Judge — June 18, 1904 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This Judge page contains two satirical cartoons depicting hunting culture in "the good old days." The **top cartoon** shows hunters in a tavern sharing nostalgia about when you could hunt freely without regulation—"you couldn't walk a rod without steppin' on a" (game, implied). The **bottom cartoon** titled "The Clock" mocks the same nostalgic hunters now engaged in chaotic, undignified scrambling over what appears to be game or hunting territory, all shouting "It's mine! I saw it first!" The humor lies in the contrast: their romanticized past versus their present greedy, desperate behavior. The satire critiques how unrestricted hunting depleted wildlife, forcing regulation—yet nostalgic hunters still behave selfishly rather than adapting responsibly to conservation.