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laws, go out after game, and carry a pick 

 and shovel, and claim to be prospectors. 

 W. S. Bates, L, A. S., 143 Chicago. 

 It is a lamentable fact that a great deal 

 of game is killed illegally by pretended 

 prospectors. A legitimate prospector is not 

 exempt from the game laws in any State, 

 as far as 1 know, but it is the custom of 

 nearly all prospectors and ranchmen in the 

 mountain States to kill game for their own 

 meat, even in close season. This is not 

 light, and such men may be prosecuted at 

 any time, 'lhe difficulty would be in get- 

 ting a jury that would convict a real pros- 

 pector or a poor homesteader for having 

 killed a deer when he needed the meat. If 

 on the other hand a man merely pretends 

 to be a prospector and kills a game animal 

 in close season he should be punished for it 

 and there would be little difficulty in in- 

 ducing a jury to convict a man under such 

 circumstances. —Editor. 



NOT FIT TO LIVE. 



Ed. Davenport killed his 60th deer Saturday 

 and then swore off for this season. If there is 

 a deer hunter in the whole country who can equal 

 this record he has something to brag about. — 

 Uvalde (Tex.) Leader News. 



On receipt of above clipping I wrote the 

 person mentioned, asking if the report was 

 true. He answered as follows : 



I am in receipt of your favor asking if 

 the report be true about my killing 60 deer 

 last season. Will say it is. I killed all 

 15 miles North of my town, Sabinal. Of 

 the 60, 54 were killed running. I also 

 killed 28 turkeys. 



Ed. Davenport, Sabinal, Tex. 



It is strange that the ranchmen of Texas 

 should have expended so much money in 

 poisoning, trapping and shooting coyotes 

 and wolves and should still allow so vile a 

 pestilence as you to live. It is a great pity 

 that some old wolfer has not waylaid you 

 long ago and fixed you so daylight could 

 shine through you. It is to be hoped some- 

 one who is interested in saving whatever 

 little game is left in Texas may do this in 

 the near future. — Editor. 



GRUNTERS CAN NOT SCARE RECREATION. 



Pendleton, Oregon. 

 Editor Recreation : 



Having been a constant reader of 

 Recreation 5 or 6 years, I take the pleas- 

 use of giving our Western sentiments to 

 your readers. This does not come from 

 one you have roasted, but the cause is we 

 are all awfully tired of your roast pork. 

 Recreation used to be a pleasure to what 

 it is now. We are as much or more so 

 from your preaching it and your monthly 

 roasts only adds fuel to a bed of live coals. 



So to put Recreation on her level again 

 cut out all your game hog business. 



The sportsmen are going to serve their 

 own ideas to suit themselves and not listen 

 to a far away coacher like you pretend to 

 be. Your photographs and roasts only 

 keeps the ball a rolling. The larger the hog 

 the more he grunts, so take warning. 



J. W, Lane. 



All right, Lanie, you have had your 

 grunt and I hope you may now feel better. 



As for Recreation it will keep right on 

 roasting pork as long as such brutes as' you 

 are at large. If you don't like it quit read- 

 ing it and subscribe for the A. D. G. H. — 

 Editor. 



LIKES ROAST PORK. 



I am an ardent admirer of Recreation 

 and have not missed a copy since October, 

 1897. Am in hearty sympathy with your 

 fight against game extermination. The 

 squealers who condemn your methods are 

 chiefly those who are the hardest hit ; for 

 example, "Mossback," who tries to be funny 

 in his articles in a cheap magazine pub- 

 lished in Denver. I am pleased to see you 

 so firmly intrenched and hope your good 

 work will go on. 



Last summer I bought a King canvas 

 folding boat and for general utility it has 

 no equal. It is an 11-foot special ducking 

 boat, fitted with a coaming, is a neat, light 

 model, with longitudinal and diagonal 

 steel ribbing, and has a large carrying ca- 

 pacity. The price was low and the boat is 

 certainly all its makers claim for it. I 

 have given it many severe trials, on pond 

 and stream. It makes an admirable blind 

 when shooting near shore and as it rides 

 low in the water is excellent for jumping 

 ducks on a stream. As it is very stable it 

 is good to cast from while fishing either 

 on lake or stream. 



J. E. Kirkbride, Boulder, Colo. 



GAME NOTES. 



By the July number I see you have been 

 away in the mountains for your health. I 

 am sorry you had to go and am 

 glad you are able to report improvement. 

 A year ago you told me how you slept 

 with a scratch pad and pencil under your 

 pillow, made notes as thoughts impressed 

 themselves on your brain, and often found 

 a batch of 10 or more in the morning on 

 the floor. I thought you were playing 

 pretty close to the cushion. Cut it out. 

 We want you to live a long while yet. 

 When you go to bed, leave "roast pork," 

 L. A. S., "Paddy." etc., etc., behind. No 

 man, even yourself, can burn the candle 

 at both ends, indefinitely. I do not write 

 this as a preachment, but simply to let you 

 know that I, in common with the rest of 



