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prairies of Ilhnois shooting this bird. It will be recalled that the late 
King Edward VII, then the Prince of Wales, visited Illinois to shoot 
prairie chickens in the neighborhood of Wilmington in Will County. 
No manner of game conservation will bring back the prairie chicken 
in such numbers as there were at the period referred to. Simply because 
the character of the country has been changed by the white man’s plow. 
Still there is left in the State a goodly number of this magnificent 
bird, and by a proper method of conservation this number may be greatly 
The Prairie Chicken. 
increased, so that in all parts of the State an opportunity to kill a small 
number of these birds each year may be offered the sportsmen. 
Under our system of game reservations it is possible to keep in 
closer touch with these birds than could be done without having special 
sections of the country for propogation work. Patches where these 
birds may nest undisturbed in the spring may be easily controlled by 
the commission. Whereas, without such breeding grounds the birds 
would be forced to nest in undesirable places. 
