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Brush Creek (C. M. & St. P.) Gunlock flats; prairie chicken, quail and rabbit, 

 the first most plentiful; Sept. best month; livery $2.50 p. d.; hotels $1 p. d.; 

 country open and some parts wooded; guides not required; shooting good and 

 owners do not object. 



Bussey (Wabash) Cedar creek 3 m. N. W., Coal creek 3 m. N. E.; quail, 

 turkey and prairie chicken, the last most numerous; Oct. and Nov. are the best 

 months; livery $2.50 p. d.; hotel $4 p. w.; no regular guides; country hilly, 

 wooded and dry; shooting is very good; owners make a light charge for shooting 

 privilege. 



Cadda (B., C. R. & N.) Wapsie bottom lands and adjacent sloughs and swamps; 

 duck, snipe, woodcock, prairie chicken and rabbit, the first two most numerous; 

 Sept., Oct. and Nov. best months; livery $2 50 to $3 p. d.; board in private houses 

 can be had at $3 p. w.; guides not needed; country wooded and wet; shooting 

 good and very few owners, if any, will object. 



Callender (C. R. I. & P.) Duck is the principal game found here; April and 

 Nov. best m nths; guides not required; country is open and wet and shooting is 

 very good; permission must be obtained from many owners to shoot over their 

 lands. 



Calliope (C. M. & St. P.) Prairie chicken and jack rabbit from 1 to 20 m. of sta- 

 tion, the first most numerous; Sept. and Oct. best; livery $2 p. d.; hotel 2 p. d.; 

 guides are not needed; trained dogs can be had; country open and dry; shooting 

 very good and owners do not object. 



Camanche (C. & N. W.) The Wapsie river 5 m., Bosnia 1> m. ; prairie chicken, 

 snipe, woodcock and rabbit, the first most numerous; fall mouths best; livery 

 $1.50 p. d.; hotel $4 p. w.; guides can be obtained at reasonable rates; country- 

 diversified and wet; shooting good and owners as a general thing do not object. 



Cambridge (C. M. & St. P. ) Skunk river bottoms abound with duck and geese; 

 March, April, Oct. and Nov. are the best months; hotels $1.50 p. d. ; no regular 

 guides; country low and wet; shooting is good and owners do not object. 



Carlisle (C. R. I. & P.) Des Moines river 3 m . for duck and "Hastie's" 3 % m. for 

 snipe; ruffed grouse, quail and some "chicken" within 3 to 5m.; duck and snipe 

 most abundant; duck in Sept., snipe in April and first of May, chicken Sept. 1 to 

 Nov. 1, grouse Sept. 1 to Jan. 1, and quail from Oct. 1 to Jan. 1; all the above game 

 birds are abundant, except chicken; livery $2 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides, who 

 have bird dogs. $2 p. d. ; country open, dry, wooded and thick brush; owners do 

 not object on land where the best shooting is. 



Carroll (C. & N. W.) Prairie chicken, quail and duck are the principal game, 

 the last named species most numerous; Aug. to Nov. inclusive is the best season; 

 livery $2.50 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides not needed; coTintry open prairie with 

 good many sloughs; shooting good and but few owners object. 



Carson (C. R. I. &P.) Duck is the principal game and can be found within 3 m. 

 of station; hotels $1 to $2 p. d.; guide, with dogs, can be procured at reasonable 

 rates; country low along the river and partly wooded; shooting is good and owners 

 do not object. 



Cedar Palls (B. C. R. & N.) Cedar river and the sloughs and ponds within 2 to 

 12 m. of station; prairie chicken and duck, the lattermost numerous; Sept., Oct., 

 Nov., March and April are the be t months; hotel and livery charges are reasona- 

 ble; no regular guides; the character of the country is varied; duck shooting is ex- 

 cellent, but prairie chickens are becoming scarce; but few owners object. 



Charlotte (C. & N. W.) Goose lake 4m.; duck and geese, the first most numer- 

 ous; fall and spring best; livery $1.50 p. d.; hotel $2 p. d.; no regular guides; 

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



Chester (C. M. & St. P.) Prairie chicken, duck and rabbit, the first named most 

 numerous; the best month is Sept.; livery $2 p. d.; no regular hotels or guides: 

 country open, level and dry: snooting very good; permission (readily granted) 

 must be asked io shoot on many farms; the best shooting grounds are in Minne- 

 sota, 4 m. distant. 



