FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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trail by moonlight for nearly 2 miles, we 

 began to notice the lack of lower garments, 

 so fled back to our blankets. 



We named our camp " Recreation 

 Camp." Everyone who sees the magazine 

 is loud in its praise. 



Turkeys, squirrels, and doves are plenti- 

 ful in this locality. 



Arthur C. Fayrer-Hickey, 



Flagstaff, Ariz. 



Have just returned from the North Fork 

 of Big Otter, where I spent a day in the 

 delightful sport of trout fishing. The pros- 

 pect for grouse and prairie chickens is good 

 in that district, if the hogs don't root them 

 out before they can fly. I send clipping 

 showing where one of the hogs paid for his 

 grouse. Thanks to Game Warden Hill. 

 George Leuchars, Great Falls, Mont. 



Martin Strasburg was up before Judge Fitzgerald, charged 

 by Game Warden Hill with violating the game law. It ap- 

 pears that Martin wanted grouse and took his gun and got 

 one. He pleaded guilty and the judge gave him the mini- 

 mum sentence, $25 and costs, amounting to $35.60. In the 

 future Martin will wait until the game law opens. Mr. Hill 

 says he will prosecute, without favor, any and all cases 

 brought to his notice, in which the game law is violated. — 

 Great falls "Tribune." 



August 24, 1897. 



Editor Recreation: I enclose herewith 

 my renewal of subscription, and must at 

 the same time express my appreciation of 

 your efforts to give us a first-class sports- 

 men's magazine. It seems to me ioo per 

 cent, better, in every way, than it was one 

 year ago, and it was good then. 



Your letter, received n months ago, is 

 before me, in which you express expecta- 

 tions that your list of guides will some day 

 cover 2 pages and I see your prediction 

 has come true. 



I have been pleased with your stand 

 against the 'fish and game hogs. 



H. F. B., Boston. 



I am an Indian and live, as you see, a 

 long way West of your village; but I read 

 Recreation. Am fond of hunting — by 

 nature, of course. I buy a copy of your 

 little book every month, and have induced 

 some of my friends to do likewise. 



How would you like to print the best 

 record of an Indian hunter? I will give it 

 to you; it is a true record. He killed 10 

 deer, large ones, in as many hours of one 

 day. The strange part of the story is this: 

 The deer came one at a time and were 

 killed with what is called a Leaman rifle, 

 muzzle loader. The hunter had taken a 

 position at a certain tree and the deer were 

 killed from this tree. The Indian's name 

 was Tar-Coser-Har-Jo. 



Chas. Gibson, Eufaula, I. T. 



good antlers. On one trip of 2 days from 

 home, up the Aroostook river, I saw 31 

 deer and 2 moose. One of the moose had 

 the largest antlers I ever saw, and I have 

 seen many. 



Game is increasing in Aroostook county 

 every year. Six years ago the dead waters 

 and ponds were so full of lily-pads it was 

 hard work to paddle a boat, but now they 

 have been all eaten out by moose and deer. 

 Beside moose, deer, and caribou, we have 

 ducks, ruffed grouse and rabbits, in this 

 part of the State. 



J. E. J., Ox Bow, Me. 



The Ohio Fish and Game Commission 

 will distribute about 2,500 Mongolian 

 pheasants, in different parts of the State, 

 this fall. The birds will be turned out in 

 the forests and will be permitted to run 

 wild. They will be sent to nearly every 

 county in the State, and as they multiply 

 rapidly, it is expected that within a few 

 years they can be found in considerable 

 numbers. 



They will be protected by law until the 

 10th day of November, 1900, and after that 

 date may be shot only between the 10th 

 of November and the 15th of December. 



I have just returned from a 2-weeks' 

 camping trip to Styles lake, about 7 miles 

 from this place. Small game is abundant, 

 and the prospects for rare sport this fall 

 are bright, thanks to the scarcity of that 

 villain, the game hog. 



I read with much interest the article in 

 July Recreation, " The Question of the 

 Day," by J. A. Mackenzie. All I have to 

 say to it is Amen; for I, too, shoot a Syra- 

 cuse gun, which I think is perfect. 



I intend to get to work in earnest, get- 

 ting subscribers to Recreation. 



C. B. M., Bradford, Mass. 



In regard to the numerals used by you 

 in place of writing out the words: This has 

 been a source of annoyance to me, too. It 

 was the only thing I disliked about your 

 magazine. The established custom had en- 

 grafted itself so upon my ideas that I felt 

 like suggesting to you it didn't look well; 

 but your answer to a kicker, in the last 

 number, has effectually dried me up, and 

 I've nothing more to say. Surely utility 

 is more than style, and perhaps when more 

 magazines adopt the use of figures it won't 

 look so odd to us. 



E. L. Cole, Pelican Rapids, Minn. 



I saw a lot of big game during the sum- 

 mer and all of it was fat. The bucks had 



Deer are plentiful here and there are 

 some fine old bucks among them. There 

 are also quails, squirrels, rabbits, grouse, 

 pigeons, ducks, trout and a few bears and 

 panthers. We would have more deer if a 



