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as we were, will appreciate the labor in- 

 volved. 



J. B. Sanborn, Chicago, 111. 



Nothing you do is more worthy of com- 

 mendation than is your roasting of game 

 hogs. This subject is one in which people 

 must be educated. Some years ago I did 

 not think it wrong to shoot all the game 

 that came my way; but now I see where I 

 did wrong, though I never got the big bags 

 that many claim they get. Keep right after 

 the people and educate them to the fact that 

 game will soon pass away unless protected. 

 Roast the game hogs, good and brown, and 

 we will all help keep up the fire. 



L. D. Hack, Livermore, la. 



I have just returned from a 3 months' 

 trip through the upper part of the Colville 

 Reservation, which was opened for mineral 

 purposes a year ago. The Kettle river, its 

 Northern boundary, is the best trout 

 stream in Washington. All the small 

 streams in that region afford good fishing. 

 Deer are plentiful, and there are a few bears 

 on the reservation. 



If any reader of Recreation wishes any 

 information about the Colville Reservation 

 I will gladly give it. 



J. B. Liptrap, Clover, Wash. 



I have read with a great deal of interest 

 your articles on " How to Outfit for Alas- 

 ka " but I believe it remains for me to solve 

 the question. 



1st. Take no salad dressing, Worcester 

 sauce, pepper, salt, etc. 



2d. Take a large supply of game hogs, 

 for they can walk. 



3d. Take one copy of Recreation. One 

 is plenty. It will roast the hogs to such a 

 finish as to make an epicure's mouth water. 

 I think you will now see my reason for not 

 taking any salad dressing, etc. 



J. G. L., New Hampton, la. 



I believe, after enjoying a hunt in Maine 

 and learning the condition of things, that 

 the laws of Maine are faulty in many ways, 

 especially in regard to birds. No grouse 

 are seen where a few years ago there were 

 many. This, undoubtedly, is due to the 

 foxes. They were so plentiful that after a 

 snow storm there were many tracks. Deer 

 are also abundant, but moose and caribou 

 have left that part of Maine. This is caused 

 by lack of food, owing to the large number 

 of deer. 



W. W. Sargent, Fitchburg, Mass. 



Last fall I camped with H. M. Norton, 

 of this city, and 2 others on Orn Brook, 

 V* mile West of East branch of the Penob- 

 scot river, 10 miles West of Staceyville, 

 where we had good success with deer. We 

 took all the law allows but saw no moose 



or caribou, and grouse were scarce. The 

 largest deer, a fine buck, with a good set 

 of antlers, was killed by C. T. Bordwell, of 

 Bear Lake, Pa. At the station it was said 

 this was the largest buck brought out. He 

 weighed 214 pounds. 



Wm. L. Marsh, Corry, Pa. 



I have, for the last 10 years, spent part of 

 each autumn hunting and fishing, in the 

 Allegheny mountains. 



During the past hunting season, my 

 brother and I were very fortunate. We 

 killed 8 wild turkeys, some grouse, quails, 

 squirrels and rabbits. 



Large game is getting scarce in that sec- 

 tion. Once in a while a bear or a deer is 

 shot; but seldom within the last 4 or 5 

 years. S. H. Lemon, Harrisburg, Pa. 



At the first annual election of officers, of 

 the " Recreation Rifle Club," of Illinois, 

 the following were chosen: 



President, J. G. Holding, Chicago. 



1st V. Pres., L. K. Warren, Chicago. 



2d V. Pres., Q. D. Murson, Chicago. 



3d V. Pres.. P. P. Sullivan, St. Louis, Mo. 



Treasurer, C. R. Wagner, Oak Park. 111. 



Secretary, F. B. Kimball, Streeter, 111. 



Correspondence should be addressed to 

 the treasurer, C. R. Wagner, Oak Park, 111., 

 and will receive prompt attention. 



" A Bangor (Me.) man drove out to look 

 for deer. He tied his horse to a tree, in the 

 woods, and sallied into the forest, where 

 he circled about for an hour. Then, after 

 firing at what he thought was a bull moose, 

 he came up to find he had killed his horse." 



Until I saw the above item, I thought all 

 such idiots had slid off the earth, gone to 

 a hotter climate! Yet it seems there is one 

 left to serve as a warning. 



Reader, Lynn, Mass. 



Saturday night, December nth, the Rail- 

 way Coon Club hunted in the fresh mead- 

 ows, about 3 miles from Railway. The 

 dogs, Rocks and Rush, struck a track about 

 10 p.m. The coon ran in a circle at least 3 

 times through the middle of the woods. 

 Finally, the dogs got him treed, and we 

 brought him down with the third shot. 

 Then we had a regular circus before we 

 could kill him. 



W. H. K., Jersey City, N. J. 



The Milwaukee and Shawano Hunting 

 and Fishing Club has 25 members, a Club 

 and Boat House, and 53 Acres of land ad- 

 joining Shawano lake. The lake is about 4 

 miles wide and 9 miles long, and is 170 

 miles North of Milwaukee. There are 3 

 rice marshes in the lake and thousands of 

 blue bill ducks and mallards, late in Oc- 

 tober. Pike, pickerel and bass are also 

 abundant. 



T. P. McGrath, Milwaukee, Wis. 



