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York. There are many others who carry- 

 good lines of goods and who are reliable, 

 but they evidently do not care to sell goods 

 to the readers of Recreation or they 

 would advertise in it. — Editor. 



O. Fisher asks in Recreation, the great- 

 est sportsmen's journal ever published, for 

 a list of the game to be found in Pike 

 county, Pa. 



I have been there and the shooting is 

 good. I saw one bear shot there, in No- 

 vember, that weighed over 400 pounds. 

 One or 2 more were killed there, last fall. 



There are, in Pike County, some deer, 

 plenty of rabbits, gray and red squirrels, 

 a good many foxes, lynx, and other smaller 

 pests. Quails, ruffed grouse and ducks are 

 fairly plentiful, while an occasional flock 

 of geese are seen there, during their spring 

 or autumn flights. 



Trout, bass, pickerel, wall-eyed pike, 

 sunfish, perch, etc., are plentiful. 



Count me in as a member of the L. A. S. 

 Stanley Manness, 

 209 Jefferson Ave., Scranton, Pa. 



I am glad to see you so ably taking up 

 the wolf question. It is of vital importance 

 to all people having stock on the range; 

 also to merchants and others in small 

 towns, and to settlers dwelling in the range 

 country, who are to a great extent de- 

 pendent on the stockmen or sheepmen for 

 their living. 



This winter 3 of us have hired a com- 

 petent wolfer to hunt and trap around our 

 ranches and on the ranges adjacent to 

 them. If all stockmen would do the same 

 it would be of benefit ; but where it is only 

 done in a few scattered localities it really 

 counts for little. 



Richard Ashworth, Wise, Wyo. 



I am settled about 90 miles North of 

 Spokane, on the Pend d'Oreille river. I 

 have been over nearly all of Oregon, Cal- 

 ifornia, Nevada, Montana, Idaho and a 

 considerable portion of Canada, yet I be- 

 lieve this is the best game country to-day 

 in the Northwest. Inside of 10 miles from 

 my place there are plenty of black tail and 

 white tail deer, caribou, brown, black and 

 silver tip bears, mountain lions, lynx and 

 wolves. Mountain grouse, ruffed grouse 

 and fool hens are also numerous. 



John B. Renshaw, Usk, Wash. 



It does not seem to have occurred to 

 Daniel Arrowsmith, that he is one of the 

 game hogs whose scalps you are gathering. 

 On page 343 of November Recreation he 

 gives sickening details of his butchery of a 

 doe, a yearling and 2 fawns, at a distance 

 of less than 60 yards. 



Daniel should stick to his smithy, and 



make arrows for true sportsmen, whose 

 principles are evidently nobler than his. 

 Winchester, Portland, Ore. 



I herewith enclose $1 for renewal of my 

 subscription to Recreation. There is 

 nothing for which I pay out $1 more cheer- 

 fully than for a year's subscription to Rec- 

 reation. The magazine is all the name im- 

 plies, and I sincerely trust your subscrip- 

 tion list will continue to grow, so that you 

 may pass your declining years in continual 

 " recreation." 



Wm. B. Kirby, Law Dept, B. & M. Ry., 

 Lincoln, Neb. 



I had 2 weeks of deer hunting last fall, in 

 the South mountains. Got 2 shots at a 

 deer and only made a 45-70 hole in the air. 

 Unfortunately, my old army skill has de- 

 serted me. The guide tried to make me 

 believe I had hit the deer, because the next 

 morning we trailed him — as it was night 

 when I got the shot — and found where he 

 had lain down, and had pawed, within 200 

 yards from my crossing. 

 Dr. Jas. S. Kennedy, Chambersburg, Pa. 



I got a nice 8 point buck last fall, weight 

 185 pounds. Most of the men in our party 

 had Winchesters, but they all liked my 

 Marlin. There are plenty of deer in the 

 country where I went. The guide we had 

 scared up 9 the day after I left and his son 

 shot 2 of them. I didn't forget to tell my 

 friends I got my gun as a premium for a 

 club of subscriptions to Recreation. 



Morris Berman, Port Henry, N. Y. 



This place offers great facilities for 

 shooting large and small game, bear, 

 moose, and caribou. Blue wing teal are 

 plentiful. It may be reached by the Plant 

 line steamers, via Boston and Halifax. 

 The outside settlements, as well as the 

 hotels, offer good accommodations for 

 sportsmen. A. F. Haliburton, 



Game Agent, Baddeck, C. B. 



D. L. Ingalls, of Albany, and I had a 

 squirrel hunt, a short time ago. He had the 

 new Forehand gun you sent him, and I saw 

 him shoot it at a target. It makes a fine 

 pattern. He got 11 gray squirrels, 3 

 ruffed grouse, one rabbit and one raccoon, 

 that weighed 10 pounds. Mr. Ingalls is 

 well pleased with his gun. 



A. Bradford, Salem, N. Y. 



Squirrels are plentiful in this neighbor- 

 hood. The law is on ruffed grouse for an- 

 other year. I saw a fine covey of 18 last 

 week. I hear there are wild turkeys about 

 10 miles West of town, near the mountains. 

 Percy Burton, Winchester, Va, 



