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Big Stone City (C. M. & St. P.) Shooting grounds in vicinity of station; duck, 

 geese and prairie chicken; first most abundant; Sept. and Oct. best; livery $3 to 

 $4 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d. ; guides $2 p. d.; grounds dry rolling prairie; shooting good 

 and but few owners object. 



Bismarck (N. P.) Duck, geese, prairie chicken, deer and antelope; first two 

 most abundant; Sept., Oct. and Nov. best; livery $4 p. d.; hotels $2 and $3 p. d.; 

 no guides needed; dogs can be had; country partly open and wet, and partly 

 wooded and dry; shooting good; our correspondent writes: "One party of hunt- 

 ers killed for market in Sept. and Oct. 2,700 ducks and 800 geese "; owners do not 

 object. 



Blunt (C. & N. W.) Winnebago Reservation 11 m.| Medicine creek 1 m*; duck, 

 grouse, prairie chicken, geese, jack rabbit and deer; first two most abundant; Aug. 

 15 to Nov. 1 best; livery $2.60 and $3 p. d.; hotels $1.50 and $2 p. d.; no regular 

 guides, drivers act as such; country mostly open and dry; shooting good, and 

 owners do not object. 



Bristol (C. M. & St. P.) Shooting grounds within 5 m, of station; prairie 

 chicken and duck; last most numerous; Oct. best; livery $5 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; 

 grounds hilly and dry; shooting good and owners do not object. 



BrookinffS (C. & N. W ) Lake Campbells m.; Lake Oakwood 10 m. ; Lake Hend- 

 ricks!2m.; first best; duck, geese, trant, rabbit, crane, prairie chicken, etc.; last 

 moist abundant; Sept. and Oct. best; livery moderate; hotels reasonable: guides 

 free; country open and dry; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Bruce (C. & N. W.) Lakes Oakwood and Tetonkeha 3> m.; Big Sioux river 

 flowing through town; lakes best; mallard duck, geese and prairie chicken; first 

 most numerous; Sept. and Oct. best for chicken; Oct. and Nov. for duck and 

 geese; livery $2.50 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d., $4 p. w. ; guides $2 p. d.; guides have 

 dogs; country mostly open, undulating and dry; our correspondent writes: "The 

 shooting is unquestionably good. Sportsmen say that they never saw better duck 

 shooting than around Lake Tetonkeha and the chicken shooting above the average." 

 Owners, with one or two exceptions, do not object. 



Buff ilo (N. P.) The principal grounds are: Head waters of the Maple river 7 

 m., and a string of lakes 10 m. south; duck, geese, " chicken," sand hill crane; the 

 two ftrst most abundant; Sept. best for "chicken" and duck, and Oct. for geese; 

 livery, double team, $10 p. d ; hotels and guides $2 p. d.; the latter have trained 

 bird dogs; country prairie, also hilly and wet lands; owners do not object; shoot- 

 ing good; our correspondent writes: "Chicken and jack rabbit can be found most 

 anywhere close to station. In the Maple river 2 m. west the geese get so thick late 

 in Oct. that one sportsman killed 57 in two hours shooting at a point only 3 m. from 

 station." 



Canning- (C. & N. W.) Missouri river bottoms 6 m. and Medicine creek valley; 

 Lrst Oest; duck, geese, deer, grouse, prairie chicken and rabbit; last three most 

 abundant; Sept. and Oct. best for grouse and chicken; Nov. and Dec. for deer and 

 rabbit; livery $4 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides can be had; country partly open, 

 partly hilly and wooded; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Canova (C. & N. W.) Shooting grounds 1 to 6m. from station; prairie chicken, 

 duck and geese; first most numerous; Sept. best; livery $2.50 p. d.; country roll- 

 ing prairie with a few lakes and small streams; shooting good and owners, as a 

 rule, do not object. 



CarringTton (N. P.) The shooting is done over various lakes from 4 to 20 m. dis- 

 tant; duck, geese, snipe, grouse, a few antelope and deer; the three first most 

 abundant; April and Oct. best for wild fowl and Aug. for grouse; livery $3 p. d.; 

 hotels $2 p. d.; guides make no charge, they have dogs; country open and wet; 

 owners do not object; good shooting in all directions. 



Casseltou (St. P. M. & M. and N. P.) Shooting grounds 3 or 4 m . in any direc- 

 tion from station; duck, geese, brant and prairie chicken; first three most abun- 

 dant; Sept. and Oct. best; livery $5 p. d.; hotels $2 and $2.50 p. d.; country open 

 and dry; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Castle wood (C. & N. W.) Big Slough 11 m. : Marsh lake 10 m. ; Twin lakes 5 m., 

 and various other lakes within 8 m.; first two best; duck and geese; Sept. and Oct. 



