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ILLINOIS. 



Gardner (C. I. t St. L. & C.) Goose lake 12 m.; quail, prairie chicken, duck and 

 geese, the latter two most numerous; March, April and Nov. principal months; 

 livery $3 p. d.; hotel $2 p. cl.; uo regular guides; country open and wet; shooting 

 good; a few owners object. 



Golden (Wabash.) Bear creek and country within 6 to 10 m. of station; duck, 

 prairie chicken and fox, the first arid last named most numerous; shooting is con- 

 sidered fair for the above game; country hilly, rough and covered with timber 

 and sloughs; fox hunting excellent. 



Grant Park (C. & E. I.) Kankakee marsh 14 m.; duck and geese princi- 

 pally; Oct. and Nov. best months; livery $4 to $5 p. d.; there is a camp located not 



far from station where guides can be had, charges moderate; country level and 



wet; shooting very good, depending upon the season; owners do not object to hunt- 

 ing on their lands. 



Green River (C. R. I. & P.) The shooting grounds lie along the Green river 

 bottoms and the open prairie, distant from > to 2% in.; Geese, brant, duck, 

 "chicken," quail and rabbit, last four most abundant; March, April, Sept. and Oct. 

 best: no regular livery, hotels or guides; country open, hilly, dry and wet; owners 

 do not object; good shooting for duck on the marshes in spiing and fall, best for 

 duck in the spring and for geese in the fall. 



Griswold (Ills. C.) The swamp 14m. distant; duck, brant and geese, the first 

 most numerous; March, April, Oct. and Nov. best; livery $2.50 to $3 p. d.; board in 

 farm-houses 75c. to $1 p. d.; no regular guides; country open and wet; the above 

 grounds are more ea ily reached from Cullom orKeniptou on the same K. R., where 

 livery can be procured; shooting good, can best be done to advantage from boats; 

 owners, as a rule, do not object. 



Guthrie (Ills. C.) Middle branch of South Vermillion, 3 m. from station; prai- 

 rie chic-ken, geese, brant and duck, the last most numerous; Feb., March, Oct. and 

 Nov. best; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; no hotels, but accommodation can be had at farm- 

 houses; guides with trained dogs at reasonable rates; country mostly open and 

 wet, but in some places is partly wooded; shooting good; owners seldom object. 



Hamilton (Wabash.) Lima lake 18 m.; duck and geese principally; Nov. 1 to 

 March 1; no regular hotels and guides are not needed; country partly covered 

 with back water from the river; shooting is generally good and owners do not ob- 

 ject. 



Hersher (Ills. C.) Vermillion swamps; brant, geese and duck, the last most 

 numerous; Nov., March and April best; livery $4 p. d.; hotel and guide at moderate 

 prices; country open and wet; shooting good; no objections made by owners. 



diversified; shooting good and very few owne 



Homewood (Ills. C.) Geese, duck, brant and snipe within 1 m. of station; the 

 last named most numerous; April, May and fall months best; hotel $lp. d.; guide, 

 with team, $3.50 p. d.; country open, level and wet; shooting good; owners do 

 not object. 



Hoopeston (L. E. & W.) Within a radius of 2 m. can be found prairie chicken, 

 brant, jack snipe and duck; the first and last most numerous; Sept. and Nov. best 

 months; livery. $3 p. d.; hotel charges moderate; no regular guides; country open, 

 level and wet; shooting very good and most laud owners do not object. 



Joliet (0. R. I. & P.) Good shooting points 5 to 10 m. from station; duck and 

 geese, a few "chickens"; Oct. Nov. and Dec., and spring and fall for duck and 

 geese; livery reasonable; hotels $2 p. d.; no regular guides; country diversified; 

 owners seldom object; fairly good shoo;ing. 



Kankikee (C.I. St. L. & C.) Beaver lake 13 in. from station; geese, duck' 

 prairie chicken, jack snipe and plover; the first two most numerous: Nov. and 

 April best; livery $4 p. d., driver included; hotel $1 p. d.; no regular guides; 

 country open and marshy; shooting good and owners do not object. 



