. Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. 38 HUNTING AND FISHING IN MONTANA. Killed Out of Season, 1917, Near Hell Creek, Garfield County A Meritorious Resolution At a regular meeting of the Anaconda Lodge No. 239, B. P. 0. E., the following resolution was unanimously adopted: It has been brought most forcibly to the attention of the members of Anaconda Lodge No. 239, of Anaconda, Montana, that great numbers of elk have been slaughtered in the counties of Powell and Granite dur- in
. Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. 38 HUNTING AND FISHING IN MONTANA. Killed Out of Season, 1917, Near Hell Creek, Garfield County A Meritorious Resolution At a regular meeting of the Anaconda Lodge No. 239, B. P. 0. E., the following resolution was unanimously adopted: It has been brought most forcibly to the attention of the members of Anaconda Lodge No. 239, of Anaconda, Montana, that great numbers of elk have been slaughtered in the counties of Powell and Granite dur- ing the ten days' open season established in said counties by the last legislative session of this state; and WHEREAS, It is also reported that many of these animals have been maimed and crippled by hunters, and permitted to drag them- selves away and die without effort even to save the carcasses of such animals for food, and others which were killed, through improper care or through greedy desire to kill an animal regardless of its food value through which cows and others unfit for food were killed, and such carcasses were thus lost or wasted without food or other return; and WHEREAS, The said elk were largely elk that had been shipped in, cared for and protected by sportsmen of this territory and per- mitted to breed and multiply almost as domestic animals to the extent that thoy were not wild or afraid of men so as to seek protection in the mountains and out of the way places, and under these circum- stances their slaughter was wanton, unsportsmanlike and ruthless; and WHEREAS, The condition under which such killing of elk is at- tempted to be justified through the fact that an open season was de- clared by law, permitting such killing for a period of ten days, and under such protection many availed themselves of the opportunity of killing or slaughtering without sport or sportsmanship, such heretofore protected and practically domesticated elk. We, the members of the Anaconda
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