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RECREATION. 



killed until the fall of 1900. State Game 

 Warden Reutinger liberated 2,500 pairs of 

 pheasants, last fall, and as they are a hardy 

 bird, there should be thousands of them in 

 Ohio when the time for lawfully shooting 

 them comes around. 



W. B. C, Athens, O. 



WYOMING GAME. 



I have been continuously in the game 

 districts of Wyoming, since the 14th of 

 July, '97. Have had every opportunity to 

 observe the present condition of the game, 

 and to estimate the quantity killed, during 

 the past year. 



There has been a large decrease in the 

 number of bull elk and yearlings. The hard 

 winter of 1896-7 made havoc among the 

 elk. The bulls are not as well horned this 

 season as of late years. All that survived 

 the winter were in too poor a condition to 

 grow large horns. 



Deer in this country are not plentiful. 

 Mountain lions keep them reduced in num- 

 ber. About 600 sheep winter on the tribu- 

 taries of the Snake river. From time to 

 time a competent guide procures a fine 

 head, for his party. 



Mr. Frank Peterson secured 2 heads, and 

 James Simpson, also, was fortunate. Few 

 sheep were killed, however. 



Antelope use the ranges, in this locality, 

 during the summer only. They are being 

 exterminated rapidly. 



Bears have been plentiful this season. 

 Some have been shot, others trapped, and 

 more are still roaming. 



Little has been accomplished in the way 

 of game protection during the past year. 

 W. L. Simpson, Jackson, Wyo. 



HOW SHALL WE CLASS THESE MEN? 



I forward you to-day a picture of duck 

 shooting on Grizzly bay. 



The old man (with a beard) sitting on 

 this end at the scow, is C. J. LeGros, the 

 most noted market hunter in California. 



One of the other 2 is cook and skipper. 

 The game has to be carried about 15 miles 

 in a duck boat, to Dutton's Landing, where 

 the river steamer picks it up, for San Fran- 

 cisco market. 



The third man is a hunter who came 

 aboard to have his picture taken. 



My first day's shoot was from 12 m. to 

 4.30 p. m. — 128 birds bagged; 97 teal, 15 

 mallards, 14 sprig, 1 gadwall, 1 widgeon. 

 No flock shots and no water shots made. I 

 was shooting for sport and birds flew about 

 all the time. 



The next day I shot from about 12 m. till 

 2 p. m., killing 34 — mallards, sprigs and 



teal. Then I ran out of shells and had to 

 come home. 



" Le " shot the same day, in the after- 

 noon, killing 74. Total number of ducks 

 on the scow, when picture was taken, 236. 

 ^ Jas. Maynard, Jr., 653 Market Street, 

 San Francisco, Cal. 



See picture on page 437. I will leave it 

 to the readers of Recreation to name 

 these men, each to his own liking. What 

 do you call them? — Editor. 



GAME NOTES. 



A reader has asked me to publish an il- 

 lustrated article on how to skin and cut up 

 a deer, or other large game animal. The 

 first part of this question is one for a tax- 

 idermist or a naturalist, while the second 

 part is one for a butcher. Is there among 

 all the readers of Recreation a man who is 

 an expert in both of these lines? If so, will 

 he kindly write a brief, terse, yet full de- 

 scription, of the process of skinning and 

 cutting up a deer, into roasts and other 

 pieces of suitable size to give to one's 

 friends, or to hang up in the ice box for 

 future reference? 



As to skinning an animal, full informa- 

 tion on that point is given in Hornaday's 

 " Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting," 

 pages 39-42. This book is published by 

 Chas. Scribner's Sons, New York City. 



Elk, deer, and sheep are plentiful here. 

 They seem to be holding their own if not 

 increasing in number, sheep in particular. 

 Some years ago, sheep scab killed vast 

 numbers, but of late no trace of it has been 

 seen. Bear have been more plentiful this 

 year than for some years past. Grouse and 

 trout are numerous. We certainly have a 

 fine game country, and any sportsman can 

 be assured of a good time if accompanied 

 by a competent guide. 



We have a few men who pose as guides, 

 but who are mere imitations. Sportsmen 

 should make it a point to avoid them and 

 secure the services of competent and reli- 

 able men. 



Jack Hurst, Ishawood, Wyo. 



" A letter from Mr. Wood Duck," in 

 January Recreation, brought to mind an 

 item I read in a New York daily. I quote 

 the following from it: " Mr. Small of Phil- 

 adelphia, Pa., shot 10 swans, 2 geese and 50 

 ducks in one day." In another place the 

 same paper speaks of 2 men from Hoboken, 

 N. J., shooting 15 swans, 25 geese, 50 ducks 

 and 10 snow geese. I think these 3 men 

 must have good long bristles. 



R. C. Reed, Fair Haven, Vt. 



