Nov, 23, 1907.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
835 


|ther violations would indicate that the vigorous 
ligrosecution of timber thieves by the department 
lias had its effect. The increase of 35 per cent. 
iver the previous year in the total number of 
lictions brought, and the 100 per cent. increase 
: the amount recovered in fines in actions for 
sh and game law violations are the true index 
if the work accomplished by the department. 
wWVhile the total recovery of fines, inclusive of 
wrest trespass, as stated, is less than last year, 
i is more than three times larger than the 
liscoveries for the year ending Sept. 30, 1904, 
mhen the total amount was $18,134.42. 
|In the effort to secure more effective pro- 
ction of fish and game it has been deemed ad- 
aisable along with the regular enforcement to 
yncentrate On one section at a time, and some 
( the worst territories for violations have re- 
4ived vigorous shake-ups during tlie past year. 
tn instance in point is the work done last sum- 
wer in the lower New York Bay Through the 
(urtesy of Police Commissioner Theodore 
gingham, of New York city, police patrol boat 
0. 4 was put at the disposal of the department. 
yt a week’s time a number of arrests were made 
(iid an effective stop put to the incursions of 
ji,enhaden fishermen, who had been netting fish 
g New York waters. 
9; Lhe winter killing of deer for supplying lum- 
y2" Camps with meat has become a thing of the 
mist as far as any wholesale violation is con- 
o@tned. Some irresponsible jobbers undoubted- 
still encourage the practice in a small way, 
iit the larger camps are very careful to comply 
pith the law, and in a number of instances the 
en are not permitted to have guns in camp 
string the close season. Throughout the winter 
yjonths these camps are frequently visited by 
w,€ protectors in whose territory they are sit- 
pi.ted. 
i} Lhe summer killing of deer, while at present 
nimuch more difficult matter to control, is con- 
ated to sporadic instances, and is not a serious 
menace to the supply. Successful violation of 
e hounding law is much less common than 
girmerly, and will soon cease to figure to any 
(,nsiderable extent, as the danger of detection 
iis increased, and there is also a growing local 
yfotiment in favor of the law. 
ais taken in hand the matter of the removal of 
a hounds from the limits of the Adirondack 
erick. 
mWhile deer have undoubtedly increased in 
iimbers in many localities owing to the better 
“otection afforded during‘the close season, 
issre are other localities where there has been 
it such increase. It is significant that these 
ter points are chiefly in the heart of the deer 
jluntry. The ratio between the numbers of 
it: hunters and the deer is constantly changing 
l,|the expense of the deer. Though the open 
son of 1906 was a month shorter than in 1905, 
itire deer were killed by almost 10 per cent., 
ging from- the record of shipments. There 
ire more deer shipped in 1906 than in any year 
tice the commission has kept a record of ship- 
iijnts, and 4o per cent. more in 1906 than in 
4. 
“he increase in the number of hunters was 
y noticeable at the railroad stations in ,the 
"'r country last fall. By far the larger number 
‘at into the woods in November, and it is 
amon report in many localities that more 
r were killed in the fifteen days of open sea- 
in November than in the balance of the 
ting season, the month of October. These 
“!s make advisable the cutting out of the 
t/vember hunting. 
‘he winters of 1905-1906 and of 1906-1907 



tle been unusually favorable for the deer, and ! 
t} of hundreds of deer seen in this time I 
tl}e only found one which had certainly been 
liter killed. The favorable result is due to 
') light snow fall, which permitted the deer 
Jjtravel far in search of food. During this 
I}; the heaviest cut of evergreen timber in 
§} history of the Adirondacks has been made. 
S}iy famous yarding grounds of deer have been 
Hfterated. The result will be that many deer 
perish the first severe winter of heavy 
VS. 
‘there is and always will be summer feed 
‘yitly in excess of the requirement, but even 
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