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Madison (C. N. W. and C. M. & St. P.) Pheasant branch 7 ra.; Westport 5 

 m., Second lake bridge 6 m.; duck and snipe; duck mostly; Oct., March and April 

 best: livery (double team and driver) $4 p. d.; hotel $1.50 to $3.50 p. d.; country- 

 open and wet; duck and snipe shooting good; no regular guides; farmers do not ob- 

 ject; a few chicken may be killed 



Markesan (C. M. & St. P.) Lake Puckaway 9 m., Mud lake 8 m., Little Green 

 lake 1 '2 m. and surrounding land within a radius of 12 in ; wild fowl, " cbicken" 

 and rabbit; first two most numerous; Oct. and Nov. best for duck, Aug. and Sept. 

 for chicken; livery $3 p. d.; hotel *1 to $1 50 p. d.; guides, with dogs, $2 p.d.; open 

 prairie and swampy around lakes; Puckaway is private, but other grounds not post- 

 ed give good shooting. 



Elarshfielcl (Wis. C.) Rocky run 12 m.; East fork 10 m.; first best; partridge, 

 bear and deer; first and last most plentiful; Oct. aud Nov. best; livery $3 p. d.; 

 hotels and guides moderate; country wooded, hilly and dry; shooting good; 

 sportsmen can be accommodated at lumber camps on the shooting grounds; farm- 

 ers do not object. 



Mayhew (C. M. & St. P.) Sanderdale lake 5} m., Crooked lakes G 1 ^ m.; duck 

 principally; Oct. best; hotels J2 p. d.; country wooded., rocky and wet; a few 

 farmers object; shooting good; no regular livery or professional guides. 



Marville (C. M. & St. P.) Diana shooting grounds 3 m., and Fond du Lac 

 club grounds 9 m.: both private; the Diana club charges $5 for ten days, and the 

 Fond du Lac $1 p. d. including lodging in club house; must furnish your own 

 food; Sept., Oct. and Nov. best; livery $1 and $2 p. d.; no regular hotels on 

 grounds: country marshy; shooting very good, 



McFariancl (C. M. & St. P.) Door creek adjoining marshes, Lake Waubesa and 

 marshes 2 m; duck and snipe principally; first most abundant: Sept. and Oct. best: 

 private board only; country open and wet; shooting very good and farmers do 

 not object. 



Menasha (M. <fc N.) The grounds are Lakes Winnebago and Buttes des Morts; 

 both good for duck; the last best; in. Oct., Nov. and Dec. duck are most abundant: 

 livery $1.50 to $3 p. d. ; hotels $2 50 to $3 p. d.; guides (no dogs) $1 p. d.; country 

 divenaiued; farmers do not object. 



Men^ota (C. & N. W.) "Catfish" grounds 1m.; duck, snipe, "chicken," rab- 

 bit, squirrel and fox; first two most numerous; Sept. aud Oct. best; hotel $1 p. d.; 

 no regular livery; guides $2 p. d.; country wooded and wet; shooting good and 

 farmers do not object. 



Merrill (C. M. & St. P.) Surrounding land from 2 to 10 m ; deer, partridge aud 

 bear principally; first two most abundant; Oct. and Nov. best; livery $2 to $5 p.d.; 

 hotels reasonable; guides, with good dogs, obtainable; country hilly and rough, 

 with "windfalls;" shooting good and farmers d j not object. 



Midway (C. k N. W.) Black river and Mississippi river bottom lands, running 

 north from La Crorfse; duck and "chicken" principally; first most numerous; Sept., 

 Oct. and Nov. best; hotel $1 to $1.50 p. d. ; amateur guides and good dogs can be 

 had; country wooded and wet, with stretches of open prairie; good shooting but 

 variable; farmers very ieldoni object. 



'Milton Junction (C. M. & St. P.) Kake Koshkonong 3m.; duck, geese and 

 partridge; first most abundant; March and Nov. best month; livery very reasona- 

 ble; hotels $1.50 to $2 p. d.; shooting reported good. 



