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She should enact a Bayne law, aPennsylvania law against aliens, and a New Jersey law against the automatic and pump guns.
She should stop killing the beautiful wood-duck, and gray squirrel. She should stop all spring shooting of waterfowl.
vSouTH Carolina;
She should save her game while she still has some to save.
First of all, stop spring shooting; secondly, enact a Bayne law.
In the name of mystery, who is there in South Carolina who desires to kill
grackles? Andwhy?
And where is the gentleman sportsman who has come down to killing foolish and
tamelittledovesfor"sport?" Stopitatonce,forthecreditofthestate.
Enact a dollar resident license law and thus provide adequate funds for game pro-
tection.
South Carolina bag limits are all 50 per cent too high ; and they should be reduced.
It is strange to see one of the oldest of the states lagging in game protection, far behind such new states as New Mexico and Oklahoma; but South Carolina does lag. It is time for her to consider her position, and reform.
South Dakota:
South Dakota should stop all spring shooting.
Her game-bag limits are really no limits at all! They should be reduced about 66 per cent without a moment's unnecessary delay.
ThetwoyeartermoftheStateWardenistooshortforeffectivework. Itshouldbe extended to four years.
Unless South Dakota wishes to repeat the folly of such states as Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Ohio, she needs to be up and doing. If her people want a gameless state, except for migratory waterfowl, all they need do is to slumber on, and they surely will have it. Why wait until greedy sportsmen have killed the last game bird of the state before seriously taking the matter in hand? In one act, all the shortcomings of the present laws can be corrected.
South Dakota needs no Bayne law, because she prohibits at all times the sale or exportation of all wild game.
Tennessee:
In wild life protection, Tennessee has much to do. She made her start late in life, and what she needs to do is to draft with care and enact with cheerful alacrity certain necessary amendments.
We notice that there are open seasons for blackbirds, robins, doves and squirrels! It seems incredible; but it is true.
Behold the blackbird as a "game" bird, with a lawful open season from September 1 to January 1. Consider its stately carriage, its rapid flightonthewing,itsrunningandhidingpowerswhenattacked. Asa test of marksmanship, as the real thing for the expert wing shot, is it not