142 Where to Hunt 



numerous in the vicinity of Platt lake in Benzie county, 

 but deer are not plentiful there. 



To give an idea of the quantity of game along the 

 eastern portion of the state, extracts are given from a 

 statement issued by the Detroit & Mackinaw Railroad of 

 the number of deer shipped over its road during the 

 season of 1895, naming stations: Valentine Lake and 

 Rogers City in Presquc Isle county, 62 deer; Alpena 

 and Ossineke, Alpena county, 387 deer, 6 bear; Black 

 River, Harrisville, and Greenbush, Alcona county, 161 

 deer, 2 bear; from seven stations in losco county, 481 

 deer, 5 bear. These four counties join, and are lake 

 counties reached by steamer as well as by train. 



