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in the southwest part of the county for a week, and every 

 little pond and lake, there were from one to twenty coveys 

 of ducks, I think there were more ducks raised in Holt 

 County this year than any year since I have been here. 

 Every hunter I talked to this year reported lots of ducks." 



Nebraska. — Mr. John F. Sides, Dakota City, in a letter 

 dated December 20, 1915, said, "I have made careful in- 

 quiry from many true sportsmen. They each and every 

 one say the shooting has been the best this fall they have 

 had for years and there was plenty of mallards here last 

 week." 



Nebraska. — Mr. E. Beckwith, Neligh, in a letter dated 

 January 15, 1916, said, "Have no room for doubting the 

 unanimous report that shooting was altogether better than 

 for years previous." 



Nebraska. — Mr. J. E. Smatlan, Schuyler, in a letter 

 dated December 29, 1915, said, "The flight of geese was 

 the best seen for a good many years." 



Nebraska. — Mr. G. V. Golden, Ewing, in a letter dated 

 December 10, 1915, said, "There were more ducks and fat- 

 ter ducks than I have ever seen prior to this year." 



Kansas. — Mr. Walter D. Scott, of Syracuse, December 

 10, 1915, said, "The duck shooting was good. There are 

 lots of ducks on the river now." 



Kansas. — Mr. C. A. Martin, Winfield, December 10, 

 1915, said, "There have been more ducks than for some 

 years past." 



Kansas.— Mr. C. G. Austin, Sylvia, February 22, 1915, 

 said, "There are certainly lots of ducks. More than has 

 been for several springs." 



Kansas. — Mr. E. R. Munsey, Wathena, December 12, 

 1915, said, "In all my hunting I have not seen so many 

 ducks, especially mallards. There is a third more ducks 

 than there was three years ago." 



Kansas. — Mr. P. J. Pankratz, Stafford, December 9, 

 1915, said, "We have killed at least three times as many 

 ducks this fall than any fall for at least six years." 



Kansas. — Mr. D. Harrison, Wichita, December 20, 1915, 

 said, "We had an unusually good early season this year. 

 The bluewing shooting was the best I ever experienced. 

 Killed twice as many ducks of all kinds than we killed last 



