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RECREA TION. 



We have all kinds of game here, and it is 

 on the increase, excepting deer. Quails 

 have increased 50 per cent, in the last 5 

 years, owing, perhaps, to the law prohibit- 

 ing killing them for 5 years. 



Would say to A. M. C. I am using a 16 

 gauge gun, and for small game, such as 

 rabbits, grouse, and ducks, I find it equal to 

 a 10 or 12 gauge. 



In answer to G. M. C, in regard to Red 

 lake, Minn. — there are ducks, geese, deer, 

 grouse, chickens and rabbits in that 

 vicinity. 



I am getting some subscribers for Rec- 

 reation, for I think it the best magazine 

 published. E. W. D., Augusta, Wis. 



Greater slaughter than was visited on the 

 rabbits last season has not been seen in this 

 locality for many a year. It was not un- 

 common for some of our Indian pupils to 

 bring in 6 or 8, each, daily, caught in wire 

 snares. Previous years the majority of the 

 older hunters thought it beneath their dig- 

 nity to go rabbit hunting, but this year 

 every one who could shoulder a gun was 

 stricken with the rabbit fever. Big game, 

 too, was very plentiful. 



The Indians report that the deep snow 

 had little effect on deer and moose; but 

 when thick crust forms after the snow be- 

 gins to melt, destruction comes to them 

 from the game hogs who prowl about the 

 reservation. K. H. C., Leech, Minn. 



In the vicinity of Hammonds Plains, 

 this Province, as good woodcock shooting 

 can be had as in any place I know of. That 

 is about 15 miles from Halifax. Ed Thomp- 

 son, of Hammonds Plains, and I have 

 bagged, in one day, 15 cocks and 10 ruffed 

 grouse. 



There is good moose shooting near here; 

 also fine fishing. Trout are taken weighing 

 4 and 5 pounds. During June, July and 

 August, sportsmen can generally kill good 

 numbers. C. F. R., Halifax, N. S. 



About the middle of March I saw a deer 

 cross the Delaware, at this place. The river 

 was high and full of running ice. The little 

 buck plunged in, swam a short distance, 

 then clambered up on a cake of ice. In this 

 way, swimming and floating, he crossed; 

 -but a crowd of boys started for him. The 

 buck turned and plunged in again; swam 

 to the New York shore, where he was once 

 more scared into the water. This time he 

 drifted down the stream, probably making 

 good his escape. This was the first deer 

 seen here in a long time. 

 Louis Boettger, Callicoon Depot, N. Y. 



Texas is a big state, and a good field for 

 missionary work in sports. I think the best 

 way is to get Recreation well circulated. 

 It will undoubtedly do the rest. 



Quails are abundant here, but trapping 



is thinning them out rapidly. There is a 

 restaurant keeper here who kept about 2 

 dozen live quails in his window all winter, 

 killing and serving them whenever called 

 for; the supply being kept up by his game 

 hog accomplices. I never went past the 

 place that I did not feel like smashing the 

 window — and the proprietor too. I would 

 like to see the guilty parties roasted, brown. 

 The English language is too poor to ex- 

 press my sentiments. 



G. A., Ft. Worth, Texas. 



I am willing to stop spring shooting if 

 laws are passed prohibiting it; but I hope 

 a law limiting the number of ducks killed, 

 in the fall, will pass first. Some bags we 

 read of being made, down in Texas, ought 

 to start an army down there with guns; 

 not to shoot game but game hogs. 



I would like to see a national law passed, 

 limiting the amount of game to be killed 

 or held in possession, at one time, to 1 deer, 

 5 geese, 10 ducks or grouse and 20 quails. 

 Would not all sportsmen be benefited by 

 it? E. S. Billings, Syracuse, N. Y. 



I greatly enjoy reading Recreation, and 

 look for its coming each month. We have 

 many sportsmen here, and a good many 

 game hogs. I know one man who killed 

 over 90 grouse last fall. If our game is not 

 protected, in the near future, it will soon 

 be as scarce as eels' feet. We have excellent 

 duck shooting here, from about the first of 

 September till about the middle of October. 

 My favorite hunting ground is along the 

 shores of the beautiful Richelieu river. 



Some good catches of fish have lately 

 been made. E. G. F., Noyan, P. Que. 



We have just organized a gun club, of 20 

 members, in our ward, and have named it 

 the Recreation Gun Club. We have had 

 quite a discussion in the club as to the 

 proper drop of a gun. An answer from 

 some of the readers of Recreation would 

 be appreciated. 



F. W. Kutz, Easton, Pa. 



I thank you, gentlemen, most heartily, 

 for the honor you have conferred on Rec- 

 reation, in the choice of a name for your 

 club, and it affords me great pleasure to 

 send you herewith a handsome flag, appro- 

 priately inscribed. Editor. 



A den of red .foxes was unearthed, from 

 a hay stack near here, recently. Five pup- 

 pies were found and the old ones were 

 seen, but they kept just out of gun range. 

 The finders intend to domesticate the little 

 fellows, which appear to be about 4 weeks 

 old. 



Bob Whites, pinnated grouse and fox 

 squirrels are plentiful. I flushed 3 ruffed 

 grouse a few days ago in the woods near 

 my residence. Sangamon, Ellsworth, 111. 



