Mr.Searles: I don't believe it is intent     t. What reason 
anybody could have for allowing a fence to become so 
poorly keptU~s this fence is at various times is beyond 
my conception. In other words, everybody knows that this 
thing is a hot potatk~and that corporation that controls that 
farm certainly must know that they are subject to criticism 
even with the best they cam do... I can truthfully say that 
deer passed in and out at will. If that condition is going 
to be allowed to exist itvwill be my recommendation at present 
we should go up in the starvation counties and allow anybody to 
take deer by trap in the winter time by paying the commission 
$10 or $16 per head. Let them take the deer legally - I'm 
speaking of large deer."    (End of transcript) 
 
ldr.Searles: I want to say that this is all I have done 
 
in connection with this farm.    I don't think that it's 
 
up to a group at Nekoosa, or up to a group at Babcock, to 
 
determine what constitutes a deer tight fence, or whether 
 
a license should be renewed. I think that is solely up to 
 
the Commission, and I want to say here and now that my 
 
reasons for appearing here is that I was elected as a member 
 
of the County Game C~mmittee and have been such member for 
 
some years, and a great number of complaints have come to 
 
me - some are unreasonable and some not so unreasonable, and 
 
I have tried at various times to get the Sandhill Game Farm 
 
to keep their fence in such state of repair that the general 
 
public would not feel antagonistic. I have avoided mass meet- 
 
ings. I think very little can be accomplished at large 
 
meetings. I think over a conference table things can be 
 
settled much better. 
 
   Mrs.Grange: You have never once seen anyone on the farm 
 
to do anything about the fence - you have never asked me and 
 
I don't think you have asked anyone else. You know that poling 
 
work has been going on for 18 months and we have done a good 
 
job of it, and you go down to Madison and tell them things when 
 
you knew that was not the case. Whoever it was you asked to 
 
have that fence fixed I wouldn't know, but it was no one in 
 
connection with the farm. I know you have been to Madison and these 
 
 
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