Here's a footnote for guys that complain there is no deer left....
The Mcleod Game Protective Association was formed in 1889 soon after the train came through what later became southern Alberta. The Gazette reported well attended meetings. One of the founders of the MGPA, Dr. George DeVeber, published this in the Macleod Gazette...
"The buffalo and elk are extinct: the antelope, mountain sheep and goat, black and whitetail deer are fast approaching the same state and are only to be found semi-occasionally in some remote and favored locality."
From what I can interpret from what I found ....from 1906 to 1913 the hunting season for pronghorn antelope was opened for one day only. Oct. 1. Elk was a one day season too. Nov. 15. There was no open season on buffalo, or the females of elk, moose, deer, antelope, sheep or the young of all big game during those years to help rebuild populations.
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This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
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It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
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