8 REPORT OF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 
attempted the domestication of wild game. The Supreme Court deci- 
sion, upholding the state law prohibiting parcel post shipments of game, 
has effectually stopped a much-used method of evading the law. The 
wisdom of passing a spiked buck law is becoming more and more appar- 
ent. An increase in the number of deer and a reduced number of 
hunting accidents are direct results of this law. 
Satisfactory game conditions prevail. The yearly kill of deer con- 
tinues to be near the 12,000 mark, and excellent waterfowl shooting has 
been enjoyed up to this last year, when unusual weather conditions inter- 
fered. With the change in the quail season improved quail hunting 
should result. The new federal regulations will benefit dove conditions 
by preventing the destruction of nesting birds during August. 
Game Refuges. 
Believing that the game refuge forms one of the most dependable 
means of conserving the game supply, the commission was instrumental 
‘in having the 1917 legislature set aside 16 large areas within the 
national forests as game refuges. The new refuges are as follows: 





Name County Area, acres 
| Sle le a Se MME rt PPS ae TL 2 Bad PO oe nc ok oe ee eee | 51,840 
ANDY te A Seo, ET eee gs eee RUMGNS TG Gate ee oe ee eee ee 69,120 
5D ee ee Oe ae ee ore ee oe VG UG As oa en ee eee ee ee ee 125,440 
in ee ee ee MAIR BaATDAT A) ccs 2-2 eis See ee 39,680 
11 pene eed eerie ies Reg Tilane-and Kerm: 25s See ee ee peor 87,600 
SC a aera aa ey Ne, PS ys Bae GRO) (So 2 Senda e nea sceeee 33,400 
| ee ae eee ee eee Astron. 3 52 eee eee Se 57,600 
i Sea aR Np Mls EE HAC EN AD ORAGCO «2 ees ae ee te 64,000 
EP ies 5h. sk eee tee PIGS lc we ons fake eee cee eee 81,000 
KS Sage a pee snbee Me seems «8 TIS Sew noe SS kee See en eee 34,400 
5 bl gid Ory eis SELENE SNE oS ee eek MSSOM Vsl20325-0 2 enema ena 47,580 
je ee een ene ene ip SUT eS Soe MOOG oon Sette ai eee ee 47,560 
RE. Con, ee AK ie en Ce! DOGO) o2neu canes an 6 oe eee ers 57,000 
UB sack, het ene Oe AO ee SHANTAy tes c5ecueeet eee eee ee eee 69,000 
RN a ee Oe eS es ae Siskiyou So 25 so se See ee eee 8,960 
Che Se a. Tees se ee ees MendoGino” aid Waikel22e2 se sssseees 87,000 
Mount. Samialipais, -2-.-- 225 MATIN. cco Scs ede a ae ee ee 28,000 
a 1; | er nk ens aE I) eer a ms uae. 8 Pour eee Smee 1 ee ere ae 3s SE Se > 839,180 

The United States Forest Service greatly aided in picking out the 
areas. Each refuge was chosen with reference to the various kinds of 
game to be found, where both summer and winter range is provided 
and where administration is easily possible. With these new refuges 
and those which have already been set aside, and with the national 
parks, which are federal refuges, California now has a chain of 
sanctuaries extending from the Mexican line to the Oregon line. It is 
becoming more and more apparent that the protection afforded in a 
refuge allows game to increase rapidly and spread out to surrounding 
territory where it furnishes food and sport to all those who wish. 
