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Fairmont (C. M. & St. P.) Grounds 3 to 5 m.; duck, geese, "chicken" crane and 

 quail: livery (team) $3 to $3.50 p. d.; hotels moderate; guides and dogs obtainable; 

 laud mostly level prairie, with numerous lakes; shooting good, and farmers never 

 object in legal season. 



Fergus Palls (St. P. M. & M.) Star lake 18 m. and Maine prairie 10 m. are best 

 grounds, but there is good shooting near by; first for deer, and prairie tor duck, 

 grouse, geese, "chicken," etc.; Aug. and Sept. for chicken, April and Oct. for wild 

 fowl; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; lands diversified; chicken, duck and geese, 

 shooting good, for deer fair. 



Fond du Iac (N. P.) The shooting grounds extend from 1 to 25 m. ; duck, geese, 

 bear and wolf; first most abundant; Dec., May, June and July; no professional 

 guides, hotels, livery or trained dogs; country wooded, rocky, hilly, wet and dry; 

 owners do not object; shooting "fairly good." 



Forest Iike (St. P. & D) King's Pass 2> m.; deer, bear, pheasant, "chicken;" 

 last two most abundant; Oct. and Nov. best; livery $2 p. d.; hotels $2; guides $1.50 

 p. d.; country mostly dry; boarding at King's pass $1 p. d., which includes privi- 

 lege of shooting, which is very good, and owners do not object; pheasants are 

 numerous. 



Franklin (M. & St. L.) Minnesota river y z m. and small lakes 2 m.; last best for 

 geese and duck; also quail, "chicken'' and rabbit; Sept. and Oct. best, hotels $1 p. 

 d.; country hilly along river, elsewhere level; shooting good and owners do not 

 object. 



Fulda (C. M. & St. P.) Grounds about 1 m.; "chicken," duok and geese; first 

 most abundant; Aug. 15 to last Sept. best; livery $3.50 to $4 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; 

 guides not needed; country open and level, both wet and dry; farmers, as a rule, 

 do not object; shooting good. 



Glenwood(N. P.) Barsness 7 m., Chippewa Falls IS m. and adjacent land; 

 "chicken, "geese, brant and duck; Sept. best for chicken; Oct. for wild fowl; liv- 

 ery 3 toHp. d.; hotels $2 p. d; guides reasonable; country mostly prairie, 

 somewhat rolling, with sloughs, where duck are found; some farmers object; 

 shootiner eood. " 



shooting good. 



Graceville (C. M. & St. P. and St. P. M. & M.) Moonshine 5 m., SmithencA. 3 

 m. and West Lake 1 m. passes; duck, geese, brant, "chicken," grouse and snipe; 

 Aug. for chicken, Sept. and Oct. for wild fowl; livery $5 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; 

 guides, with dogs, obtainable; country open, dry and level; shooting good and 

 plenty of cover in the passes for duck; geese are shot from pits over decoys; the 

 latter should be brought aa the supply here is limited; farmers do not object. 



Grey Eagle (N. P.) Surrounding land; partridge and duck principally; also 

 deer and a few bear; Sept. and Oct. best for the former and Nov. and Dec. for the 

 latter; livery $2 to $4 p. d.; hotel $1 to $2 p. d.; guides at little cost; country 

 heavily timbered with a large number of lakes; shooting good; owners do not ob- 

 ject. 



Hadley (C., St. P.M. & O.) Bear lake 6 m.; "chicken," duck and geese; last 

 most numerous; $3 to $4 per day for livery; boarding house at lake $1 p. d.; guides, 

 with dogs, at reasonable rates; country wooded, generally dry; shooting first-class 

 and farmers do not object. 



Hanley (M. <fc St. L.) Surrounding country; duck, geese, "chicken, " crane, rab- 

 bit, snipe and i>lover; Aug., Sept. and Oct. best; livery, with driver, $3 and $4 p.d.; 

 hotel $lp. d.; country open, with occasional sloughs and small lakes; shooting 

 good and owners do not object. 



