Three Tenino Men Killed Nearly Eighty Deer Out of Season
An Olympia editorial calls for prosecution after three well-known Tenino men slaughter nearly eighty deer after the season closed.
A strict enforcement of the game law ought to be carried out in every part of the state. It is in fact incumbent upon every citizen to see that such law is respected and obeyed to the letter. The killing of nearly eighty deer since the season closed, by three well-known men of Tenino, is an outrage for which due punishment should be meted out.
“The killing of nearly eighty deer since the season closed, by three well known men of Tenino, is an outrage for which due punishment should be meted out.”
The 1892 editorial treated poaching as a public-resource crime and demanded prosecution. Washington’s wildlife enforcement debates still wrestle with the same questions: who owns the game, and whether rules are enforced evenly.
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