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etc.; first most plentiful; no hotel nearer than 6 in.. $2 p. d.; country mostly 

 wooded, rocky, hilly and dry; shooting reported very fair and owners do not 

 object. 



Bigf Timber (N. P.) Crazy and Boulder mountains 30 m. are both good; elk, 

 bear, deer, antelope, mountain lion, sheep, wildcat, grouse, ete. ; first four most 

 numerous; Sept. to Jan. best; livery $10 p. d., including scout and horses: hotel 

 moderate; dogs obtainable: country open, rocky and hilly, both wet and dry; 

 shooting reported "good as can be had in the Territory." 



Billing's (N. P.) Stinking Water river country and adjacent country and moun- 

 tains; also Yellowstone river country; grouse, duck (teal and mallard), geese, crane, 

 elk, deer, antelope, etc.; May to October in mountains, Oct. to Jan. in the foothills; 

 livery $5 p. d.; country rocky, some wet and dry, much wooded with numerous 

 streams; shooting done on Government land mostly; Government shooting "excel- 

 lent for elk, deer, antelope and bear." 



Bozeman (N. P.) Gallatin valley for geese and "chichen;" Gallatiu basin for 

 large game; elk, deer, chicken, antelope, bear, sheep, grouse, etc.; first three most 

 plentiful; Sept., Oct. and Nov. best; saddle horse $1 p. d., guides by contract; 

 country open and wooded; shooting good, and no objection made except by farm- 

 ers in the valleys. 



Butte City (N. P. & U. P.) The shooting grounds lie in the Rocky Mountains ana 

 their tributary spurs distant 3 to 60 m.; bear, deer, sheep, elk, moose and large 

 game generally; elk and mountain sheep most numerous; late fall and winter best; 

 saddle and pack horses $1 p. d.; hotels $2.25 p. d.; guides $50 per month and found; 

 no hounds, not used much; country mountains, woods, a good snowshoeing sec- 

 tion; free Government land mostly; good in fall and winter; our correspondent 

 writes: "The mountain goat, bear, mountain lion, deer and elk are found in the 

 Big Hole mountains 40 to 50 miles distant; the first named never found south ot 

 Butte City; during the summer and fall all of our valleys abound with grouse, prai 

 rie chicken, duck and geese." 



Ouster (N. P.) The Big Horn mountains 120 m. give the best huntinff; deer, elk, 

 bear, etc.; hotel $2 p. d. ; write to Chas. S. Fee, G. P. A., N. P. Ry., St. Paul, Minn., 

 for detailed information. 



Dillon (N. P.) Beaverhead river and adjacent sloughs, > to 12 m. both north 

 and south, and the foot hills and mountains from 8 to 20 m. distant; duck, geese, 

 "chicken;" rabbit along the river and its tributaries, in the mountains deer, ante- 

 lope and bear "are abundant;" Sept. 1st to May 1st best; livery (double) $4 p. d.; 

 hotel $2 p. d.; country open, wet and dry; a few owners object; duck shooting is 

 very good in the above waters, as some of them have warm springs which prevents 

 them from freezing. 



Elliston (N. P.) Dog creek and vicinity : deer, elk and bear, also small game; 

 pheasant, grouse, "chicken" and rabbit; Sept. and Oct. best; livery cheap; hotels 

 $2.50 p. d.; guides $5 p. d., including dogs; country diversified; shooting good 

 and owners do not object. 



Forsyth (N. P.) Wolf mountain 30 in.; deer, bear, mountain sheep, "chicken," 

 etc.; Nov. best; livery $5 p. d.; hotels $2.50 p d.: country wooded, hilly and dry; 

 shooting good: "excellent deer and prairie chicken shooting can be had near at 

 hand;" owners do not object. 



Gallatiu (N. P.) The hunting grounds are; Madison, Jefferson and Gallatin 

 valleys, beginning at station and extending 20 m.; geese, duck, "chicken," grouse 

 and snipe; first three most abundant; Sept., Oct. and Nov. best; livery $5 p. d.; 

 hotels $2 p. d.; guides not required; country open, wet, no hills; owners do not 

 object when sportsmen are careful of stock; shooting good. 



Olendive (N. P.) River bottoms, highlands and adjacent lands from 5 to 50 m.; 

 deer (two varieties), mountain sheep, antelope, bear, elk and small game grouse, 

 etc.; deer, antelope and grouse most numerous; Nov., Dec. and Jan. best; hotels 

 $1 and $2 p. d.; guides reasonable; country diversified; shooting good; owners do 

 not object. 



Greyoliff(N. P.) The best grounds are on Kent's Ranche 3 rn. and the adjacent 



