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duck, quail, partridge and rabbit; first most plentiful; Aug. and Sept. best; livery 

 $4 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; country mostly open; shooting good and owners do not 

 object. 



New Ulm (C. & N. W.) LaVe Hanska 15 m.. numerous lakes and sloughs 

 within an hour drive; first best for geese and duck, 'chicken," jack snipe and 

 partridge are also found: usual seasons; livery, with guide, $3 p. d.; hotels $1.50 

 to $2 p. d.; country open prairie with numerous lakes and sloughs; shooting guod 

 and owners do not object; ducks abundant. 



JSF. Y. Mills (N. P.) The grounds are Otter Tail City 12 m., and Paddock 15 m.; 

 the last best; deer, grouse, -'chicken" and rabbit; the first two most abundant; 

 Oct., Nov. and Dec. bent; team, with driver, $4 p. d . hotels $1 to $2 p. d ; no pro- 

 fessional guides or trained dogs; country open, wooded, wet and dry; owners do 

 not object; the shooting for deer and grouse is excellent. 



Parker (St. P. M. & M ) Duck, "chicken" and partridge; duck most abundant; 

 Sept. and Oct. best; hotel $2 p. d.; country wooded and dry; some farmers ob- 

 ject; shooting good. 



Pipestone (C. M. & St. P.) Surrounding lands; "chicken" and duck; Aug. ana 

 Sept. best; livery $2 p d.; hotels $2 p. d.: trained dogs obtainable; country open 

 prairie; shooting good and farmers do not object. 



Odessa (C. M. & St. P ) Horse Shoe and other lakes and sloughs from 3 to 12 

 m.: "chicken," duck, geese, rabbit, etc.; first two most numerous; April and Sept. 

 15th to Nov. 1 best; livery $2 to $3 p. d.; hotels $1 and $1.50 p. d.; country di- 

 versified; shooting at times good and farmers do not object. 



Olivia (C. M. & St. P.) Long and Fox lakes and surrounding land; geese, brant, 

 duck and "chicken;" Oct. and Nov. for wild fowl; Aug. and Sept. for chicken; 

 livery $3 to $4 p. d.; hotels $5 p w.; guides, with team, $4 p. d ; country open 

 and dry, with numerous lakes; shooting good and farmers do not object. 



Ortouville (C. M. & St P ) Plover, geese, snipe, 'chicken," duck and brant; 

 last three most numerous; latter part Aug. to middle Oct. best; livery $2.50 to $4 

 p d.: hotels $2 p. d., and $7 to $10 p. w.; country open, rolling prairie, with 

 many small lakes; wild fowl shooting excellent; owners do not object; chicken 

 shooting fair. 



Osakis (St. P. M. & M.) Deer, pheasant, grouse, "chicken" and rabbit; first two 

 most numerous; Aug. for chicken; Nov. and Dec. for deer; livery $4 p. d; hotels 

 and guides reasonable; country diversified; good shooting; owners do not object. 



Owatonna (C. & N. W. and C. M. & St. P.) Rice lake 6 m., Mud lake 5 m. 

 Geneva lake 22 m. ; equally good for duck and geese, brant, partridge and quail; duck 

 most abundant; Aug. 15th to Dec. 1st best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $1 and $2 p. d.; 

 ut;ides, withtrained dogs, $2 p. d.; country level, both wet and dry; shooting good, 

 especially for chicken, and farmers, as a rule, do not object. 



Eenv;lle (C. M. & St. P.) Long lake 4 m., Carson's lake 2 m; first best for wild 

 fowi of all varieties, also "chicken" and snipe; Sept. and Oct. best: guides, with 

 team and dogs, $5 p. d.; hotels $1.50 p. d.; country open and wet; the ground 

 easy of access; shooting good and farmers do not object. 



Redwood (M. & St. L.) Chicken shooting near by; partridge, geese and duck 

 grounds on Minnesota river % m.; first best; Aug. and Sept. best; livery, inclu- 

 ding driver, $3 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; country open and dry; shooting good and 

 owners do not object. 



Redwood Palls (C. & N. W.) Best grounds about 4 m. ; "chicken," geese and 

 duck most numerous; letter part of Aug. for chicken; Sept. and Oct. for wild fowl; 

 livery $4 to $5 p. d., including driver, who acts as guide; bird dogs obtainable; 

 hotels $2 p. d.; chicken shooting on open prairie; duck are shot from pits; shoot- 

 ing good and owners do not object. 



Rice's (N. P.) Good shooting in vicinity; deer and bear within 8 m.; "chicken" 

 and partridge (grouse) are also found; both are numerous; Aug. and Dec. best; 

 livery can be had for $3 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides (they also have trained dogs) 

 reasonable; country open, dry, wooded, hilly, wet; but few owners object; shoot- 

 ing good; our correspondent writes: "The average bag is from 30 to 50 birds p. d." 



