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difficult to hunt them. Those who come to 

 this section for them, will be disappointed. 

 Of the smaller fur bearing game there is 

 an abundance. Quails and turkeys are 

 found. Their territory extends into the 

 low swampy regions. Of quails there are 

 plenty; they furnish great sport. From 5 

 to 15 coveys can easily be started in a day. 

 In some localities turkeys can yet be 

 hunted, with a hope of fair success. 



F. P. Latham, Haslin, N. C. 



BUTCHERS, NOT SPORTSMEN. 



Here is an account of another party of 

 men who have been making a public ex- 

 hibition of their swinishness, and I hope 

 you will assist in making it still more pub- 

 lic. Such men are a disgrace to our Ameri- 

 can civilization, and hardly deserve better 

 treatment than they accord their victims. 

 The readers of Recreation will, I am sure, 

 heartily concur in the sentiments of the 

 concluding paragraph of the article. 



C. A. H. 



Over in Piatt county, a few days ago, 40 to 50 men, who 

 know how to handle shot guns, divided themselves into 2 

 parties and started out for a day's slaughter of game, the 

 losing side having to meet the expense of a supper. 



The men swept through the timber and over the prairies, 

 slaughtering everything that looked like game ; and when 

 night came had killed more than could be hauled on the 

 largest dray in Champaign. 



There is nothing sportsmanlike in the wholesale killing off 

 of game and there should be a law prohibiting it. Such 

 coarse tests were common years ago, when the country was 

 flooded with game ; but now what littie game remains should 

 be protected from foolish men whose delight it is to get out 

 like an army and sweep the country before them. — Cham- 

 paign (111.) Gazette. 



I hope some of the readers of Recrea- 

 tion, in Illinois, will give me the names of 

 all these hogs in order that I may put them 

 where they belong. — Editor. 



Antelope are again reported to be leav- 

 ing the Yellowstone Park, for the lower 

 country adjacent, where they are being 

 slaughtered by hunters. The residents of 

 the upper Yellowstone are desirous of af- 

 fording these animals every protection 

 provided by the Montana game laws; and 

 to that end have petitioned the board of 

 county commissioners for the appointment 

 of Wallace Blaine, of Horr, as a special 

 game warden for that section. 



Livingston (Mont.) Enterprise. 



Herein please find slip from " Nebraska 

 State Journal." The game hog is here, as 

 in many other places. We have just had a 

 heavy snow, and now the market is flooded 

 with game. Quails are selling for 30 cents 

 a dozen. I saw 350 cottontails and 2 bushel 

 baskets full of quails come in, the other 

 day, for the market. 



Ring hunts are continually going on, 

 around here. At one near Tecumseh, 1,300 



rabbits and 300 quails were killed. There 

 seems to be no game law here, at all, in 

 effect. All kinds of game are numerous, 

 more so than in years; but if hunting keeps 

 on in this way there will be nothing left for 

 seed. 



I do enjoy the roasts you give the game 

 hogs. 



Jas. P. Campbell, Lincoln, Neb. 



Here is the clipping: 



Large numbers of quails and prairie chickens are being 

 shipped from Lincoln to the New York market. A dealer 

 said he thought there had not been so many quails in the 

 country for 10 years. He could not account for it unless it 

 was due to McKinley prosperity. They come into this com- 

 mission house in lots of 200 to 300. 



I wish you would find some other term 

 than " hog " to apply to men who wan- 

 tonly destroy game. You are unjust to the 

 4 legged animal who has borne that cog- 

 nomen, honorably, for ages. 



S. W. Everett. 



NOTES. 



Your list of Florida guides has length- 

 ened somewhat lately, but I seldom see a 

 report from a Florida sportsman. Your 

 readers might think our animals extinct, 

 save a few guides, but this is not the case. 

 However, our game has been mercilessly 

 slaughtered since the new game law was 

 passed, allowing 4 months in which to 

 hunt. The law reminded men who never 

 before thought of hunting, that this was 

 their only chance till the next winter; 

 and they turned out, an army of them. I 

 believe more game was killed in 2 seasons 

 than had been killed before in 5 years. 

 Two months is long enough in which to 

 kill, while a heavy fine should be imposed 

 on any one who offers game for sale. 



We have a good many black bear here, 

 but few are killed, because few people have 

 dogs that will stick 'to the chase long 

 enough to tree one. 



Deer hunting will be good in some parts 

 of our country this winter, and if the black- 

 jack and scrub-acorn mast is plentiful a 

 good many deer will come to the hills, dur- 

 ing the winter months. If they are on the 

 hills, we track them, but if they are on the 

 prairies, it is best to " kick them out of a 

 palmetto patch and shoot them on the fly." 



Owing to an unusually favorable spring, 

 turkey hunting is good this winter. Quails 

 are numerous. Parties coming here would 

 do well to bring well-trained setters, for 

 such dogs are scarce here. Deer-hounds 

 would be unprofitable unless trained here. 



My favorite game is the turkey. I shot 

 40 last season. You may call me a hog, 

 but I sold only one, and that to a fellow 

 who could not kill one — unless it was 

 penned up. 



M. B. Carson, Frostproof, Fla. 



