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twigs snapping in the alders, and I soon 

 saw, not a deer, but a good sized bear 

 waddling along the trail. He was about 8 

 rods from me when I fired at his shoulder. 

 He fell, and a second bullet between the 

 eyes finished him. Bill had wounded him 

 in the hip with the shot I heard him fire. 

 It was the first bear hung up at Buck Tail 

 camp. 

 Burrell Ainsworth, Port Leyden, N. Y. 



June 28 R. C. Thomas and I left Nor- 

 folk, Va., on a canoe in tow of a tug. We 

 were bound for Lake Drummond. The 

 tug dropped us at Deep creek, and we 

 made the rest of the trip by aid of a white 

 ash breeze. The lake is a weird looking 

 body of water, with cypress trees growing 

 here and there for 100 yards from shore. 

 We made for the Western bank. There 

 we found the vines and underbrush so 

 thick it was impossible to enter the woods 

 without cutting our way. 



Later, we found an old tramroad and a 

 slash and pitched our tent there. The 

 next morning we hunted for bear but found 

 none. We were told that it is easy to get 

 one in October ; they are. then feeding: in 

 the gum trees and are numerous, We 

 tried fishing, but without success. Getting 

 tired of living on canned stuff we pulled 

 out for home much sooner than ws had 

 intended. 



J. H. Fisher, Jr., Norfolk, Va* 



I protest against hunting deer with shot 

 guns and buckshot. We have a lav here 

 against hunting deer with dogs, and we 

 should also prohibit the use of buckshot. 

 It is unsportsmanlike and cowardly. The 2 

 methods usually go together. 



I met many so-called hunters last 

 year looking for deer with shot guns. They 

 would tell of many deer they shot hut did 

 not get. They will shoot at a dii&r 30 

 rods away, and perhaps put one or ,1 shots 

 in it. Then it will get away and they could 

 not get it if they should follow it a week. 

 Many such deer get into swamps anrt die. A 

 friend told me of a party living in this city 

 who in one season shot and wounded J 

 deer, but did not get any of them. Finally 

 he got a rifle and killed a deer just as the 

 season closed. If we could get such f.ecvc 

 to join the L. A. S. they would see the er- 

 rors of their ways without laws to make 

 thern decent. 



L. A^ S<, No. 1268. Traverse City, Mich. 



I am in favor of laws prohibiting spring 

 shooting and the sale of wild game at all 

 times. Our laws are good enough other- 

 wise if enforced, but that is the rub. 



I believe more chickens were shot in 

 this country before September 1 than after 



that date, by pot hunters, farmers, swine, 

 and men who go out early claiming to 

 train their dogs. I know of one farmer 

 in this vicinity who boasted of killing 78 

 chickens before the season opened. One of 

 our citizens claims to have speared 6 grain 

 sacks of fish in one night and unblushingly 

 called it sport. Near the deserted marsh 

 J. C. French tells about a herd of swine 

 camped last spring. When they broke 

 camp they left lying on the ground a great 

 pile of ducks, not even taking the pains to 

 give them away. They claimed they only 

 wanted the sport. 



Captain, Montevideo Gun Club, Monte- 

 video, Minn. 



The other day I received a mailing card 

 from the publisher of an alleged sports- 

 men's journal, asking for my subscription. 

 As they probably will not publish my re- 

 ply I give it here verbatim : 



¥ou are rightly informed. I am an en- 

 thusiastic sportsman and am proud to 

 own the title. In the field, with rifle, rod 

 and gun, at my desk, and in the columns 

 of the journals devoted to outdoor athletics 

 I I:r,"." done what a man may to uphoH 

 the standard of clean sportsmanship. 1, 

 therefore, make bold to say that if your 

 magazine ranch has not a hot branding 

 iron for game hogs in its outfit, it is not 

 t v to dale, and I have no use for it. T 

 am glad to know that I am one of about 

 330,000 sportsmen in these United States 

 who are of the same opinion, and the num- 

 ber is growing. 



E. L. Tiffany, Wilson, N. J , 



Four years ago I was the only reader of 

 Recreation here, and the people thought 

 all hunters from the city were game hogs. 

 I loaned the magazine where it would do 

 the most good, and the ranchers now give 

 the game a chance. Thirteen wild geose 

 fed every day within 50 yards of me last 

 summer, and were so tame we could work 

 within 30 yards of them. Their nests weni 

 not far away. Game hogs from Wenatchee 

 shot geese here lately, and I am going ^o 

 do what I can to stop it by posting notices 

 that were sent me by State Game Warden 

 Merrill. May 4th I met a man from Set- 

 tle who -iad been hunting and had a femaic- 

 grouse. I felt like punching him where h'*s 

 brain should have been. He is a lawyer, 

 named Wright, and camped near here ?\* 

 summer.. 



G. E. Young, Wenatchee, Wash. 



' I note in Recreation that Mr. J. D. 

 Morley, of Lake Pleasant, N. Y., recom- 

 mends as a protective measure that still 

 hunting deer be prohibited and that the 

 open season begin September 1. I trust 



