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RECREA TION. 



the game laws and the driving out of the 

 Indians. 



The young elk seem to have fared worst 

 last winter. It is estimated, and I think cor- 

 rectly, that about 4,000 calves succumbed 

 to the cold and snow. The old animals 

 withstood the winter as well as usual and 

 few carcasses of these can be seen. This 

 great mortality among the young elk is due 

 to their lack of strength to break the crust 

 of the snow, to get at the feed. 



However there are more calves left than 

 usual and fine sport may be anticipated 

 later. Every day, for the first 10 days after 

 my arrival, elk and deer could be seen from 

 the ranch, feeding on the hillsides; but the 

 disappearing snow has given them wider 

 range, and they are passing back into the 

 mountains. 



Antelope are traveling North, to their 

 summer range. Bands of 20 to 80 are seen 

 every day. 



Trout fishing is poor on account of ris- 

 ing and muddy waters. However, a few 

 small creeks yield fair sport. On the day 

 after my arrival at the ranch S. N. Leek, at 

 whose place I am staying, caught, with fly, 

 9 trout that weighed 24 pounds — 4 of them 

 weighing 16 pounds. All this in 3 hours. 

 I have made (several fine catches, some ex- 

 ceeding Steve's in numbers and total 

 weight, but not so large. Ducks and geese 

 are nesting as are, in fac*t, all kinds of birds. 



B. F. Jones, M.D. 



SALT LAKE, UTAH. WHERE TO GO. 



Editor Recreation: For the benefit of 

 the devotees of rod and gun the following 

 pointers are given as to the game to be 

 found in the Rocky mountain country, 

 about Glenwood Springs. Among the 

 birds are the sage grouse, the largest of the 

 grouse family. These are found in the open 

 country. Blue grouse are found, in large 

 numbers, along the trout streams and in 

 parks. The pin-tail grouse inhabits the 

 streams and willows. It is a quick bird and 

 affords rare sport. The ptarmigan is about 

 the size of the ruffed grouse and is found 

 only above timber line. In winter its plum- 

 age is snow white. The following varieties 

 of ducks abound in the mountain lakes: 

 Mallard, canvasback, redhead, bluewing 

 teal, greenwing teal, cinnamon teal, golden 

 eye, butter ball, wood-duck and shell-drake. 



Elk still abound and are in prime condi- 

 tion by September, in which month they 

 commence bugling.' Large bands are in 

 the more remote parks, and near the flat- 

 tops. 



Deer are at their best in the fall months. 

 They frequent the valleys and lower moun- 

 tain ranges until winter, when they move 

 down to the low country. The sportsman 

 who wants bear can have his chance of cin- 

 namon, black, brown, silvertip and grizzly. 



As to the mountain lion, or puma, it has 

 occasionally been captured in this neigh- 

 borhood, measuring 9 feet 6 inches from tip 

 to tip. Plenty of bob-cats, wolves and 

 wolverines. Mountain sheep are to be 

 found in the higher ranges. 

 W. H. Hubbard, Glenwood Springs, Col. 



A curious case was passed on by Attorney-General 

 Fowler, of Wyoming, with reference to the right of J. A. 

 Adams, a Jackson's Hole ranchman, to retain, in his pos- 

 session, 77 head of elk. These came into Mr. Adams's cor- 

 ral, during the past winter, and were eating his hay, when 

 he fastened them in and kept them. A demand for their 

 release was made by the State Game Warden and Mr. 

 Adams refused to comply, saying he intended domesticat- 

 ing the animals and that as he had saved them from starva- 

 tion he was entitled to their possession. The Attorney- 

 General's opinion is to the effect that the elk are the property 

 of the State and that their retention is a violation of the 

 State game law, which forbids capture of wild game, by pit- 

 fall or trap. — Salt Lake "Tribune." 



Above clipping is indeed an interesting 

 one, in that it opens up a fine point of law. 



L. M. Earl. 



DEER IN THE ADIRONDACKS. 



Saranac Lake, N. Y. 



Editor Recreation: It is usual at every 

 session of the Legislature to offer numer- 

 ous amendments to the game laws. In my 

 opinion, what we need is not new fish and 

 game laws, but the enforcement of those 

 we have. In some parts of the Adiron- 

 dacks, the game laws are frequently violated 

 every year. This is not, however, the fault 

 of the Game Warden, but because of lack 

 of sufficient resident assistants. 



The Adirondack Guides Association in- 

 cludes the best guides from nearly every 

 portion of the Adirondacks, and it seems 

 to me proper the game protectors for this 

 region should be appointed from among 

 its numbers. 



I believe that killing deer in the water 

 should be prohibited, and that if hounding 

 is permitted at all, shooting on the run- 

 way only should be allowed.* I think the 

 majority of sportsmen and guides are 

 agreed that the killing of does and fawns 

 is inhuman, and should be prohibited. 

 Anything that will preserve the game of 

 the Adirondacks and increase the number 

 of deer, birds and fish, will be beneficial 

 to the region and to the business of the 

 railroads, hotels and guides. 



Seaver A. Miller. 



* Hounding and jacking are now prohib- 

 ited in New York, for a term of 5 years. — 

 Editor. 



LOOKING FOR DUCKS. 



On the morning of March 8th, with 2 



friends, K and S , I left the train 



at Beardstown, 111., on the Illinois river. 

 We rented a boat big enough to hold 3 men 



