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RECREA TION. 



souri assembly, we now have better laws 

 for the protection of game and fish. 



This part of our state, for a few years, 

 has been overrun with a lot of unscrupulous 

 hunters who kill and drive with hounds, 

 everything before them. In the fall they 

 fire the woods, which destroys the mast 

 upon which the few remaining deer might 

 live. In future our game will not only be 

 protected by law but also by an alliance of 

 our best citizens, who will endeavor to 

 prosecute all offenders. Many thanks to 

 Recreation for the stand taken to protect 

 game. May it not be long until, through 

 its influence, stringent game and fish laws 

 will be made and enforced in every state. 



O. W. Bett. 



A CHEAP TRAP. 



Cincinnati, O. 



Editor Recreation: I saw in your high- 

 ly esteemed magazine some points as to 

 how to shoot on the wing, also a descrip- 

 tion of a glass ball trap. Enclosed find 

 drawing of a pigeon trap, which a friend and 

 I invented, and which we have found suc- 

 cessful as well as economical. 



A is a stake iY 2 by i l / 2 inches and about 

 10 inches long. B is the bird, which may 





be made of old tin cans or of scraps of thin 

 copper or brass. C is a long wire nail, 

 driven in stake (A). D and D' are wire 

 nails driven in spool (E) with heads cut 

 off and projecting about J^ inch. E is a 

 spool 1^2 inches in diameter and 2 inches 

 long ; made by taking a block one inch 



thick by 2 long, cutting it in the form of 

 G and fitting a collar (F) at each end, made 

 of ^2 inch wood, V/2, inches in diameter. 

 H is the cord wrapped around spool. 1 

 is the ground and J, J' are holes in pigeon, 

 to fit nails D and D'. 



To set up trap drive stake in ground; 

 place the spool or nail as at E. Wrap cord 

 around spool as in H; place pigeon on 

 nails D and D'. Bending the wings, one a 



little up and the other a little down, at 

 their margin. 



By pulling cord, which is wrapped around 

 spool, and which leads to a person back of 

 shooter, the spool revolves rapidly and 

 pigeon is sent on its flight. 



If pigeon will not sail at first, bend wings 

 until it does, and then keep same for model 

 and make others like it. 



I am now experimenting on a small mo- 

 tor, to take place of cord. It is too much 

 like work to wind the cord each time. If 

 it is successful I will send you plan of same. 



One good thing about this trap is that 

 the bird never goes twice alike. It will go 

 first to the right and then to the left, or 

 straight up or away from you, at a 2.40 clip, 

 and I dare say it will take any young shoot- 

 er some time to get the knack of breaking 

 the pigeons. H. Willaner Lowe. 



HUNTING IN MAINE. 



Editor Recreation: It was a jolly party 

 of hunters that started for the Maine for- 

 ests, the last of September, 1896. There 

 were E. M. Goodall, F. A. Allen, W. J., 

 C. A. and Stillman Bodwill, all of San- 

 ford, Me.; Dr. F. A. Bragden, Springvale, 

 and Dr. Ferguson, of Cambridge, Mass. 

 Our 4 guides, Uncle Nathan, his son and 

 grandson, and George Spaulding, were 

 awaiting us at Bingham. 



On the evening of the third day, perma- 

 nent camp was reached. Small game Was 



