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was until fifty years ago abundantly supplif 
with moose, and as the conditions affecting t 
subsistence of this animal are substantially t 
same now as they were then, there seems to | 
no good reason why the experiment should nf 
be continued. 
The number of wild black bears killed in th 
State during the year ending June 30, 1906, w 
greater than the number killed during the prece} 
ing year. In the town of Wilmington, one mz} 
Mr. Asa Lawrence, killed thirteen. The vali 
of the sheep killed by bears in this town alo 
is placed at $300. 
The following is a summary of the bears r} 
ported killed in this State since the bear la} 
went into effect, May 9, 1904: 
Reported killed, May 9, 1904, to June 30, 1904......... ; 
Reported killed, year ending June 30, 1905.............. i 
Reported killed, year ending June 30, 1906............ 1} 
















The largest bear reported during the yee! 
ending June 30, 1906, was that killed by Mf 
Charles Monroe in Sullivan county, on No} 
I, 1905. Its weight was 480 pounds. The smal! 
est were the three cubs caught by Mr. Joh 
Taylor, in Lewis county, on April 4, 1906, whic 
weighed but six pounds apiece. During th 
period six bears were taken weighing 4c| 
pounds or over; twelve weighed between 3c| 
and 400 pounds; thirty-two between 200 an| 
300 pounds; thirty-six between 100 and 2c) 
pounds. Thirty-three weighed less than 1c! 
pounds. The weights of two were not giver) 
The average live weight of bears killed in thi! 
State has been ascertained, from the records c/ 
the past year, to be 174 pounds. i 
The beaver is rapidly increasing in number} 
in the Adirondacks, and the effort to reintrot 
duce this animal appears to be a complete suc} 
cess. The beavers released by the State in 190 | 
have made themselves entirely at home in thei| 
new environment. They have built dams ani 
erected houses in*®several places in Hamiltoi} 
and Herkimer counties, and appear to be in 
creasing satisfactorily. 
A letter received from Edward S. Fellows, o 
Falconer, N. Y., stated that on Nov. 2, 1906 
while visiting at Port Byron, eleven miles nortlf 
of the city of Auburn, he killed a gray timbe' 
wolf. According to his story, his dog scentecf 
the animal and after a long chase he found it a} 
bay and killed it with a shot from a 32-calibeil 
revolver. The specimen measured five feet fron| 
tip to tip, and it is understood that it will bet 
mounted for exhibition. There is no explana} 
tion on the part of the old hunters in the wood: 
as to how this stray wolf came to be where i} 
was found. The animal has long been Sup-} 
posed to be extinct in this part of the country. 
In the fall of 1905 the issuing of nonresidentt 
hunting licenses was begun by the commission | 
on the advice of the Attorney-General that the 
existing law was mandatory. The requirement) 
was made generally known through the daily} 
papers, and the publications appealing directly}, 
to sportsmen. The first application for a license}; 
was received from New Jersey on Sept. 26, and | 
Nov. 1, following, the fiftieth license was issued. | 
The rate charged was that existing in the State} 
from which the applicant came. . 
The total number of hunting accidents in the | 
Adirondacks reported in 1905 was seventeen; for} 
the past season it was but nine. 
Joun D. WuisH, Sec’y. 




















Report of the Chief Game Protector. 


I have the honor to submit the following re- . 
port for the year ending Sept. 30, 1906. Assist- f 
ant Chief Protector M. C. Worts has covered r 
the work performed by the protectors in the 
bringing of actions, the amount of recovery of 
fines and penalties and prison sentences of game 
law violators, the number and value of illegal 
nets and other devices for the taking of fish 
seized and destroyed, together with a summary 
of the licensed nets operated by commercial 
fishermen, with fees received and the statistics 
of fish caught during the year, and other matters 
of interest connected with the enforcement of 
the forest, fish and game law of the State. 
Mr. Worts has called attention to the de- |, 
crease in penalties recovered for trespass on 
State lands, which in connection with the con- 
siderable increase in penalties recovered for 
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