FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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In almost every number of Recreation 

 I see letters from people I know of, or de- 

 scriptions of localities with which I am fa- 

 miliar. Thus, the tree spoken of in the Sep- 

 tember number, in Canadian notes, can be 

 seen from my home, in Berlin. Although 

 apparently one tree, the dark green foliage 

 of the oak is easily discernible from the 

 lighter green of the elm. 



About nine or ten miles from Berlin, on 

 Grand River, near Conestoga, are two large 

 elms, some ten feet apart, that are joined by 

 a limb about six inches in diameter. Except 

 for the difference in size at the ends, one can 

 scarcely tell from which tree the branch 

 grew. There are no small limbs growing 

 on it. Austin T. Schantz, 



Morton Park, 111. 



A deer came down to camp this evening 

 and was making acquaintance with our 

 horses. Louis took a shot at it and made a 

 clean miss. Maybe we won't make him tired 

 over it. This is a game country, all right. 

 Have found an elk range 5 miles from 

 here. We are camped on Secesh Creek, 

 14 miles from Warrens. Are going over on 

 Salmon as soon as you send me that rifle. A 

 man told me this morning that while coming 

 up Big Creek, in the Chamberlain Basin., 

 Tuesday, he saw 5 grizzlies. He was afoot, 

 alone and had no gun; said he didn't want 

 any more of that country. That's the place 

 I'm saving for you and Bogert. 



H. M. Staver, Warrens, Idaho. 



Recreation for July contains a very 

 good cut of old Fort Union, which stood on 

 the right bank of the Missouri, going up 

 stream, a short distance above the mouth of 

 the Yellowstone. The fort was on a little 

 flat near the cut bank of the river and near 

 a ravine. In 1870 the stone chimneys and 

 some ruins alone remained. The hostile 

 Sioux haunted those "diggin's" for several 

 years after, but I think they got as good as 

 they sent. 



I like Recreation. It is fresh, and 

 smacks of the mountains and prairies. I 

 inclose a dollar for subscription. 



Luther S. Kelly, (" Yellowstone Kelly"), 

 Governor's Island, N. Y. 



Colonel McLaughlin, an old-time miner of 

 Thompson's Falls, Mont., is building a 160- 

 acre deer park after me fish-trap pattern. 

 The fence is being constructed so the deer 

 can easily go inside, but can't possibly get 

 out. It is in a section where hundreds of 

 deer winter, and Mr. McLaughlin expects 

 to corral no small number the coming sea- 

 son. He will keep them for breeding pur- 

 poses. 



Roland Haslam, the young son of D. A. 

 Haslam, of Winchester.'Cal., recently killed 

 an eagie measuring 4 feet 3 inches from tip 

 to tip. 



Editor Rkcrka riON : 



The coots are now arriving in good num- 

 bers, and with them have come the nap h 



thas, exactly as I prophesied in a formei 

 letter. 



On Oct. 1 and 3 latin* Ins were bunting 

 here all day. We have killed a few birds 50 

 far, and expect to do better next week. 



Glen ( love, II. 



TheGrand Pacific Hotel, Chit nUy 



offered a tempting field for some birdf- 



shooter, for on the register appeared tin- 

 names of L. R. Forrest, Albany, N. V. I >. 

 Sparrow, New York City; T. I. Quail, I 

 erdale, Mass.- and C A. Partnd 



Sport is dull out here, for we have n<> 

 game left. We would hav< good black 

 fishing were it not for the market fishermen, 

 but they take everything in their nets, and it 

 seems almost impossible to stop them. 



Harry Sims, Council Bluffs, la. 



Elk seem quite plentiful here this y< 

 Two have been brought in this week, killed 

 within four miles of this town. The det 1 

 bunching and within two weeks 1 expect to 

 be on their trail. 



Fred Baldwin, Steamboat Springs, 1 !oL 



Deer are seen in this vicinity very often 

 and within 15 miles they are numeri 

 Grouse have not been so plentiful for \< 

 but squirrels are scarce. 



Dr. A. W. Woodman, Plymouth. N. H. 



I have spent the entire summer in 

 West, largely in the region of Lake M< I 

 aid, on the Great Northern rail* 



Dr. Lyman B. Sperry, Bellevue, l >. 



Have just returned from my hunting trip 

 in the Adirondacks. W e had a fine time and 



I got my two deer, all the law allows. 



II. ML Norton, 



Times are very hard here at pre-, nt. I 

 do not think there are three firms in town 

 that are making exp< 



|. I.. II.. 1 ddy, New M< 1 



Dr. Noll and wife, ol New N 

 here yesterday and wearepn end 



a month in the mountains, 



S. n. 1 [arysvale, \\ 



Was out m the v 

 eral moose have been shot in tl 

 A. o. Pritchard, N< w < 



Customer (at the but. I 

 me? I'vebeenhei 

 liver, plea 



Butchei Sorry, but tl 

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