BIG GAME SHOOTING.
DEER, WAPIT;!, AND MOOSE. (special to "the pbess.") WELLINGTON., March 1. The usual notices regarding deer shooting appear in to-day's "Gazette." In addition there are published regulations for the destruction of deer by persons appointed by acclimatisation societies in districts where the society deems it necessary to have the deer thinned out. These districts are Ashburton, Otago and Hawse's Bay. In tne Rotoiti red deer district the power to destroy is Tested in the general manager of Tourists and Health Hesorts. There is to be an open season for wapiti and moose shooting in the JiorcLand national park. The seasons extend from March 24th. to May 31st, each day inclusive. Only wapiti stags and -mall moose may be* killed. The license fee for wapiti is £lO. Only two ltoonaos will be issued, and no licensee, shall kill more than two v,tp:ti stags. Jf more than two people a PP- v for licenses, provision is made for ? an w - "'cense fee for mcosa is £-30. Only two licenses are to be issued, and each licensee is entitled to kill only.one bull moose. If there are more than two anolicant* tho licenses shall be Axed by ballot. I
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17702, 2 March 1923, Page 6
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