FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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never heard of salt licks in this section un- 

 til the dog was taken out of the hunt ; now 

 there are lots of them. Moreover, we have 

 now probably 50 native hunters where we 

 had 10 who kept dogs and were recognized 

 guides. Unless a change is made, especial- 

 ly in the line of protection for does, the 

 deer of the Adirondacks will, within the 

 next 10 years, follow the buffalo of the 

 Western plains. J. D. Morley. 



GAME NOTES. 



On the 13th of November last, I left 

 Boston on my annual hunting trip in 

 Northern Maine. From Mattawankeag I 

 hired a team to carry me to James Mill- 

 more's, 15 miles North on the road to 

 Sherman. The following morning I was 

 ready for the woods. 



I had engaged a good guide before leav- 

 ing home, and found him on hand. The 

 deep snow made it hard walking, but once 

 in the woods and finding plenty of fresh 

 deer tracks, we forgot all hardships by the 

 time we started our first deer. We se- 

 cured a buck weighing 175 pounds, with 

 antlers spreading 20 inches. After bleed- 

 ing, dressing and hanging him up we re- 

 turned in time for dinner. The next day 

 we were not so successful, but the third 

 day we killed a handsome doe, weighing 

 150 pounds. As the 2 were all the law 

 allows, I spent my time the next few days 

 hunting other game, which was plentiful. 

 Deer are abundant in Maine and will re- 

 main so if the present laws are enforced. 

 J. C. Gilbert, Whitman, Mass. 



The excellent game laws of Maine are 

 often praised, yet I have it from reliable 

 authority that they are shamelessly vio- 

 lated all through the summer. Numerous 

 camps are open all summer to accommodate 

 anglers and many of those anglers feel 

 that they would like to kill a deer. The 

 guides have to feed their guests and it 

 takes money to buy beef, so they are per- 

 fectly willing to have venison and rather 

 encourage the killing of deer. Some of the 

 camps have many visitors to feed and 

 they have venison nearly every day in 

 summer. I hope this will open the eyes 

 of the Maine authorities and I am sure 

 the L. A. S. will do all in its power to 

 break up that practice. There is abundance 

 of deer in Maine, but constant slaugh- 

 ter will soon show its ill effects. It is 

 estimated 15,000 deer were legally killed 

 in Maine in the season of 1899. Why 

 do not all sportsmen fall into the ranks of 

 the L. A. S.? 



L. A. S. No. 2088, Baltimore, Md. 



here for a month past, driving game into 

 the open and destroying the nesting places 

 of the quails. Hogs, too, are running 

 through the woods destroying nests and 

 eating eggs and young birds. What this 

 State needs is paid wardens in every town- 

 ship. It is not well for private citizens 

 here to thrust themselves forward in game 

 protection work. Barns burn easily in this 

 country and cattle die of strange ailments ; 

 but our native law breakers have not sand 

 enough to go up against a State officer. 

 We have a county non-resident license law 

 which is never enforced. There should be 

 someone in each township with power to 

 grant licenses; then no one could dodge 

 the issue. 



L. A. S. 41 18, Lake Como, Fla. 



I killed a big elk the other day about 35 

 miles from St. Petersburg, and 2 others 

 were killed on the same shooting ground 

 bv 2 friends. They were all beautiful ani- 

 mals and weighed about 900 pounds each. 

 Our shooting society has, within an hour's 

 railway travel from here, over 20,000 acres 

 of shooting grounds well stocked with bear, 

 elk, deer, hares, foxes, blackcock, wood- 

 cock, partridge, wild turkey and water 

 fowl. If you have any American friends 

 who want to come over for the shooting 

 season we shall be glad to receive them. 

 Our season's ticket costs $75. To-day we 

 had shooting and in one round there were 

 10 elk and in the other 16. No elk was 

 killed, though 2 unfortunately were wound- 

 ed and escaped. 



P. P. Boeckel, St. Petersburg, Russia. 



I am on a ranch Southeast of Medicine 

 Hat and near the Cypress hills. Reading 

 matter is scarce here. When I found a 

 copy of Recreation I read it from cover 

 to cover. Its stand in regard to wanton 

 destruction of game should meet the ap- 

 proval of every sportsman. There is a 

 game law here, but it is not enforced as 

 it should be; and antelope, ducks and 

 prairie chickens are killed in such num- 

 bers at times that they are wasted. Ducks 

 breed here and are killed in the spring 

 when nesting. Some white hogs gather the 

 duck eggs to sell and to eat. The hard 

 storms in the winter bring the antelope 

 into and around the towns and ranches 

 and they are easy to kill. 



D. Ross, Medicine Hat, N. W. T. 



No wonder game is becoming scarce in 

 Florida. Forest fires have been burning 



A merchant named Letempt, of Rileyville, Sa- 

 line county, was caught with 514 quails in his 

 possession. It seems he started for Belleville with 

 the birds in 2 trunks and a valise, checked as 

 baggage. Information was furnished a constable 

 at DuQuoin, who watched for Letempt. On the 

 arrival of the train the constable boarded it and 

 traveled with Letempt to Belleville. There Le- 

 tempt suspected he was being watched, and hur- 



