FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 





Quail are about as plenty as usual. The 

 three closed seasons did not help them 

 much, apparently, in the northern sections 

 of the State. Down Cape Cod way, quail 

 are reported plentiful, as many as 30 in a 

 day being bagged by one party. Grouse are 

 scarce about here, but from 2 to 6 are often 

 killed in a half day. Ducks began to fly in 

 good earnest about Nov. 1, and offered fine 

 sport, although many coot and some ducks 

 were taken all through October. 



H. E. Bactin, Merrimac, Mass. 



Editor Recreation : 



Whenever I see an article in any paper, 

 where a so-called sportsman boasts of his 

 large bags of game, it always makes me 

 wrathy, and my opinion of any such is, that 

 he will one day be held to account for such 

 wanton destruction of God's creatures. No 

 one enjoys hunting and fishing more than 

 myself, but when it comes to taking game 

 just for the pleasure of killing, then we be- 

 come guilty of murder in the sight of God. 

 W. N. Fowler, Ann Arbor, Mich. 



I noticed an article in October Recrea- 

 tion in regard to Western dealers not adver- 

 tising. 1 think if they realized that Recre- 

 ation has more subscribers in the West 

 than any other publication of its class, they 

 would be induced to place advertising 

 with you. 



J. C. Nattress, New Whatcom, Wash. 



Do you know the largest sheep-horns on 

 record ? There is a pair on South Fork 

 that measure 30 inches in length, and 25 

 inches around the base. J. W. Haney, of 

 Warrens, Idaho, killed the sheep on Big 

 Creek, near Chamberlain's Basin. 



M. W. Miner, Warrens, Idaho. 



the Terry brothers, 30; ex -She riff Petty, 21. 



At the Robins Island Club, 1 >•. peir, 



Chauncey Marshall and fn. 



lyn, Wilbur H. Force and I'm 



York, and the Messrs. Brandreth, oi I 



town, participated in the sport 



sants, partridges, prairie chi< 



quails have never been BO plentiful then 



this season. 



George J. Gould, 1 [enry S. Manning. H< 

 W. Maxwell, George B. Post, A. A. V 1 

 and Adolph De Barry spent the • 

 days of the duck season on the Havr< 

 Grace Flats, Md., and all report til- 

 ing. George Gould killed 70 dm k- 

 well, Grier, Moore, Manning, and I 

 also killed large numbers. Chas. P. Flint 

 killed 75. 



There has been ad the 



chickens and ruffed grouse here, and l 

 are not nearly so numerous as 1. 

 Big game will afford tine sport, but 01 

 head may be killed by each hunter 

 year. 



E. L. I., Lake Dauphin, Man it 



Our duck season opens on the 

 October, and prospects an 

 old duck-grounds in Ventura County, about 



70 miles north of this city. 

 H. J. BURKHARD, 1 



Have just returned from a 

 10-days' hunting trip in Colorado. \\ .1- 

 my old guide, Sam B. Him< 

 Col. We killed 2 fine bull elk. 



E. A. Whar ion. Manhatta 



Have just returned from a short hunting 

 trip in the mountains with Dr. Noll and wife, 

 of New York. The doctor shot a bull elk, a 

 large buck mule deer, and a fine black bear. 

 We saw few other hunters. 



S. N. Leek, Marysvale, Wyo. 



Don't forget that the best 

 propriate Christmas pr< 



loves to be out of doors. 



tion to Recri \i ion. 



thing of beauty and a JO) for .1 wh 



Have had very good success with wood- 

 cock in Middlesex County this season. Ex- 

 pect to try partridge in Sussex County to- 

 morrow. Jersey is not destitute of game yet. 

 W. Baldwin Axford, Jersey City, N. J. 



Chickens, d 

 are reported plentiful in this 

 Hi kt HA1 



On Oct. 24 a friend and I bagged 13 wood- 

 cock, 1 snipe, and 2 hares, on the ground 

 where my pictures were made. Fine, strong 

 fellows. E. P. Robinson, Sidney, 0. 



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Quails and ruffed grouse are reported 

 plentiful on Long Island, and many good 

 bags are reported. Wm. Rhodes, oi 

 ville, is said to have killed 22 quails; Com- 

 modore F. W. Corrothers, of Brooklyn, 30; 



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