I have discussed with the Provincial Game Warden the advisability of putting a limit of one on the grizzly bear, but Mr. Williams advances good reasons for the opinion that it would be impracticable to do so at present.  I am quite sure, however, that the time has already arrived when a limit of one is necessary.  During the present year three of my friends who went hunting in British Columbia, each killed 3 grizzly bears! Hereafter I will “locate” no more bear hunters in that country until the bag limit is reduced to one grizzly per year.  Since 1905 the trapping of bears south of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway has been stopped; and an excellent move too.  A Rocky Mountain without a grizzly bear is like a tissue-paper rose.

The bag limit on the big game of British Columbia is at least twice too liberal,—­five deer, two elk, two moose (one in Kootenay County), three caribou and three goats.  There is no necessity for such wasteful liberality.  Few sportsmen go to British Columbia for the sake of a large lot of animals.  I know many men who have been there to hunt, and the great majority cared more for the scenery and the wild romance of camping out in ground mountains than for blood and trophies.

MANITOBA.—­What are we to think of a “bag limit” of fifty ducks per day in October and November?  A “limit” indeed!  Evidently, Manitoba is tired of having ducks, ruffed grouse, pinnated and other grouse pestering her farmers and laborers.  While assuming to fix bag limits that will be of some benefit to those species, the limit is distinctly off, and nothing short of a quick and drastic reform will save a remnant that will remain visible to the naked eye.

NEW BRUNSWICK.—­This is the banner province in the protection of moose, caribou and deer, even while permitting them to be shot for sport.  Of course, only males are killed, and I am assured by competent judges that thus far the killing of the finest and largest male moose has had no bad effect upon the stature or antlers of the species as a whole.

NOVA SCOTIA.—­If there is anything wrong with the game laws of Nova Scotia, it lies in the wide-open sale of moose meat and all kinds of feathered game during the open season.  If that province were more heavily populated, it would mean a great destruction of game.  Even with conditions as they are, the sale permitted is entirely wrong, and against the best interests of 97 per cent of the people.

As previously mentioned, the law against the waste of moose meat is both novel and admirable.  The saving of any considerable portion of the flesh of a full-grown bull moose, along with its head, is a large order; but it is right.  The degree of accountability to which guides are held for the doings of the men whom they pilot into the woods is entirely commendable, and worthy of imitation.  If a sportsman or gunner does the wrong thing, the guide loses his license.