FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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We have had trout for breakfast every 

 morning for 2 months, mostly out of 



French creek. There arc no large rain- 

 bows except in the river. Those in the 

 small streams are brook trout, which are 

 better eating than the large rainbow. 



I saw a 2 year old steer, the other day, up 

 at the ranch where I used to stay, that had 

 been attacked by a bear and had got away 

 from him. The owners sent me word to 

 take up some tar to keep the flies from 

 blowing the wounds. The steer had been 

 struck on the top of the shoulders, with one 

 foot, and skinned down. Take a broad 

 shingle and you have the size and shape of 

 the piece of skin that was hanging down, 

 and which had to be cut off. I do believe 

 the bear was my old fellow with one foot 

 off, or that steer never would have got away 

 alive. The bear had failed to get hold with 

 his mouth, and the steer had bounded away 

 from him. . Ralph Anderson. 



NOTES. 



I spent a lovely summer in a houseboat, 

 on Georgian bay. There were plenty of 

 fish to be had, and we had black bass nearly 

 every morning, for breakfast. One day when 

 my brother and father were out in a boat, 

 on Miner's lake, father happened to look 

 around, and there was a deer just entering 

 the water. It had not seen them; so when 

 it got out a little way they rowed around 

 and got behind it, on the side nearest land. 

 It then tried to swim across, but they got 

 on the other side and kept it from return- 

 ing. It again tried to swim on across but 

 they got on that side, and kept chasing it 

 up the lake for mother to see, as she was 

 just around the point. As they got near the 

 point the deer made a final effort and passed 

 the boat. It was so near that my brother 

 leaned over the bow of the boat and caught 

 the deer by the tail; but had to let go or 

 the deer would have kicked the bottom out 

 of the boat. The animal was, of course, 

 greatly frightened and made lively time 

 getring into the woods. 



G. S. Beatty, Brimfield, Mass. 



York, Neb. 



My Dear Coquina: I have often thought 

 it strange that prominent gun, fishing 

 tackle and powder makers, such as Colts, 

 The Hunter Arms Co., The Hazard Powder 

 Co., Laflin & Rand, Mills & Son, Abbie & 

 Imbrie and others do not advertise in Rec- 

 reation. This is certainly short sighted 

 business policy on their part. They must 

 know they are losing thousands of dollars, 

 every month, by not being in Recreation. 

 I have heard at least a hundred sportsmen 

 say they would not buy goods of any house 

 that would discriminate against this, the 



leading sportsmen's periodical in the coun- 

 try, while patronizing its competito 



1 know a great many men in the West 

 who say they would not shoot a gun, or a 

 revolver, or a brand of powder, or n 

 fishing rod or a reel, that is not advertised 

 in your magazine, especially while such 

 goods as DuPont's powder, Lefever & 

 Ithaca guns, Marlin revolvers, etc., arc ad- 

 vertised there. 



M. W. Miner. 



Your reply to criticism on the use of 

 numerals is right to the point and I think 

 nearly all your readers will agree with you. 



The law opened on deer the 1st of Sep- 

 tember, in New Brunswick. It is too bad; 

 for many does and fawns are being shot. 

 The 1st of October is soon enough for any 

 true sportsman to go deer hunting; and 

 even then you get more does than bucks. 

 Law or no law, I do not want to go after 

 my deer until October. Then I want to get 

 a good pair of horns. I got a doe last fall. 

 She was about 135 yards away and she was 

 looking around a small tree. The branches, 

 overhead, made her look like a buck. My 

 bullet struck in her forehead, Y\ of an inch 

 from the centre, and she dropped right in 

 her tracks. When I came up and saw it 

 was a doe I was sadly disappointed. No 

 true sportsman should kill more than 1 doe 

 on any one trip, and that only to save him 

 from coming home empty handed. 



J. M. Kerr, Milltown, N. B. 



I am glad to see your note at the foot of 

 page 303, in October Recreation. Mr. 

 Jaques surely does not appreciate what 

 game protection signifies, when he says a 

 reasonable bag of game is all one can get 

 with a gun, and make good use of. I am 

 sorry Mr. Jaques was ever permitted to set 

 forth such a doctrine in Recreation. We 

 are advocating game protection and that 

 includes moderation in the taking thereof. 

 Game may be plenty in some places; but 

 that does not justify any man in killing all 

 he can. 



Game is scarce here. Rabbits are increas- 

 ing some, since the law protects all kinds 

 of game, and I hope the laws may be more 

 stringent than ever, until the country be- 

 comes better stocked with all kinds of 

 game. D. Wogaman, Quincy, O. 



We are getting fair trout fishing in some 

 of the small streams, here in Northwestern 

 Nebraska. Both brook and rainbow trout 

 are taken. The streams have been stocked 

 from the State hatchery. The trout do 

 well, for the small streams are fed by 

 springs of cold water. Pine creek is the 

 best stocked and contains the largest fish. 

 Rainbow trout have been taken that 

 weighed 6 and 7 pounds. 



