214 Where to Hunt 



Fox- and gray squirrel and rabbit are quite plentiful 

 in the counties of Union, Champaign, Logan, Hardin, 

 Delaware, and Madison. It is said they are on the 

 increase. Quail are also quite plentiful in those coun- 

 ties. Rabbit are very abundant in Logan county, Belle- 

 fontaine county being also well supplied with them. 

 Rush Creek swamp in the latter county is a particularly 

 good place. Near Lake View, in Logan county, is an 

 excellent place for woodcock. Good duck and snipe 

 shooting is generally to be found near Lewiston in 

 Logan county, and Celina in Mercer county. Coshoc- 

 ton county is considered excellent for quail. It is quite 

 hilly, and hunting is attended with work. Quail shoot- 

 ing in Clermont, Brown, and Hamilton counties is good, 

 and squirrel are found in the two former counties, where 

 woods are numerous. As deserted and abandoned 

 farms and vineyards are quickly grown over with black- 

 berry briers, hazelnut bushes, and small undergrowth, 

 the quail, rabbit, and squirrel do not suffer so much 

 from exposure or from shooters. This applies to both 

 sides of the Ohio river above Cincinnati for over 100 

 miles. 



There is not much wild fowl shooting except in the 

 valleys of the Ohio river and its largest tributaries. 

 Spring shooting is popular along the Ohio. In Feb- 

 ruary, March, and April the river overflows, leaving 

 vast stretches of back-water over fields and woods, and 

 making a lake of every tributary. Duck come then 

 in large numbers. 



