FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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This club was organized in June, 1896, 

 and had its first shoot on July 4th of that 

 year. Since that time the club has trapped 

 100,000 targets and has sold, on the club 

 grounds, 17,000 loaded shells. It has 85 

 active members on its list, and no honorary 

 members. The club shoot is on the 4th 

 Saturday of each month. The principal at- 

 traction, on the calendar, is the impending 

 shoot for the Recreation cup, represent- 

 ing the amateur championship (clay tar- 

 gets) of the State of N. J. This trophy is 

 shot for once every 2 months, during 1897, 

 on dates as announced by the Club. 



There is a regular practice shoot each 

 Saturday afternoon, and all readers of Rec- 

 reation are invited. 



Sportsmen have been very successful in 

 this county, the past hunting and fishing 

 season; but the pot-hunters were also ac- 

 tive. We have, about here, woodcock, 

 pheasants, Wilson's snipe, ducks, rabbits, 

 and squirrels, enough to please any rea- 

 sonable man, if he knows their grounds. 

 Black bass, pickerel and carp are caught 

 in fair numbers in the streams and lakes. 



The non-enforcement of game laws has 

 made some hunters, who may call them- 

 selves sportsmen, bold in their shooting, 

 out of season. They come here under the 

 pretense of shooting woodcock, early in 

 the season, and kill many young ruffed 

 grouse. My old woodcock dog nearly al- 

 ways turns tail and skulks away, on meet- 

 ing such men in the brush, as if ashamed to 

 be seen near them. 



Enough of this " calamity wail " ! All 

 that we lovers of rod and gun ask, is to 

 have a fair field and game killed only in 

 season — none for market. 

 H. H. E., Springboro, Crawford Co., Pa. 



New Petersburgh, O. 



Editor Recreation: Squirrels and rab- 

 bits are plentiful this year, although a 

 great many were killed by -the market 

 hunters. One party of 2 killed over 400 

 gray and fox squirrels during last open 

 season, September 1 to December 15. 

 Many were killed out of season, also. 



Another party killed, in one day, 53 rab- 

 bits and 64 quails. I heard a game butcher 

 say he killed 16 quails at one shot, as they 

 were on the ground, huddled together. 



I went squirrel hunting one afternoon 

 last season, starting about 2 o'clock. I 

 hunted till 5, killing 8 grays, which was as 

 many as I wanted. 



Recreation is the best magazine pub- 

 lished, and I would not be without it for 

 3 times the regular subscription price. 



Wm. Dwyer, M.D. 



to the law of this State governing the kill- 

 ing of moose and caribou. 



Our last legislature passed a new game 

 law and the following is the provision, at 

 present, on this subject: 



" No person shall hunt, catch, ship or 

 have in possession, or under control, at any 

 time, any moose or caribou; except that 

 antlered moose and antlered caribou may 

 be killed between the 5th day of November 

 and the 10th day of November, in the same 

 year; but no person shall kill more than 

 one moose and one caribou in any one 

 season." 



The law has the usual provision, forbid- 

 ding shipment out of the State. 



W. W. S., Duluth, Minn. 



On returning from my Florida hunt- 

 ing trip, I found Recreation awaiting me. 

 I derived so much enjoyment from it that 

 I feel like thanking you and doing some- 

 thing in return. 



A writer in Recreation mentioned 

 shooting quails in trees, and the idea was 

 ridiculed by some hunters. While in Flor- 

 ida, I had the misfortune to have a yellow 

 cur for a companion; and he was better for 

 snakes than for quails. He thrashed around 

 50 to 100 yards ahead, frightening the birds 

 so they often took refuge in the pines. I 

 killed more from the trees than on the 

 wing. I imagine I hear shouts of laughter, 

 from wing-shots.* D. T. T. 



A green match at live birds took place on 

 May 12, 1897, under the auspices of the 

 Recreation Gun Club, of this place. Prof. 

 B. P. Gentry and C. E. Darrow challenged 

 Dr. C. E. Still and H. E. Patterson to 

 shoot a friendly match of 10 live, birds, at 

 25 yards rise, 100 yards boundary. None 

 of the gentlemen had ever shot at a live 

 bird, from a trap. All however have had 

 some experience in the field, and at inani- 

 mate targets. 



The birds were exceptionally tame, and 

 fairly good scores were made, considering 

 everything. Following are the figures: 



Gentry 9, Darrow 6—15; Still 8, Patter- 

 son 10 — 18. H. C. D., Kirksville, Mo. 



Allow rne to correct the statement of " E. 

 L. B.," in June Recreation, in reference 



We have a fish and game association, 

 with 34 members. We turned out 10 dozen 

 quails last year, and had fine shooting in 

 the fall. In 10 minutes after leaving town, 

 one afternoon, my dogs were standing a 

 large bevy. I killed 6 and returned, being 

 gone only an hour. If we had more sports- 

 men who would turn out birds in the 

 spring, use common sense and not try to 

 kill them all in one day, no one would have 

 to take a week every fall to kill a few birds. 

 W. H. C, Dunellen, N. J. 



* It is not unusual for quails to light in trees ; but it is 

 unsportsmanlike to shoot any bird while sitting in a tree 

 or on the ground. — Editor. 



