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RECREATION. 



Elk are more numerous than for several 

 years, and the calf crop has been good. 

 J. M. Campbell, Buford, Col. 



As sportsmen are generally in doubt as 

 to the best locality for moose, it may in- 

 terest your numerous readers to know that 

 Northern New Brunswick probably con- 

 tains as good moose grounds as can be 

 found. Several parties visited the Resti- 

 gouche this season, and all seemed satisfied 

 with their sport. Among the number, and 

 one of the most successful, was Maj.-Gen. 

 Eustace Hill, of the British Army. The 

 General was at Stillwater, on the Resti- 

 gouche river, and shot 3 bull moose. The 

 antlers of 2 were greatly admired by all 

 who saw them. The largest measured 4 

 feet 7 inches across, and had 15 prongs. 

 The heads are being mounted at Yarmouth, 

 N. S., and when done the owner will send 

 them to the Sportsmen's Exhibition, in 

 New York. 



General Hill is a veteran sportsman, hav- 

 ing hunted in India for many years, and is 

 familiar with all kinds of game from the 

 wild boar to the elephant. 



William Murray. 



Mr. F. W. Woodward, of Eau Claire, 

 Wis., came to Warren for a goose hunt. 

 He is the owner of a wheat farm near here, 

 and comes each year, in October, to shoot. 

 This year he invited a party of local hunt- 

 ers to join him. He took 2 teams, a tent 

 and everything necessary for comfort. It 

 required 2 days to locate the geese. We 

 pitched the tent near their feeding grounds, 

 so the ladies of our party could see us 

 shoot. Mr. Woodward got a shot at one 

 flock and dropped 8, with No. 3 shot. We 

 excused him that time, but told him not to 

 do so again. We were not all in one field, 

 but near enough to see the geese fall. We 

 all got some shooting, and we killed 26 

 geese. Mr. Woodward and the ladies rode 

 into town with the finest lot of Canada 

 geese ever brought to Warren. 



E. Slee, Warren, Minn. 



Last fall I went North from Mt. Home, 

 in Idaho, to the Sawtooth range, not far 

 from the headwaters of the Salmon and 

 Payette rivers. There are bands of sheep 

 over nearly all that country. They have 

 driven out most of the deer and elk. Only 

 by using considerable tact could I find 

 elk. There have never been many large 

 bear in that country, but there are quite 

 a number of small black, brown and cin- 

 namon bears. The country is rough. T 

 found fine fishing in the streams, and all 

 the game I wanted, except bear. It is not 

 a good country for the Eastern man to 

 visit, for game. 



B. M. Webster, Omaha, Neb. 



I hear that 6 imported pheasants were 

 liberated in Northampton, near Akron, O. 

 This is a step in the right direction. 



Those who have hunted the deep gulleys 

 and steep hillsides of Northampton, know 

 how hard it is to kill ruffed grouse there. 

 If the pheasants once get a foothold we 

 ought to have good shooting in a few 

 years. These birds are protected in Ohio 

 until 1900; and anyone bothering them, 

 will get in trouble. 



If some birds were liberated in Copley 

 swamp, it would be a good thiner too; but 

 no better place could be found than that 

 chosen, in the gullies along the Cuyahoga 

 river, North of town. We hope the birds 

 will thrive and be added to the list of game 

 birds of Ohio. 



16 Gauge, Akron, O. 



I do not know what I would v do without 

 Recreation. I can hardly wait for it from 

 one month to another. There is little to 

 hunt here. A few squirrels, rabbits, grouse 

 and quails; all so wild that you cannot get 

 within gunshot of them. The trouble here, 

 is the same as in many other places; the 

 game has no protection. Our game war- 

 dens are not of the right kind. 



Two of them were looking for game law 

 violators, and found them, to their own 

 sorrow. They saw 2 men running rabbits, 

 with hounds, before the season opened. 

 The hunters resisted arrest, pointing their 

 guns at the wardens until the latter backed 

 out of range. The hunters then made their 

 escape. 



J. A. Richardson, Pittston, Pa. 



I have been watching for news from this 

 vicinity in your excellent magazine. Quails 

 are more plentiful this season than for 5 or 

 6 years past. If we have a mild winter, 

 there will be plenty next year. Am sorry 

 to say, we have hunters here with bristles 

 on their necks. A party of 3 were out last 

 week for a 2 or 3 days' hunt, and returned 

 with 300 quails, 15 grouse and a number of 

 rabbits. I think r / 2 that amount of game, 

 should be enough for any 3 hogs. The law 

 should limit the amount of small as well 

 as of large game, to be taken by one per- 

 son. News in our home paper, proves 

 that our fish commissioner and his deputy 

 are not asleep. We have very good men 

 in those positions. 



S. H. G., Goshen, Ind. 



Southeast Texas was once a hunter's 

 paradise; but the game hogs have gotten 

 in their work, and not much big game is 

 left. 



Small game, such as rabbits, squirrels, 

 quails and doves, are still quite plentiful. 

 Quails are here by thousands, and seem to 

 be increasing. This is because few gun- 

 ners hunt them. 



