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RECREATION. 



Permit me to congratulate you on the 

 splendid picture of wild geese in the August 

 number. Have been comparing the picture 

 with my live decoys', and it is certainly true 

 to life. 



In the little piece of fiction, " Woodcock 

 and Ruffed Grouse," why not have had the 

 imaginary birds killed according to law? 



I have been out of good old New York 

 State for the last 2 years, but hardly be- 

 lieve the law has been altered so birds can 

 be killed, lawfully, in the " latter part of 

 August." 



A. S. Doane, Coinjock, N. C. 



Game in this section is plentiful. Rabbits 

 are more common than dogs; there are 

 also numbers of turtle or mourning doves. 

 Grouse and quails gave us lots of fun last 

 season. There are a few foxes, gray and 

 red, left; also a few " bob-cats." Fox, 

 gray and black squirrels are more plentiful 

 than they were last fall. 



We had a few law breakers around us last 

 fall and quite a number of game hogs. Our 

 game warden will make it hot for the out- 

 of-season shooters. 



A. Englecamp, Saginaw, Mich. 



Recreation comes regularly, and I 

 think it the handsomest magazine in the 

 country. 



Will you kindly say we got our new stat- 

 ute through. Now no man in this state can 

 " sell, barter, or propose for sale, or have 

 in possession for the purpose of sale " any 

 quail, prairie chicken or grouse, for an un- 

 limited term of years. We have worked 10 

 years on this one point. 



F. M. Gilbert, 



Game Warden, 1st Dist, Indiana. 



While down at the station, one morning 

 in September, I heard some one calling my 

 name. Looking through the crowd, I saw 

 a friend who had just returned from the 

 Adirondacks. He took me into the bag- 

 gage car and there showed me a spike 

 buck. It weighed 185 pounds, my friend 

 said. 



We took the deer home, and a butcher 

 came to cut it up. " Spoiled," was what 

 he said when he saw it. So we buried the 

 buck, and became converts to a later open 

 season. 



Harry E. Spaulding, Cambridge, N. Y. 



I would like to hear the opinion of some 

 of Recreation's readers, on the mourning 

 dove. They are numerous around here and 

 I have been trying my skill at them with a 

 shotgun. Recently I heard from some of 

 the farmers that they should not be killed; 

 for the mates will mourn themselves to 

 death. I would like to know if this is true 

 or nothing more than an idle tale. 

 Louis Boettger, Jr., Callicoon Depot, N. Y. 



I am a sportsman and reader of Recrea- 

 tion. Here in Eastern North Carolina we 

 have many ducks, brant, geese and swans. 

 The wild fowl come in October and No- 

 vember, and stay until March and April. 



A mile from my home there is good fish- 

 ing; while in the woods nearby there are 

 squirrels, rabbits, coons, deer and bear. 



Another attraction is a fine road for 

 wheelmen; for 10 miles there is not a hill 

 3 feet high. 



S. S. Lupton, 

 Hobucken, Pamlico Co., N. C. > 



We organized a club here, called the 

 Recreation Club, and your magazine is 

 our favorite journal. We all think there is 

 nothing like Recreation. We love to see 

 the game hogs get roasted. On Saturday, 

 November 6th, 3 members of the club took 

 a run to the country, after rabbits. We got 

 3 rabbits and were entirely satisfied. We 

 hunt for sport, not for meat. 



H. M. Watson, Jr., Lancaster, Pa. 



I thoroughly appreciate the honor you 

 have conferred on Recreation in naming 

 your club for it, and have ordered a flag 

 made and sent you, which will be appropri- 

 ately inscribed. — Editor. 



When Dr. Robert Bell, of the Canadian 

 Geological Survey, returned to Ottawa, the 

 other day, from his explorations in Baffin- 

 land, he found awaiting him the agreeable 

 news that he had been elected a Fellow of 

 the Royal Society of London, at the last 

 annual meeting. This is the highest honor 

 at the disposal of British scientists, and 

 only a few new Fellows can be elected each 

 year, owing to the limited number of va- 

 cancies. This year there were 15 vacancies 

 and over 90 candidates, from all parts of the 

 Empire, most of whom were scientists of 

 high standing. 



A great many dogs are used for hunting 

 deer, in Northern Michigan, near Trout 

 lake and Naubenway. This makes the deer 

 so wild they leave that locality. Please 

 mention in Recreation, that the readers 

 would like to have something more from 

 Percy Selous. 



E. J. M., Traverse City, Mich. 



The J. H. Martin Rod and Gun Club will 

 have a general reorganization soon. The 

 officers are, John McCain, Pres.; Elbert 

 Brack, Vice-Pres.; Livert McCain, Sec, 

 and Gottlieb Brack, Treas. 



The club has 16 members, and will have 

 more soon. 



Livert McCain, Little Rock, Ark. 



A party of 4 of us, and a guide, went out 

 late last fall, and in 3 days got 2 bear and 2 

 deer. A. J. Merrill, Jay, N. Y. 



