GAME AND FISH KE SORTS, 3 



VeKalh County — 



■Deer, bears, an occasional panther, wild turkeys, quail, and squirrels. The 

 fishing IS chiefly for black bass, chub, and bream. Reached via the Alabama and 

 Chattanooga Railroad to Valley Head, forty miles from Chattanooga. The sur- 

 face of the country is rugged and mouatainous,and noted for its romantic scenery, 



JEscanibia County — 



With the exception of the southern portion, this county is still unsettled* and 

 bounds in game, while the numerous streams afford good fishing. Deer 

 urkeys, quail and other game will be found in abundance, by starting out from 

 any point on the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad. 



tTaehson County — 



The numerous creeks in this county furnish black bass, catfish, drum, perch, 

 red horse, and wall-eyed pike fishing. The wooded and mountainous parts are 

 the abode of deer and wild turkeys, and quail and wild fowl are found in 

 numbers sufficient for good sport. Take Tennessee River boats to Bellefonte, 

 or go via Memphis and Charleston Railroad, to Larkinsville, Stevenson, or to 

 Scottsborough, at which place board can be obtained. 



J'efferson County — 



Jonesborough . Bears and deer in the neighboring mountains, quail and wood- 

 cock in the swamps and cultivated fields. Game abundant along the Salem Greek, 

 and on the line of the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad, by which Jonesbcro' 

 is reached. Good hotels. 



X^auderdale County — 



North Alabama is one of the finest hunting regions in the United States. The 

 fields are filled with quail, the woods with wild turkeys and deer, and all th§ 

 streams and ponds in winter abound with wild ducks and geese. The finest wild- 

 goose shooting is to be had every winter in the Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee 

 River, where the wild geese cong:regate by the thousands. The shoals are 

 about five miles wide, and filled with small islands, called " tow-heads." Most 

 of these tow-heads are covered with drift wood, in which the sportsmen conceal 

 themselves, and shoot the geese as they fly over, which happens every few 

 minutes, as they are constantly being disturbed by one cause or another. Just 

 before nightfall, the geese leave the river for the fields and ponds, which af- 

 fords the sportsman another good opportunity for rare sport. What is true 

 of the wild geese, is more or less true of the wild ducks, with this in addition, 

 that the latter are to be found every where, all the winter through, filling every 

 point, *' spring branch," or creek. Wild turkeys abound everywhere, and the 

 red deer almost every where. The deer are hunted with hounds. Large black 

 bass are cauglit in Shoal Creek. The route is to South Florence, or Klorerice 

 via Tuscumbia, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, or to Decatur on 

 the same road, thence via team or boat down the river. Or go to Athens on 

 the Louisville and Nashville and Great Southern Railroad, thence by wagon. 



See Decatur, Morgan County, 



I^aujrence County — 



Courtlandy reached via the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, is in the vicinity 

 of good deer, turkey, quail and wild-fowl shooting. The Muscle Shoals (See 

 Lauderdale County), on the northern border of the couoty, are accessible from 

 Courtland^ 



TAtnestone County — 



This county is well supplied with game. Deer, turkeys, quail, ducks and 

 geese, afford fine sport, and the fishing is for black bass, salmon, pike, and 

 speckled perch. The Nashville and Louisville and Great Southern Railroad 

 intersects the county, and renders it easily accessible. Stop at Athens or other 

 p-)ints on this road. Steamers ply on the Tennessee and Elk Rivers. 



I^owndes County — 



This county is made up of pine and hammock lan(^, and abounds in the varie- 

 .ies of game peculiar to such country. The county is intersected by the Mobile 

 ind Montgomery Railroad, and from that road the game grounds are acf essib^e, 



