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RECREA TION. 



the GREAT WESTERN brand of 

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BY 



THE 



Pleasant 

 Valley 

 Wine 

 Co. 



OF 



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IS 

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AMERICA 



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AS TO GUIDES. 



Eastern sportsmen will soon begin to 

 flock to the hunting-grounds of the West. 

 The open season commences, in this State, 

 September ist, lasting 3 months. Males 

 only of the game animals may be killed, and 

 then only in such quantities as will supply 

 the hunter with food. Non-residents are 

 required to pay a $20 license fee. These 

 are the main points of the law. 



The game wardens of this locality are 

 courteous, and never persist in forcing 

 themselves on hunting parties; and never 

 make arrests without good cause. They 

 generally allow hunters the privilege of 

 taking care of the trophies of the chase, 

 providing they otherwise comply with the 

 law. 



To kill game one must employ a compe- 

 tent guide. I would advise hunters to em- 

 ploy guides who live in the game country. 

 Employ those who protect the game and 

 keep it for those who give compensation 

 to kill it. The people of a game country 

 are, as a rule, extremely jealous of non- 

 resident guides. They say a person who 

 has no interest in the game, other than a 

 mercenary one, will have no interest in its 

 protection. Consequently the game war- 

 dens insist on non-resident guides obeying 

 strictly, the letter of the law. If I were 

 hunting in Idaho, I would employ Idaho 

 guides; if in Montana, Montana guides; 

 and if in Wyoming, then Wyoming guides. 

 To do otherwise would, in my opinion, be 

 a waste of money and a loss of pleasure. 



The season of 1896-7 was a hard one for 

 the game in Wyoming. Many thousand 

 elk died in Jackson's Hole. Yet this great 

 loss did not exceed the increase. 



Many new wardens have been appointed, 

 and I have no doubt they will do them- 

 selves justice, as well as those with whom 

 they come in contact. Sportsmen will find 

 them honorable men, who will insist only 

 on the proper enforcement of the law. 



The Secretary of the Interior has notified 



all Indian agents to keep the Indians on 

 their reservations, and not to permit them 

 to go on to the game ranges. This will have 

 a material effect on the game. The State 

 authorities, too, are a unit for game pro- 

 tection. O. E. S., Jackson, Wyo. 



Game in this part of the country consists- 

 of quails, ruffed grouse, grey squirrels, rab- 

 bits, and a few woodcock. We also get a 

 chance at ducks, in fall and spring. Trout 

 fishing is not good. There is an old trout 

 brook, a short distance from my home, that 

 is fished out, but I get 1 or 2 good ones out 

 of it, every year. Caught 2 out of it this 

 year. The first one measured 13 inches and 

 the 2d 14 inches. I have a hole dug, near a 

 stream, which contains about 500 small 

 trout, which I intend to let go when they 

 get big enough, and put them in certain 

 waters, in hopes they may do something 

 later. 



I am a small bore crank, and use a 22 cali- 

 bre rifle which I like very much. I can now 

 hit a tin can, thrown in the air, at a distance 

 of 100 feet away, 45 times out of 50. Can cut 

 a string at 30 feet, and at 100 yards can kill 

 small game, such as rabbits and wood- 

 chucks. 



Geo. B. Hodges, W. Mansfield, Mass. 



All of your subscribers here are highly 

 pleased with Recreation. They can't well 

 help being pleased with it. I have just got- 

 ten back from the Indian Territory, where 

 I went hunting. Carried my Forehand gun, 

 which I got from you for 35 subscribers to 

 Recreation, and it is hard to beat. The 

 squirrels can't get too high up in the trees 

 for it to knock them out; and it shoots 

 buck shot just as well. I shot at a knot on 

 a tree, which was about 2 feet through, and 

 the knot 6 inches across. Put seven No. 8 

 buck shot, out of 15, in the tree, and one 

 in the knot. Distance 55 yards. 



Chas. C. Beck, Paris, Texas. 



