FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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shoulder; dropped where he stood; died 

 in a few minutes; distance 60 yards; bullet 

 not found. 



5th. Buck shot in neck, at 100 yards; 

 bullet lodged on top of neck. This bullet 

 I found, and send it to you herewith. Buck 

 weighed 200 pounds. The other buck that 

 was shot in the neck weighed 278 pounds. 



6th. Buck shot through shoulders; bul- 

 let not found; distance 75 yards; did not 

 run at all; weighed 210 pounds. 



7th. Buck shot through body; ran 100 

 yards; gave him second shot; bullets not 

 found. 



8th. Deer shot through the body; dis- 

 tance 100 yards, dropped where he stood; 

 died in a few minutes; bullet not found. 



9th. Moose shot through shoulder low 

 down; bullet passed through lights. He 

 started to run, when I fired the second 

 shot. He did not run more than 25 yards, 

 and died in a few minutes; distance, 100 

 yards. 



I think the Savage rifle will kill any game 

 we have in Maine. I have killed a great 

 many deer and 'moose, and used all kinds 

 of rifles; but do not think I ever saw deer 

 and moose die so quickly, or with so little 

 shooting. 



I find moose are becoming numerous in 

 the country around Moxie pond. Have 

 seen the signs of 22 different moose, within 

 10 miles of that pond, since the 1st. Hac- 

 kett's camps are finely located for this hunt- 

 ing region. George C. Jones. 



FROM OREGON. 



I have just returned from a long trip in 

 the Cascade mountains and will give you a 

 few pointers as to Southern Oregon. The 

 best fishing I know of is on the head of the 

 North Umpqua river, above the canyon, 

 although both North and South rivers are 

 pretty good. Rogue river is also reason- 

 ably good. 



There are plenty of deer all over South- 

 ern Oregon except in the valleys; that is, 

 a good hunter can get 1 to 4 a day. Bear 

 are quite plentiful about West Fork, just 

 now, feeding on raspberries. There are 

 still a good many elk both in the Cascade 

 and Coast mountains and on the high 

 ranges well back from the settlements. If 

 any of your friends wishes to have some 

 good bear hunting let him come to West 

 Fork about the 1st of September, for a 

 month's outing at Bear Camp, or Eden Val- 

 ley. The bear hunting lasts only about a 

 week, but owing to the late and early sea- 

 sons it varies some, requiring parties to be 

 on the ground when it does come or they 

 may lose the chance for the season. No 

 dogs required, for when the bear come they 

 come by the dozens and are in plain sight 

 in the short brush that carries the acorns, 

 on which they feed. 



Mr. Arrowsmith is an old friend of mine 

 and anything I can do for any of his friends 

 I will do with pleasure. I received Rec- 

 reation and am very much pleased with 

 it. I found in the March number just what 

 I was looking for; that is, information as 

 to the work of the small bore smokeless 

 rifle. I have never seen one of them and 

 should like to try them on large game. 



I will send you some short stories later 

 in the season, but at present am too busy 

 in the hills, as this is the time I make my 

 money. I think of a trip through the moun- 

 tains of Northern Washington next fall, if 

 everything goes right, as that is a part of 

 the Western coast I have never yet visited. 

 I may be able, on this trip, to send you 

 some photos of hunting scenes. Should 

 you happen to visit this coast give me a 

 call and see how I will treat you. 



W. A., West Fork, Ore. 



THE TEXAS GAME MARKET. 



FROM THE " GALVESTON NEWS." 



The convention of game protective asso- 

 ciations, called to meet in Austin, is a 

 declaration of war on the market hunter. 

 The other kind, the man who takes life for 

 the keen pleasure derived from the taking 

 of it, poses as a friend of the game. The 

 probable outcome of the conference will be 

 a bill before the legislature prohibiting the 

 shipping of game beyond Texas points. 

 While this could not be called unfair to the 

 market hunter, as far as regards the greater 

 varieties of game, yet there are some kinds 

 that are not salable at their best prices in 

 our state. The lordly canvasback and the 

 regal terrapin are not for us. They are for 

 our betters, in New York and Washington. 

 Rich epicures in those places do not hesi- 

 tate at paying for a pair of canvasbacks a 

 price that would buy a yearling steer in 

 Texas. Terrapin, plover and the 2 ducks, 

 canvasback and redhead, are the only game 

 that can be shipped to Northern markets 

 at a profit. 



For Texas markets the canvasback classes 

 with the mallard. This latter variety is sel-' 

 dom shipped out of the state, and sells in 

 the game houses of Corpus Christi, Rock- 

 port and Lavaca at seldom more than $2 a 

 dozen. These same houses are paying $8 

 a dozen for canvasback for their New York 

 trade. Should a law be passed as intimated. 

 the slaughter will go on as before. The 

 only change will be that the sum realized 

 by the market hunter will be less. 



The ultimate extermination of game is 

 certain; legislation can only defer the re- 

 sult. Game recedes from settled communi- 

 ties, and as the coast counties are now 

 settling fast it is but a question of time 

 when the waterfowl will be as scarce as that 

 noblest of all Texas game, the wild turkey. 



