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To Membtrs of the 
      Boone and Crockett Club 
 j MEETING of the Executive Com- 
       mittee of the Boone and Crockett 
       Club was held on November 26th 
 for the purpose of hearing from Mr. 
 Charles Sheldon his views on a Policy 
 for possible adoption by the Club for the 
 protection of big game in the West. 
    Those who look back for a generation 
 over the development in the West rec- 
 ognize that within the memory of living 
 men the big game has been swept out of 
 existence from the Missouri River to the 
 Pacific Ocean, except ,in the National 
 Parks, National Forests, and in such areas 
 of mountain an4 de sert country as are 
 not susceptible pf cultivation. The Na- 
 tional Forests on the other hand, are 
 fixed and will not be occupied by settle- 
 ments. They will be and, in fact, now 
 are, the only refuges for big game. 
    This Policy is the result of years of 
 study in Washington and of observation 
 in the field. Time and space forbid its 
 amplification, but there are good reasons 
 for every sentence that is written. 
    The Club should use caution in con- 
 sidering the question of supporting any 
 proposed action by Bureaus at Washing- 
 ton without full investigation of all sides 
 of the point at issue. As a body it should 
 not array itself on one side or the other