FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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Editor Recreation. New York, N. Y. 



Coming down from a fishing trip to lake St. 

 John, a few days ago, via the Boston and Maine 

 R. R., I had a pleasant chat with Mr. G. B. 

 French, of Nashua, N. H., a disciple of both 

 Walton and Blackstone (you perceive that I 

 place Walton's name first). Mr. French was 

 returning from a successful fishing trip at the 

 Nashua Club's preserves, at Holeb, Me., and 

 gave me the following memoranda of that 

 neighborhood, which may be of interest to your 

 readers, "June 25, counted 31 deer, nearly all 

 bucks, along the shore of Turner Pond — mostly 

 within 20 rods of the shore. Counted 25 deer on 

 another day within a shore space of 200 feet. 

 This pond is about one-half mile in diameter 

 and is full of trout from \ to \\ pounds in 

 weight. The deer, in the hot days of June. 

 July and August, will remain on the shore with 

 . canoes in plain sight. 



"June 26. Between nine and ten in the 

 evening, while out in a canoe, with a lantern or 

 " open jack," as it is called, we ran the canoe's 

 bow within two feet of a doe, on the shore, and 

 she never looked up till we stopped. Then she 

 turned around, faced the lantern and jumped 

 away with never a whistle. A little further on, 

 another doe, licking a log on the shore, paid no 

 attention to us till we ran the bow against her 

 flank, when she leaped into the woods, making 

 such a whistling that she frightened nearly all 

 of the other deer out of the pond. We were out 

 sight-seeing only — no firearms of course — for 

 the deer are protected by law, and nowhere else 

 in Maine have we heard of so many being seen at 

 a time. Moose have been seen about the pond 

 this month, but they move off to the deeper 

 woods in the fall. 



" The custom of those fishing in the ponds 

 about Holeb, under lease to Mr. L. P. Kinne, 

 who has comfortable camps there, is to discourage 

 the killing of trout to carry away and to take 

 only such as can be eaten. This has kept these 

 ponds well-stocked so far. Trout in Moose 

 river are caught up to <\\ pounds in weight, but 

 that size is exceptional. These ponds arc a part 

 of the headwaters flowing to the Moosehead 

 lake region." F. G. Nelson. 



Sheridan is about 125 miles southwest of 

 Billings, Mont. The Big Horn mountains are 

 18 miles from here, Big Horn basin about 60 

 miles. A new road has been built from Sheridan , 

 over the mountains, to Yellowstone Park, for 

 hunting and fishing parties. In fact, we are in 

 the heart of the big game country. We are on the 

 Burlington & Missouri Railway. I can furnish 

 single horse and wagon at $1.50 a day, team 

 $3.00. Guides can be furnished by the day, 

 week or month. Fine deer, elk, bear and ante- 

 lope hunting can be had by one day's drive. 

 The Big and Little Goose creeks rise high in the 

 mountains and teem with mountain and brook 

 trout. By going six to ten miles one can 

 get the finest kind of trout fishing. We have a 

 new and delightful summer resort at Dome 

 lake. Mark R. Perkins, Sheridan, Wyo. 



and keeping a pack of hounds for hunting deer, 

 foxes or hares. The land is high, very rich, and 

 capable of producing all the fruits, vegetables, 

 butter, milk, eggs, etc., that a hotel needs. 

 Plenty of fish can be caught within fifty feet of 

 the house. 



" I have a beautiful bathing beach along the 

 front of the grove, and i64 feet of water outside 

 that, in the main channel. I have a charming 

 salt water lake near the middle of the grove, a 

 salt water estuary washing its front, and the 

 Gulf of Mexico is abouta quarter of a mile away. 

 The place is very healthy, from 30 to 200 feet 

 above the sea, as fertile as land can well be. It 

 slopes to and from the river, so that a hotel in 

 the terraced Italian style could be erected on a 

 high ridge 40 feet from the water, Do you 

 know of any one who would like to take an in- 

 terest in such an enterprise ?" 



The antlers of the caribou are said to grow 

 much larger in Newfoundland than elsewhere. 

 The season opens there October 1st and the best 

 hunting grounds are on the barrens 20 to 30 

 miles inland — near Grand Pond. This point is 

 reached via the Bay of Islands and the I lumber 

 river, on the west coast. There are four Indians 

 and two Frenchmen at Hall's Bay, who are re- 

 puted to be good guides — Andrew Joe, Levi Joe, 

 Peter Joe, John Paul, Richard LeBuff and 

 Joseph Bushie. They charge $2.00 a day. 

 ♦Non-residents are charged a license of $100 for 

 hunting on the island, and no one man is allowed 

 to kill mote than five caribou in a single season. 

 The Red Cross line of passenger steamers run 

 from New York to Newfoundland, via Halifax. 

 Bowring & Archibald, 18 Broadway, are the 

 agents. 



I have noted, with much pleasure, the inter- 

 est taken in the Mongolian pheasant question 

 through the pages of Recreation. The 

 Tacoma Gun Club put out 15 Mongolian cocks 

 and 15 hens last March, on several of the 

 ranches in this county. The birds were turned 

 loose, to shift for themselves, and as soon as 

 liberated took to the woods. Accounts of them 

 are now coming in. Two or three of the old 

 birds have been seen, accompanied by large 

 broods of youngsters, which are now able t 

 I think the secret of raising these birds i> to 

 turn them out to take care of themselves. 



John Lkasuri . 



Tacoinu, Wash. 



Have just returned from Ganoga Lake. It is 

 in the North mountain, on the line of the 1 - 

 high Valley Railway, at an elevation of 2 

 feet. It is a fine place for camping. A few- 

 black bear are to be found and the fishing is 

 good, pickerel and bass being abundant. About 

 five miles from there, at a place called Thorn- 

 dale, there is good trout fishing. The entire lo- 

 cality is wild, with considerable underbrush. 



Herbert D. Williams, So. Bethlehem, I 



Mr. J. Mortimer Murphy writes from Sponge 

 Harbor, Hillsboro Co., Fla.: 



" I am thinking of forming a stock company 

 to put up a sportman's hotel on my place here, 



We have little game here except a few rabbits 

 and quail. I have only lived here about two 

 years, but am told that the game birds are de- 

 creasing. Good sport can yet be had, however. 



