Show moderation Every decent sportsman favors and practices moderation in shooting bag limits are not needed tor for men of this type there la Is another element however to whom legal restrictions such as bag limits mean nothing noth ing the usual reports of excessive slaughter 0 gaim were current durl during ng the past season these disgraceful incidents IDel dents occure only in certain very favorable places where game Is concentrated cent ceat rated and it would appear that no nothing tiling but the iron hand of the law can caa restrain game hogs when they laye an opportunity to slaughter stanley arthur director of the wild iko division of the louisiana conservation department according to a 6 bulletin of the american game protective association arrested a group of 0 now new orleans gunners who had geese gaego and ducks which filled 19 barrels and weighed two tons greely in excess of the legal bag limit A prominent member of the amerl america gama came protective association who ibi arotta lis in western canada tells ot of unrestrained slaughter of game which twile mie under his observation A letter which came into the hands writer confesses to guilt of tho same game character instances like the above can be multiplied I 1 it Is of little use to enact emch tat utes tor for the restraining of this tort ol of so called sportsmen unless sere Is sufficient anfor enforcement c emed f ma ahery behind the law to compel ob er vance the united states govern teat lent lg Is entrusted with ahe the response uty of protecting wild waterfowl certain regulations have beck been adopted opted which are necessary to the of the law and to pro icat ait excessive killing but in its muni licence M congress appropriates the sum gurn of to enforce the id t in the entire united states noth wore more american sportsmen should insist on adequate enforcement machinery along as we have in n our midst a lawless oh element s ament bent solely on killing 1 I the y can the average sport sportsman aan las not opportunity to kill game to ess he practically never comes inhere near reaching the legal bag litt it of any kind of 0 game lie he would ave we more opportunity for a fair bag and i there would be a fairer n of the rights and privileges guar under the law could the law cs 0 eli forced utah statesman |