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plentiful; Sept. and Oct. best; livery $2 p. d.: hotels and guides, including dogs, 

 at nominal prices; country open and level; shooting good and owners do not ob- 

 ject. 



Pla^nview (F. E. & M. V.) Surrounding country; towards the south and west 

 best; "chicken" in abundance; a few deer, geese, duck, jack rabbit, etc.; Sept. and 

 Oct. best; livery (double) $4 to $6 p. d. hotels $2 p. d.; prairie lands level, wet and 

 dry; shooting good in Sept. and owners do not object. 



Plum Creek (TJ. P.) Adjacent prairie; "chicken" and geese principally; latter 

 raost numerous; Sept. and Oct. best; livery $3.50 p. d. ; hotels reasonable; guides, 

 with dogs, $3 p. d.; all prairie land, rolling and generally dry; shooting good; own- 

 ers do not object. 



Powell's (St. J. & G. I.) Adjacent lands; "chicken" and quail; latter most nu- 

 merous; Oct. and Nov. best; country open and dry; shooting good and owners 

 do not object. 



Shelton (U. P.) Shooting grounds 4 m.; "chicken," quail, geese and duck; first 

 two most numerous; Aug. to Nov. inclusive best; livery $2 to $5 p. d.; hotels $2 to 

 $4 p. d.; guides with dogs reasonable; country open, dry and rolling; shooting 

 good and owners do not object; 



Silver Creek (U. P.) The grounds are within a radius of 5 in.; "chicken." quail 

 and geese principally; livery $2.50 p. d.; hotel $2 p. d.: guides with dogs leasona- 

 ble; prairie land, open and dry, but wet in spring; shooting objected to by a few 

 farmers; it is reported "usually good in season." 



St. Edward (U. P.) Adjacent fields; "chicken," quail, rabbit, etc. are very 

 plentiful; hotels, etc., reasonable. 



Steele City (St. J. & G. I.) Adjacent prairie and bottom land extending from >,' 

 to 10 m.; "chicken," quail, rabbit, duck, etc.; Nov. best; livery $3 p. d.; hotel $2 

 p. d.; country open, level, hilly and dry; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Willow Island (U. P.) Platte river bottom and Willow Island 1 in.: last best; 

 geese, duck, wolf and a few deer; first most plentiful; April best for duck, Oct. for 

 geese; livery $3 p. d.; private boarding at moderate rates; guides $2 p. d. ; country 

 varied, marshy for duck shooting, dry on prairie; a few farmers object to shoot- 

 ing and charge 50 cents per gun for the season; shooting excellent in Oct.; shooting 

 for wild geese is.-generally doue from blinds erected on the sand bars about daylight 

 and as the fowl ma e several trips to and fro from the wheat fields; this method 

 has proved very successful. 



Yutan (U. P.) Near station and the Platte valley and adjacent laud 3 in.; geese, 

 duck, "chicken," quail and rabbit; Oct. and Nov. best; livery at reisonable rates; 

 hotel $2 p. d.; country open and rolling, wet and dry; shooting good, in spring 

 for wild fowl and in fall for chicken and quail: owners do not object. 



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Battle Mountain (So. Pac.) The best grounds are, Humboldt river 1 m., Ante- 

 lope creek 30 m., Rock creek 20 m., and Squaw valley 30 m. : Antelope creek the 

 best; antelope, geese, duck, rabbit, sage hen, etc.; the last four most abundant; 

 Sent, and Oct. best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $3 p. d.: guides (no dogs) $4 p. d.; coun- 

 trydiversified; owners do not object; good shooting. 



Elk a (So. Pac.) Sage hen are found at all water courses after Aug. 10; "chicken" 

 on grain fields within 10 to 20 m.; the first most numerous; duck and grouse are 

 also abundant; Aug. and Sept. best; livery $4 to $6 p. d.; hotels $2 to $2.50 p. d.: 

 guides not needed; no trained dogs; country open, hilly, not wooded, wet and dry; 

 owners do not object; shooting good. 



Franktown (V. & T.) Washoe lake 2 m. yields good shooting for duck and 



