Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana . A Summer Home, Deep Creek, Broadwater County m ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - . ( ^ ?i . 1 ^ rtr WmL 1 11 L ?1 rm 1 .i\ r f -jJM ^^ • ?m i ? Vote for Double Barrcl-Pump Gun Out of Date (52) and it is the writers prediction that if the present late season is continued, therewill occur a slaughter in one season of the future, that will forever bring theblush of shame to the cheek of every sportsman in Montana, who has not con-sistently and continually opposed December hunting. What has been said concerning elk is equally applicable to deer,
Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana . A Summer Home, Deep Creek, Broadwater County m ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - . ( ^ ?i . 1 ^ rtr WmL 1 11 L ?1 rm 1 .i\ r f -jJM ^^ • ?m i ? Vote for Double Barrcl-Pump Gun Out of Date (52) and it is the writers prediction that if the present late season is continued, therewill occur a slaughter in one season of the future, that will forever bring theblush of shame to the cheek of every sportsman in Montana, who has not con-sistently and continually opposed December hunting. What has been said concerning elk is equally applicable to deer, as an earlystorm brings them to the lower foothills, from the high mountains, and whendeep snow prevents a return to the more secure regions of the higher crags, thehelpless deer are hunted for two weeks longer than they should be. They fall. A Cruel System in multitudes under the ruthless onslaught of hunters armed with high powerrifles. This is not alone the opinion of the writer, but the expression of hun-dreds of sportsmen who have spoken to me concerning this matter, during thepast two open seasons. In 1911, when the open season on deer closed December 1st, on account ofan early storm, the deer were slain by the thousands—an estimate based on carefulreports from each wardens district in the State, placing the number at 15, the vicinity of Whitefish in Flathead County, 3,500 were killed during the lastfifteen days of November of that year. Are not these facts sufficiently alarming to warrant the Montana Legislaturein closing the season at least as early as November 30th of each year? Mr. Vernon Bailey, a member of the United States Biological Bureau, hascarefully compiled statistics from data laboriously obtained by actual count of thenumber of elk in Yellowstone Park, during the season of 1915-1916. His conten
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