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as partners W. F. Hill and Hermann Rich, 

 both well known guides, and we shall put 

 up a first class sportsmen's camp, here on 

 the head of Green river. There are 7 of us 

 in the party, with 70 horses and 21 dogs, 

 and the bear and mountain lions are go- 

 ing to run up against a new deal. This 

 is certainly a great game and fish country, 

 and the people here are strongly in favor 

 of protecting the game and fish. If only 

 Uncle Sam would keep his pets at home 

 all would be well; but that is not to be 

 hoped for. It seems a pity that a lot of 

 armed beggars should be allowed to defy 

 the laws of a state and be backed up by the 

 United States in doing it. 



I hope to have some good stories for 

 Recreation when we get the hounds at 

 work, next fall. We all want to see what 

 they will do when they run up against a 

 wolverine. 



Wm. Wells, Cora, Wyo. 



Can the editor, or any reader of Recre- 

 ation, tell me who is the game warden of 

 this state? I have asked local sportsmen, 

 but none of them seems to know. 



A few days since, I heard a young fellow 

 invite another to " come out some Sunday, 

 and I'll show you some squirrel hunting." 

 The game in this section of the country, 

 while it consists mostly of rabbits, squir- 

 rels, and quails, will be more plentiful this 

 fall than for several years previous. Still, 

 the law breaker is among us, and it is not 

 owing to any rigid enforcement of the game 

 laws that the game will be less scarce than 

 formerly. Down with the hog! 



P. D. Q., Salem, O. 



I have not the name and address of the 

 game warden of your state, but if you will 

 write the Secretary of State, Columbus, O., 

 he will give you this information. — Editor. 



There are a good many sportsmen in 

 Wisconsin, but also a large number of 

 game butchers. The game wardens do all 

 they can, but there are not enough of them 

 to enforce the law. Deer are unmercifully 

 slaughtered, in the Northern part of the 

 state, by lumbermen. The way jobbers and 

 contractors use deer is shameful. Some 

 supply their lumber camps with venison all 

 winter regardless of the season, in place 

 of beef or pork. They find it cheaper and 

 more convenient. 



Sam Crofoot, Fond du Lac, Wis. 



I saw a letter from H. O. W. in a late 

 issue of Recreation, where you and he 

 gave the trap shooters a roasting for slaugh- 

 tering ducks, in Texas. I was there at the 



time and wrote one of the weekly sports- 

 men's papers about it, but my letter was 

 not published and the whole matter was 

 hushed up. 



J. C. French, M.D., Quebec, Can. 



That's where Recreation- differs from 

 some of the other alleged sportsmen's jour- 

 nals. It roasts game hogs, and fish hogs, 

 wherever it finds them, no matter how 

 many subscribers it may lose. — Editor. 



Last Monday evening 2 deer came into 

 town, with some cows. They came from 

 the South and went through the main 

 business street, a distance of 6 or 7 blocks, 

 stopping several times on the way. The 

 men on the street tried to surround and 

 capture the deer, but they got away and 

 went out at the North end of town. It 

 would have made a grand picture; but, un- 

 fortunately, as it is not an every day occur- 

 rence, they took us unawares. 



J. D. Jones, Kinneo, Me. 



Geo. Cornell, Mt. Upton, N. Y., writes 

 that the best grouse, squirrel and wood- 

 cock shooting to be found in the state, may 

 be had in his vicinity, and that he will be 

 glad to show visiting sportsmen where the 

 game is. Mt. Upton is reached by the N. 

 Y., O. & W. Ry. and is about 100 miles 

 from New York. It would be well for 

 sportsmen who wish to get a day or 2 of 

 good shooting, within easy distance of the 

 city, to communicate with Mr. Cornell. 



My time lately has been put in between 

 here and McDonald, and the only game I 

 have seen was 3 black bear, on a snow- 

 slide, near Stony creek bridge. 



Ed. G. W., Bevelstoke, B. C. 



There will be plenty of water in the Hor- 

 rican marsh next fall, and that means good 

 shooting. B. W. H., Waupun, Wis. 



All sorts of game are plenty. My broth- 

 er and I caught some fine trout at Scott's 

 Station, near here. 



L. McC, Little Rock, Ark. 



There are wild ducks, partridges, squir- 

 rels, rabbits, etc.. here. 



E. D. N., Hudson, N. Y. 



We have deer and antelope in this sec- 

 tion, but no bear. 



W. P. R., Gillette, Wyo. 



