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NOT THE B. & C. CLUB PLAN. 
(Continued from page 727.) 
Boone and Crockett Club, and that it is a “shame" 
to mention my name in its title! 
I will answer him by setting forth the follow¬ 
ing documents, from which he who reads can 
judge between Mr. Sheldon and the undersigned: 
1. —The full text of the Boone and Crockett 
Club’s plan, as set forth in the Perkins’ bill, and 
furnished hy Mr. Sheldon himself on September 
16, 1915, in a letter of protest to the Editor of 
The Outlook; 
2. —The text of “the Hornaday plan”, and 
3. —An exhibit, in parallel columns, of the 16 
features of radical difference between the two 
plans. 
1—THE BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB PLAN. 
H. R. 23839—A Bill for the Protection and Increase of 
State Game Preserves. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬ 
sentatives of the "United States of America in Con¬ 
gress assembled, That the President of the. United 
States is hereby authorized, on request in writing by 
the governor of anv State and recommendation of the 
Secretary of Agriculture, to declare by public proclama¬ 
tion areas which are adapted for the protection and 
ropagation of game or other animals, birds, or fish to 
_e national game refuges, which shall be recognized 
as breeding grounds therefore 
First—Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
certify that he has received in writing from the 
governor of the State in which such lands are situated 
a recommendation for the creation of a game refuge 
on national forests or on other unoccupied public lands; 
Provided, that the area of any one refuge shall not 
exceed fiftv thousand acres, or 
Second—Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
ceitify that lands held in private ownership have been 
relinquished to the Government for the purpose of 
establishing a refuge for birds or game; and the Sec¬ 
retary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to accept 
the relinquishment of such tracts in behalf of the 
Government of the United States. 
Sec. 2—That when such areas have been so desig¬ 
nated as provided in this Act, hunting, trapping kill¬ 
ing or capture of game or other animals, birds or 
fish upon the lands or within the waters of the United 
States within the limits of said areas shall be unlaw¬ 
ful except under such regulations as may be pre¬ 
scribed by the Secretary of Agriculture; and whoever 
shall violate any of the provisions of this Act shall 
b“ deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con¬ 
viction in any United States court of competent 
jurisdiction shall be fined not more than five hundred 
dollars or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding 
six months for each offense, or shall suffer both fine 
and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court; 
Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may, when 
necessary, authorize the capture therein of any ani¬ 
mals, birds or fish for propagation or exhiDition, may 
authorize fishing with hook and line, m.i" permit the 
collection of specimens for scientific purposes, and may 
exempt from protection and destroy such species as he 
may deem injurious. . 
Sec. 3—That it is the purpose of this Act to pro¬ 
tect game, mammals and birds, and not to interfere 
with the operation of local game laws as affecting 
ptivate or State lands, to encourage the reintroduc¬ 
tion of elk and other big game in areas where they 
have become extinct, and to establish game refuges 
t) serve as breeding grounds from which the ad¬ 
jacent parts of the national forests, the public do¬ 
main, or other lands may be restocked with game. 
2—THE HORNADAY PLAN 
(1) A federal law empowering the Secretary of 
Agriculture to select and delimit areas in national 
forests suitable for game sanctuaries. (2) These sanc¬ 
tuaries shall be established by presidential proclama¬ 
tion. (3) These sanctuaries shall be so located that 
they will not occupy land chiefly suitable for agricul¬ 
ture. (4) These sanctuaries shall be located where 
they will interfere to the least extent practicable with 
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grazing of domestic stock, especially the stock 
of actual settlers. (5) These sanctuaries shall be es¬ 
tablished with the approval of the Governor of each 
State concerned. (6) It is expedient to establish a 
large number of sanctuaries of medium size rather 
than a few large preserves. (7) The ideal condition 
would be a chain of sanctuaries which m time would 
restore game to all the intervening territory. (8) Ad¬ 
ministration will be vested in the Secretary of Agri¬ 
culture. (9) Boundaries are to be settled after full con¬ 
sideration of all conditions. (10) Predatory animals are 
to be killed. (11) The object of these sanctuaries is to pro¬ 
vide breeding places for game which will spread over ad- 
jacent territory, where it will be subject to the reg- 
ular open seasons provided by law. Inis will pre- 
vent danger of overstocking the ranges. It will there¬ 
fore not be the general policy to extend these 
sanctuaries. 
3—A PARALLEL-COLUMN COMPARISON. 
Did the Boone and Crockett Club Originate the “Hornaday Plan?” 
of 
THE HORNADAY PLAN, 1915-16- 
2 This proposes “National” Game Preserves. 
4 Initiative to be taken by the national government. 
6 Areas unlimited. . . , 
8 A complication, open to objection, that is omitted. 
10 No hunting of any knd is to be permitted in 
the preserves, except of predatory animals, which 
“are to be Killed.” 
12 Nothing of this kind is to be permitted in the 
sanctuaries to be created by the Hornaday Plan, 
except possibly fishing. 
14 Interference with stock grazing and agriculture 
’ will be carefully avoided; the only basis on 
which a plan of this kind can get through 
Congress. 
16 This plan is based on the use of the waste lands 
of the national forests that are unsuitable for 
agriculture and stock grazing. 
On the above documents, and without any argument. I now rest my case before the bar of public 
opinion, and ask the readers of FOREST AND STREAM to judge for themselves. 
New York, November 15, IQ15- William T. Hornaday. 
THE BOONE AND CROCKETT PLAN, 1912. 
(See H. R. 23839—Bill of Senator Perkins.) 
1 This plan proposes “State” Game Preserves. 
3 Initiative must be taken by the Governors 
states. (A fatal provision!) 
5 Areas limited to 50,000 acres. 
7 Private lands may be accepted and converted 
into game preserves. 
0 The Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe 
regulations for “hunting, trapping, killing or 
capture of game or other animals, birds or fish 
in the preserves! 
n The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 
capture of animals, birds or fish for various pur¬ 
poses, and on various pretexts—exhibition, prop¬ 
agation, scientific, etc. 
13 Nothing said about interference with stock graz¬ 
ing and agriculture. A fatal omission! 
15 Nothing said about locating preserves on waste 
lands. 
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