Today is a follow-up from yesterday and the DeRossitt Bill. This is the bill that barred railroad and express companies from shipping game from the state, a move that angered many non-residents who owned land in Arkansas and hunted there. They wanted to be able to ship their harvests back home. However, the ban was designed to stop market hunting in Arkansas, where employed men slaughtered thousands of animals and shipped them to meat markets outside of the state. Companies convicted of violating this ban received a $100 to $500 fine, quite the sum in 1903.
Arkansas Wildlife History 