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good luck on his trip. He replied that the 

 hunters did not kill any big game, and he 

 did not care. As he was not getting big 

 wages, he did not take them where the 

 game could be found. They saw a few 

 antelope, caught some trout and killed a 

 number of sage-hens. The guide put in all 

 the time he could, and that was all he cared 

 for. 



Another party started at the same time 

 and killed 6 bear, 14 elk and 2 deer. These 

 hunters were not out so long as the others,, 

 but paid their guide good wages, and he 

 tried, to satisfy them. 



I know several men who have come here 

 expecting a good time, but who have gone 

 away dissatisfied, because they were fooled 

 in the man who took them out. To any one 

 contemplating a trip, I would say, get a 

 good guide and pay him good wages. You 

 will be better satisfied at the end of your 

 trip than if you had a cheap man, who put 

 in lots of time, but did not find the game. 



There are good guides in Jackson's Hole, 

 and there are good guides who do not live 

 here, but who know every foot of the coun- 

 try, where the best fishing and hunting can 

 be had. 



A man in New York wrote asking 

 what wages a good man would expect. I 

 do not think the right kind of a guide can 

 be had, in this country, for less than $5 a 

 day and board. He would furnish his own 

 saddle-horse, but the rest of the outfit 

 would be extra. Some men would not go 

 for $5. 



A good guide will want the party engag- 

 ing him ahead to send a small deposit, as a 

 guarantee of good faith. I have known of 

 parties engaging men here, keeping them 

 waiting until too late to go with anyone 

 else, and then they did not come. I have 

 also known guides who contracted to take 

 certain parties, but some one else coming 

 along would offer the guides bigger wages, 

 and the first hunters would arrive to find 

 their man had deserted them. 



The best way, when engaging a guide, is 

 to put up a forfeit and then have the agree- 

 ment in writing. I have lived in the Rocky 

 mountains all my life, and have seen a good 

 many parties of hunters, and many guides 

 too, fooled. As a rule a guide can be de- 

 pended on to stick to his word. 



Recently I had a letter from a man in 

 Colorado, saying he could get a guide in 

 this part of the country, who would take 

 him, in 2 days' travel from the railroad, 

 where he could find elk, moose, bear and 

 mountain sheep, and where he could catch 

 all the fish he wanted, without moving 

 camp. 



There is no such place in this or any 

 other country. A hunter may go up in the 

 mountains as far as water can be found, 

 and then it will take him a full day to get 

 to the sheep. There are some moose in 

 Idaho, but few in Wyoming. There are 



still some mountain sheep here, but the 

 hunter cannot find them and get back to 

 camp the same day. For trout fishing, 

 Idaho and Wyoming beat the world. 



George Winegar. 



NOTES. 



Toledo, O. 



Editor Recreation: I saw a statement, 

 in a recent number of Recreation, from 

 L. D. W. to the effect that he had borrowed 

 a well broken pointer and had gone after 

 some birds, which he found but which he, 

 did not get. If I borrowed a dog I should 

 not condemn him because I did not get as 

 many birds as my partner. That is dis- 

 courteous to the dog and to his owner. 



Last Thanksgiving morning L. D. W., 

 Chas. Eastwood, C. Wright, T. Hoover, 

 D. McBride, and I went about 8 or 10 miles 

 West of this city, to a place called The 

 Openings. Mr. Hoover, who was not feel- 

 ing well at the time, had his throat tied up 

 with a flannel, and wanted to be careful not 

 to get his feet wet. In crossing a creek, on 

 a pole, he slipped and fell. In order to keep 

 his gun dry, he thought he could strike his 

 elbows on the opposite bank; but fell short 

 about 2 feet. About the time he was empty- 

 ing the water out of his gun-barrels, and 

 hip-boots, the air was rather blue around 

 there. 



McBride, who is not much of a wing 

 shot, but who is noted for being a great 

 coon and fox hunter, and for knowing 

 the woods from one end to the other, got 

 twisted and spent part of the afternoon 

 climbing trees to find his way out. He 

 nearly wore out a pair of corduroy trousers; 

 but we finally all got out and had a good 

 day's sport. We found game enough to 

 make it interesting, and killed 11 ruffed 

 grouse, 2 quails, 2 gray squirrels and 2 rab- 

 bits. We have plenty of birds left over — 

 more than usual. O. O. H. 



I saw in one of the sportsmen's papers 

 an article stating that deer only chew lily 

 pads, to spit them out. That statement is 

 amusing to me. I have seen a lot of deer 

 in my time; have opened the stomachs of 

 many of them and have found them full 

 of lily pads. Have also opened many cari- 

 bou. In September they wade the ponds 

 the same as deer, and live on the pads. 



As I am writing, 7 a.m., there are 9 deer 

 within a stone's throw of this house. They 

 are with the cows, in the pasture, and it's 

 a regular thing for them to come out. 

 There are 2 bucks, 2 or 3 does and some 

 yearlings. 



One cow does not like them to come in 

 and eat up the grass. She shakes her head 

 and runs at them. Then they make a bolt 

 for the woods, but soon return. 



