FROM THE' GAME FIELDS. 



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Geo. Richardson's letter, in your No- 

 vember number, keep up the reputation of 

 his State for tall stories. I should like to 

 know if any other sportsman ever saw a 

 bird sink, even if badly wounded. I don't 

 think Mr. Richardson could even see a 

 jack snipe, along the rib of his gun, at 190 

 yards. It is a pity these wonderful home 

 bored guns can only do their work when 

 their owners are alone. 



Allan Brooks, Vernon, B. C. 



They are using dogs around here for 

 running deer. It ought to be stopped. I 

 wrote the State special game warden and 

 no attention has been paid to my com- 

 plaint. Yesterday in the woods I dis- 

 covered the entrails of 5 deer and the 

 tracks indicated they had all been killed on 

 the run, ahead of dogs. 



H. B. Chapin, Woodruff, Wis. 



It is estimated that more than 1,600 hunt- 

 ers camped along the line of the B. & A. 

 R. R. at one time last fall. Two-thirds of 

 these were non-residents. Few went home 

 empty handed. Hundreds of moose, deer 

 and caribou were shipped through Bangor. 

 Walter Boynton, Brewer, Me. 



We have heard all about how to find 

 game and how to kill it. Now I should like 

 to know how to cook it. Some old hunters 

 and campers must know how to retain the 

 gamy flavor, and I am sure it would be in- 

 teresting to have them tell how they do it; 

 everything, from a jack snipe to a moose. 

 A Friend, Deadwood, S. D. 



I send you to-day the skull of a large 

 gray wolf. You are trying to exterminate 

 the wolf. You can see what kind of a set 

 of jaws you are bucking against. The wolf 

 will never be exterminated unless it is made 

 a national affair. This is also true of the 

 game hog. 



C. H. Little, Merrimon, Neb. 



Game is abundant here. Birds are more 

 plentiful than for years previous. It is no 

 trouble to get a good bag of rabbits. Four 

 men came here a few nights ago and got 96 

 rabbits and 8 squirrels in 2 days' hunting. 

 They were strangers. 



Henry Patterson, Wellsville, O. 



Likewise game hogs. — Editor. 



In this section we are striving to keep 

 parties from killing Mongolian pheasants, 

 and I believe that from the findings of the 

 court, in late cases, hunters will look twice 

 before bagging pheasants. 



Chas. Newell, W. Newbury, Mass. 



I am spending a year or 2 " Cruising in 

 the Cascades " and " Rustling in the 

 Rockies." Am now camped on the best 

 trout stream in the world, the Kootenai 

 river. Am having a large time fishing, 

 hunting deer and bears, and shooting 

 ducks. W. W. Blackwell, 



Kootenai Junction, B. C. 



The chief game commissioner of Maine 

 estimates that about 7,500 deer, 250 moose 

 and 100 caribou were killed in that State, 

 during legal hunting season which closed 

 December 31st. 



He predicts that in a very few years the 

 moose and caribou will entirely disappear 

 from that State. 



In this part of the State there is not much 

 game. A few woodcock, ruffed grouse, 

 and rabbits are all. In a small pond, about 

 4 miles out of town, a few black ducks were 

 shot, but not many. Gray squirrels are 

 numerous when you know where to go. 

 D. G. McRitchie, Wiscasset, Me. 



Quail are abundant in this Eastern part 

 of N. C, owing to the favorable weather at 

 the time of nidification, I moved 8 full 

 coveys one morning within ^4 of a mile of 

 the house. Was only out about i^4 hours, 

 giving my dogs work. 



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



At Posin lake there are a few elk and 

 numerous deer. At South Fork deer and 

 black bear are plentiful, up to about De- 

 cember 1. 



Last winter I caught 7 bear and killed 72 

 deer. 



E. G. Gardner, Chetco Curry Co., Ore. 



Game is scarce at present. Sixteen wild 

 geese flew through the centre of the village 

 yesterday, lower than the roofs of the 

 houses. Three men were arrested and 

 fined, heavily, for shipping birds from the 

 State. R. J. Boynton, 



Hillsboro Bridge, N. H. 



We have had a pleasant fall for hunting 

 and I have enjoyed a number of trips in the 

 woods. I go more for the exercise than 

 for the game. Am a great lover of the 

 gun and enjoy the woods and brooks. 

 Sometimes I get some birds and trout. 

 A. Brigham, Manchester. N. H. 



There are lots of quails around here, but 

 I've only disturbed them once. I more en- 

 joy seeing the little fellows around than 

 shooting or eating them. Prairie chickens 

 are practically extinct in this neighbor- 

 hood. M. W. M., York, Neb. 



