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RECREATION. 



I have had a great many inquiries as to 

 where game may be found, near New York, 

 and in reply submit the following. Shall 

 give other detailed information on this sub- 

 ject, later. 



Locust Valley, L. I., 20 miles out on L. 

 I. R. R. Good coot and old squaw shooting. 

 Write Mr. Harry Coles. Also Lawrence, 

 L. 1., at times good duck shooting. Write 

 C. Dawson. Pearl River, N. J., 27 miles out, 

 on N. J. & N. Y. R. R. For squirrels and 

 woodcock. 



One of the best places for English snipe 

 is Pine Brook, N. J. Take the Erie to 

 Montclair and the stage to Caldwell near 

 Pine Brook. Stop with Frank Class. 



Summit, N. J., 21 miles from N. Y., on D. 

 L. & W. R. R., is another good place for 

 English snipe. Also good woodcock 

 shooting and some squirrels. Write Tom 

 Franks. 



Greenfield, N. Y., is a good place for 

 ruffed grouse, hare and woodcock. Take 

 the O. & W. R. R. to Ellenville, 89 miles 

 from N. Y. Write Leonard Bunting to 

 meet you, who will drive you to Greenfield. 



Good Ground, N. Y.. for broadbills and 

 shelldrakes (battery shooting). Write Chas. 

 Lane. 



At Moriches, two stations this side of 

 Good Ground, 67 miles from N. Y., on L. 

 I. R. R., one will find both ducks and 

 quails. Write Hugh Smith. 



At Lanoka, N. J. there '& fair quail and 

 duck shooting, and plenty of rabbits. 

 Write M. S. Hungerford, who runs the 

 hotel there. 



For deer, foxes, and partridges, write John 

 M. Hoffman, at Milford, Pike Co., Pa., to 

 meet you at Port Jervis, N. Y., who will 

 drive you to good shooting grounds. 



I had a fine time in the woods. Shot my 

 two deer, in broad daylight, with the rifle 

 barrel of my Daly. One was running as fast 

 as a deer's legs could carry him (you know 

 how fast that is) straight away from me in 

 the timber, so I felt proud of the shot. It is 

 too bad we cannot educate all sportsmen up 

 to the idea of still hunting, altogether, for 

 deer. James M. Graves, Potsdam, N. Y. 



The shooting season opened in Nova Sco- 

 tia September 15 with promise of fine sport, 

 as game is abundant. A. O. Pritchard, New 

 Glasgow, or I, will be pleased to give any 

 information required to parties wishing to 

 hunt moose, etc., in the province. 



Don F. Fraser, New Glasgow, N. S. 



Broom corn grows well here. Very little capital, say 

 $200 to $400, would buy enough machinery for a fac- 

 tory that would ship a great many brooms. 



— Pecos Valley, N. M., Argus. 



If the Pecos Valley ever makes any brooms 

 they will certainly be for shipment. The 

 housekeepers in that wind-swept region use 

 scoop-shovels to sweep with — especially af- 

 ter a sand-storm. 



Editor Recreation: 



We have been in this region two weeks, 

 and have had fine weather all the time. 

 Have had some good grouse- and duck- 

 shoooting, with a liberal number of geese 

 among the lot. We had one big day at the 

 redheads and canvasbacks. 



Now that we have reached here to try the 

 shooting, we find a carload of 45 hunters 

 landed this A. m. What chance is there 

 for us or the game ? We brought a kodak, 

 and should have some good pictures to turn 

 out on our return. An old-fashioned prairie 

 fire is raging this evening. 



Jas. K. Boyd, Dawson, N. Dak. 



Am just in from camp for a few hours. 

 We are finding lots of elk and deer and con- 

 siderable bear sign. Trout and grouse ga- 

 lore; not looking for other game. First thing 

 I asked for was Recreation. Now, old 

 man, I'm going to cross swords with you 

 over elk heads. I send you a photo, taken 

 the day I shipped the head to H. F. Burket, 

 of Findlay, Ohio. Ask him for measurements. 

 He said no head at Chicago touched his. 



Thanks to Recreation, I have a good 

 grub stake, and my guests a good time and a 

 cheap hunt. There are some big heads left 

 yet. If you could only come ! 



James Fullerton, Ten Sleep, Wyo. 



Have just returned from a two weeks' camp- 

 ing and fishing excursion. Have had a de- 

 lightful time. In September number of Rec- 

 reation I note the picture entitled "Why not 

 Women, also?" The women of my family, 

 the youngest of whom is two years old, al- 

 ways accompany me on my camping trips. 

 All are enthusiastic campers, and war would 

 be instantly declared were I to propose leav- 

 ing them behind. 



Recreation is the cleanest, brightest, 

 and most sparkling sportsmen's publication 

 on the market, and I congratulate, not alone 

 the editor, but the public, on its success. 



E. J. Tucker, M.D., New York. 



Chickens and grouse are not so plentiful 

 as heretofore, owing, we think, to the June 

 floods, which drowned many of the young. 

 Fish in our river are numerous and of excel- 

 lent flavor, on account of the purity of the 

 water, Tamarack River being fed by springs. 

 We have pickerel, wall-eyed pike, etc. Wild 

 ducks and geese are here in great abund- 

 ance. The season for shooting them is open 

 now and all winter. Deer and bear abound. 

 Maude I. Hall, 



Fir, Marshall Co., Minn. 



Prairie chickens are reported plentiful in 

 the vicinity of Dawson, N. D. Ducks have 

 also bred jountifulry, and the local supply, 

 with the morthern flight which will come 

 later, will afford good shooting. 



Hunting on the Methow is reported to be 

 very good this year, and bear are unusually 

 plentiful. Guy Waring, Calumet, Mich. 



