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RECREA TION. 



Gabriella, Orange Co., Fla. 



I ha^e been a reader of Recreation 

 about one year, and cannot get along with- 

 out it. 



I have hunted and fished in almost every 

 state in the Union, and have employed 

 guides in numerous localities, but meeting 

 with heavy losses in the North, and last 

 in Florida, I am compelled to offer myself 

 as a guide. I have been in Florida 12 years, 

 am well informed as to the fishing and 

 hunting grounds and think I could give 

 satisfaction. 1 can give good Florida and 

 Pennsylvania references as to my standing 

 and reliability. We have 13 lakes within y 2 

 mile to i l /z miles from the house and good 

 quail shooting. Deer and turkey ground is 

 from 8 to 10 miles away. John Beidler. 



West Superior, Wis. 



Editor Recreation: Last September we 

 had good chicken shooting about 100 miles 

 from here. Before the Hinckley fire, 3 

 years ago, there were no chickens within 

 that distance, but now, anywhere within 10 

 miles of Hinckley they are abundant. 

 Quails are also getting a good start about 

 there, thanks to Minnesota's 3 years of 

 protection. 



Last winter we had an unusually heavy 

 fall of snow, and the pot hunters had a 

 snap, shooting deer all winter. One man 

 was arrested and sentenced to a year in 

 jail, but that is the only case of any one 

 being interfered with. One of our game 

 wardens refused to seize 40 carcasses of 

 deer, on the track, consigned to Chicago 

 parties; because, he said, there was no 

 money in it for him. 



Trout fishing is not so good as it was 

 3 or 4 years ago; although an angler can 

 still get a good catch, early in the season, 

 on the Brule river, 35 miles from here. 



On the Nepigon river, last August, some 

 friends of mine had great sport, and 

 brought home one trout that weighed 5 

 pounds. . B. J. S. 



Warren, Minn., is the best place for 

 sportsmen, on the Great Northern Rail- 

 way. It is 330 miles North of St. Paul. 

 April is a good month for geese, but Oc- 

 tober is better. 



A man makes a mistake who uses an 8 

 gauge gun, over decoys. A 10 gauge gun, 

 with No. 2 shot, for geese, every time. I 

 got in my pit at daylight, one frosty morn- 

 ing last October, with an 8 gauge, and had 

 lively shooting for an hour. Twelve flocks 

 of geese came to the decoys. I emptied 

 24 shells and only dropped 12 geese. With 

 a lighter gun a man could have had at least 

 20 birds. The field was handy for a sneak 

 and was covered with geese at evening. 

 The farmer wanted me to crawl up and 

 kill 20 at a shot, but I did not disturb 



them, knowing they would come to feed 

 in the morning, and the fun of seeing 12 

 geese fall beats a pot shot any time. It 

 usually counts more birds too. My gun 

 was only built for one bird at a time, and 

 the reason I missed so many was because 

 I did not have a crack shot in the pit with 

 me, and I was able to count every miss. 

 I will send you a photo of my next string 

 of geese. E. Blee, Warren, Minn. 



One morning in June I saddled up to 

 ride a circle in search of a strayed horse. I 

 did not count the antelope I saw, but I 

 was not out of sight of them, for more than 

 half an hour, at any time during the fore- 

 noon. Sometimes ' I saw 2 or 3 small 

 bunches at one time. They were in the 

 scattering timber, small parks, and pot-hole 

 country. I could have had a number of 

 easy shots; but as this was in the close 

 season, I did no shooting. 



I also saw 3 elk and one moose. The 

 latter was crossing a strip of park near my 

 camp. I urged my horse along, which 

 caused the moose to change his course and 

 to pass within less than 50 yards of my tent, 

 which it did not appear to notice. 



I judged from the number of trout I saw 

 in Jenny's lake, at the foot of the Grand 

 Teton, some one will have good sport this 

 fall. O. F. Bike, Jackson, Wyo. 



Great Falls, Mont. 



Editor Recreation: Last fall our party 

 camped on Beaver lake, in Flathead coun- 

 ty. The weather was perfect, with about 8 

 inches of fresh snow on the ground. Here 

 the deer were not wild. We started out 

 early one morning and after several hours' 

 hard walking, through ravines and over 

 ridges, with no success, we came to where 

 2 ridges met. There being 4 of us, we each 

 took a side of a ridge, and continued farther 

 up the mountain. 



I was about discouraged, when I ran 

 across fresh deer tracks. I started on the 

 trail and soon came to a warm bed, from 

 which a deer had started. 



I continued to trail and on going over 

 one ridge, saw the deer on another, about 

 100 yards ahead. I took a snap-shot, and 

 the deer fell. 



I hastened forward, but, when within a 

 few yards, it jumped up and went over the 

 ridge. I got another shot, making a clean 

 miss. 



Soon after, a shot came from over the 

 ridge. I hastened forward and found one 

 of my friends standing over the deer. 



We hunted 2 days longer, going home 

 with 14 deer. O. E. T. 



I have closed out my interest at Marvin 

 Lodge, and have moved up here into 

 Northwestern Wyoming, to live. I have 



