Show I I GAME GAME BUTCHER Will NILL RESIST REGARDLESS By M Morris or is Ackerman Famous Hunter and Trapper Frequently Frequent y we lye have had the question submitted asking our opinion on whether the pump and auto auto- loading auto shotguns would woold be barred in certain stat states s and our opinion of the worth of this variety of gun as a a. game getter setter The question is one that many hunters hunters hunters hunt hunt- ers would rather not see discussed Yet It is of material importance to the man buying a shotgun In our Judgment the pump ump and autoloader autoloader autoloader auto auto- loader will wm only be barred ge generally when hunting itself becomes a thing of history Our reason for making making- this as assertion assertion as- as Is that the hunter and not the gun mak makes s the game butcher There is no use denying the fact that the pump and loaders auto-loaders are In many instances superior game getters to the tho single singie and double guns Especially Is i this true in duck hunting But for field fieldwork fieldwork i work on fast tast going land birds the double double double dou dou- I ble gun is a great ammunition saver over the other varieties There is no more use uso in yelling calamity calamity ca en lamity over the pumps and anti autos than there was when the loading breech-loading shotgun shotgun shotgun shot shot- gun knocked out the muzzle The Tho only argument today Is there is less I Ionly game This condition was so before the new guns came t to the front Better I game laws more rigid enforcement small bag hag limits hunters hunter's license and restocking are helping bring back the game that the pump and loader auto-loader did not destroy There are many elements affecting the game In America Automobiles and good roads Increased population and ana more land cultivated less timber and good railroad and Interurban service Of or orthe the whole works as far as the game Is Involved the motor car has the rest of the outfit licked to a frazzle The man who hunts for recreation and not for meat will continue to observe the laws while the other kind of hunter will still roam the forests and give real realI sportsmen en a black eye even with a muzzle |