Wew Work Zoological Park 
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE 
NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 
185th St. € Southern Boulevard 
WILLIAM T. HORNADAY, Sc. D., , 
DIRECTOR New York, 
Mr. William Brewster, President, 
Massachusetts State Audubon Society, 
No. 145 Brattle Street, 
Cambridge, Mass. 
My dear Mr, Brewster:- 
Thank you very much for your letter of Februery 18th. For several years past, 
I have been studying the "bag-limit", the sale of game, and the automatic guns, and 
have taken a great deal of testimony on these subjects. 
We really must not shut our eyes to the disagreeable fact that it is utterly 
impossible for any state,with the game wardens that are now in the field, to enforce 
bag-limit lews on birds. To rigidly enforce a bag-limit law, a game warden would 
have to inspect every bag of birds killed every day in the territory that he covers. 
There are three game wardens on Long Island. You are quite well acquainted with 
conditions on Long Island, and I leave you to judge how far they could go in inspect~ 
ing the bagsbf birds that are made on that island every day in the shooting season. 
I am just in receipt of ea letter from a Virginia man who is familiar with duck~ 
shooting along the Virginia coast and along Carrituck Sound; and he solemnly assures 
me that’ the automatic and "pump" guns are more destructive to wild fowl than all 
other guns added together. 
I think the time has come that every friend of wild life mst take his position, 
either for the automatic guns, or against them. The neutral ground has disappeared! 
Many sportsmen whom I know, who once bought and used the machine guns, have discarded 
them forever, because they have recognized their deadliness and unfairness. 
We have got to stop all the leaks that are draining away our wild life, or else 
accept a gemeless continent. The campaign against the slaughter guns needs the sup~ 
port of your Association. ‘Wild Life Call No. 3" shows you Mr. Dutcher's estimate 
of those weapons. The only defense that the gun-makers offer for their automatic 
and "pump" guns is abuse of G. 0. Shields! The guns are absolutely indefensible; 
but their makers peal for immunity and say:- "Shorten the open season, reduce 
the bag-limit, and enforce the laws!", It is as much their duty to do these things 
as ours; but the bag~limit law simply can not be enforced on birds. 
In all probability, the next meeting of the Audubon Society will be too late for 
a consideration of the question of sending my "Wild Life Call" to the members of the 
Association, or not. 
Yours very truly, 
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