FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



299 



Good Ground, L. I., November 6— Shin- 

 necock bay is literally alive with ducks and 

 there are many shooters here, most of 

 whom are from Brooklyn. W. J. Warner 

 was here, during the week, and carried 

 away 150 ducks. A. E. Parker, of Brook- 

 lyn, bagged over 200. — Brooklyn Eagle. 



Bring on the branding iron and let us 

 mark these fellows " G. H."— Editor. 



Ruffed grouse, woodcock, and squirrels 

 were plentiful here, last year; and ducks 

 were in fair numbers. Fishing is poor, as 

 we have literally no game protection. I 

 have seen 7 different parties spearing pike, 

 pickerel and black bass, on Port bay, in 

 one night, in direct violation of the law; 

 yet no one ever molested them. 



R. H. H., Wolcott, N. Y. 



We have a few fox squirrels, quails, 

 woodcock and ruffed grouse. 



I see you are not fond of pork. We have 

 game hogs here. Give it to 'em. 



I use a 12 gauge Winchester repeating 

 shot gun, for hunting, and it is certainly 

 the strongest shooting cheap gun ever 

 handled. 



Ed. Blossom, Otsego, Mich. 



I note with pleasure the artistic appear- 

 ance of the February number of Recrea- 

 tion. Also the deadly parallel columns. 

 Your success is deserved, although phenom- 

 enal. Recreation is certainly eminently 

 superior to any sportsmen's publication in 

 existence, yet it improves with each num- 

 ber. 



H. C. Wilcox, Friendship, N. Y. 



Few ducks have been seen here this sea- 

 son; there has been no flight this way. 

 Blue grouse were unusually scarce. Prairie 

 chickens are pretty plentiful, and good 

 sport was had with them, early in the sea- 

 son. A party of hunters returned, a few 

 days ago, from the hills, with 4 bears and 

 2 deer. T. O. P., Helena, Mont. 



Recreation is the best sportsmen's 

 magazine I ever saw. Game in this part of 

 the country is plentiful. There are gray 

 squirrels, rabbits, foxes, grouse, woodcock, 

 ducks and geese. The fishing is good. 

 Some fine catches of trout are taken. Deer 

 are seen quite often, though but few have 

 been killed. E. Casey, Bristol, Vt. 



Quails, turkeys and doves are abundant 

 here; also deer and smaller game in the 

 Lake region, during the season. A month's 

 visit there costs not more than $25. 



Green and blue wing teal are plentiful 

 in the marshes, in season, as well as some 

 other ducks, snipe, and plover. 



D. Burson, Seffner, Fla. , 



Quails are plentiful here. In driving 

 across the country we see them along all 

 the roads. A few weeks ago I noticed a 

 large covey out among our grape vines 

 and my pointer lay asleep in the sun, not 

 2 rods away, knowing nothing of the game 

 passing so near. 



John Sallman, Shelby. Iowa. 



Enclosed find check for $1.00 for which 

 send Recreation for another year. 



Your efforts for the better protection of 



game and your everlasting warfare on the 



" swine " are especially worthy features. 



May you live to drive the knife still deeper. 



J. G. Ely, M.D., Hamburgh, Ct. 



Have just returned from a short trip to 

 the Big Horn mountains, with Milo Burke, 

 whose address I obtained through Recre- 

 ation. I do not believe a more gentle- 

 manly and competent guide than Mr. 

 Burke exists. 



F. C. Andrews, Detroit, Mich. 



After my experience of last September I 

 can heartily recommend Burton Harris, and 

 his resort, to all sportsmen in search of an 

 outing. We found game plentiful and I 

 killed a fine bull elk 3 days after leaving the 

 Hermitage. 



W. H. Fletcher, Los Angeles, Cal. 



Deer and grouse are plentiful in this sec- 

 tion. Deer are killed by the Indians and 

 whites, too, all the year round. If they 

 could be protected out of season they 

 would soon be more numerous. 



R. E. Rosenberger, 

 Lac du Flambeau, Wis. 



Several of us have organized a gun club, 

 which we have decided to call " Recreation 

 Gun Club." 

 Edw. Schirmer, Jr., White Plains, N.Y. 



Thank you, cordially. Have sent you a 

 flag properly inscribed. — Editor. 



Did you ever know of a dog trailing and 

 standing on a snapping turtle? My dog, a 

 pointer, trailed one yesterday, about 60 

 yards, and I thought he was trailing a 

 covey of quails. 



H. Liming, Whitehall, 111. 



A swan with a broken wing can swim 

 faster than a man can row a boat, and if a 

 person were to be hit by its wing he would 

 be badly hurt. 



F. B. Guion, New York. 



We have more birds now in the county 

 than we have had since the winter of '91. 

 We had deep snow then and lost nearly all 

 of our birds. 



C. B. Vick, Seaboard, N. C. 



