Governor, Cheyenne. 
“. . . . It does seem to me that a closed season on sage 
grouse for a definite time would be highly desirable, since 
they are being killed very rapidly. Sheridan County had a 
five-year closed season on these birds until last year, when 
hunters were allowed two birds ach. As the result of that 
protection there was a substantial increase in that county.” 
S. N. Leek, Jackson Hole. 
“I presume there are sage grouse in nearly or quite every 
county in the state of Wyoming. In some localities they 
