THE A. C. A. CAMP, GRINDSTONE ISLAND, AUGUST, 1897. 



THE NOTED GROUSE DOG, "SKIP." 



Scotch terrier, owned by Ira T. Monroe, No. Livermore, 

 Me. Record, for 6 years, 305 ruffed grouse. 



A GOOD GROUSE DOG. 



We have discussed, many times, in this 

 State, the question as to which is the more 

 humane and sportsmanlike, to wound one 

 half the game, and not get the other half, 

 or to kill dead and cause the least possible 

 suffering. As a rule, only woodcock are 

 shot entirely on the wing, hereabouts, ow- 

 ing to their lumbering flight, and the nat- 

 ure of the ground where they, as well as 

 grouse, are to be found. 



Two sportsmen, from New Jersey, visit- 

 ed me the past summer, to shoot ruffed 

 grouse; but told me at night, after a day's 

 hunt, that their style of shooting on the 

 wing was entirely balked by the forest 

 growth and by the roughness of the 

 ground. I send you a picture of my dog. 

 He is a Scotch terrier, of almost pure 

 blood, of the short legged variety, and 

 weighs 17 pounds: buff colored, shaggy 

 hair. He is a capital grouse dog. He trails 

 and flushes them on the run, puts them 

 into trees, and then barks till I come. We 

 rarely fail to bag any bird of which he 

 strikes the trail. 



Ira T. Monroe, North Livermore, Me. 



How else can you do a friend so great a 

 kindness as by giving him a yearly sub- 

 scription to Recreation as a Christmas 

 present? Tell me that. 



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