FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



453 



2, G. Hansen 4, B. Goble 32, J. Goblc 32, J. 

 Elliott 3, E. Rasmussen 9, R. Neil 14, J. 

 Niebur 27, C Andersen 3 — Ferndale, Cal., 

 paper. 



Wm. Clark admits, in answer to my in- 

 quiry, that he killed 27 ducks and adds that 

 he has done better on other occasions in less 

 time. , Doubtless the other scores are cor- 

 rect as given. To help these rooters re- 

 member their hunt I give the record more 

 publicity than it could have in the columns 

 of a country paper. Several hundred 

 thousand good citizens will learn by it that 

 there is a drove of 35 duck hogs at Fern- 

 dale, Cal., tagged as per above list. — 

 Editor. 



AMONG THE ORANGES- 

 Brother Al and I left home October 17th, 

 and came here to fish, hunt, read, write, 

 rest, loaf and recuperate. 



We arrived at Bartow, our railroad ter- 

 minus, Thursday evening. From Bartow 

 to this city is 26 miles Southeast. By 

 trolley the distance can be covered in about 

 3 hours ; by railroad in less than an hour. 

 As yet, neither are contemplated, therefore, 

 we came in a wagon, drawn by one horse, 

 and covered the distance in 7 hours and 

 49 minutes. We lost 11 minutes feeding- 

 man and beast, en route. The road is 

 through pine woods most of the way, and 

 sandy all the way. To induce the horse 

 to make better time, I walked part of the 

 distance and not wishing to mortify the 

 beast, sat down after walking a mile or 2 

 until he caught up. About 4.30 p. m., we 

 came to anchor and were welcomed by 

 Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Carson, with whom 

 we intend to make a protracted stay, pro- 

 vided we suit them and our money holds 

 out. 



Am writing this in my library, a tent 

 pitched in the front yard. Across the 

 road is the frost-proof orange grove, of 

 over 100 trees, 40 of them in full bearing, 

 as are also 30 grape fruit, several guava 

 and kumquab trees. This city has a popu- 

 lation of 16 men, women and children, 

 7 dogs, 8 cows and 20" chickens. There 

 are 6 lakes within 2 miles of my library. 

 They are the most beautiful lakes I ever 

 saw; not large, but just large enough to 

 afford all the good fishing for black bass 

 that anyone would or could desire.. 



S. H. S., Lakemont, Fla. 



FULLERTON'S GOOD WORK. 

 We are going to prosecute Dr. Hoyt, of 

 St. Cloud; F, W. Randall, Superintendent 

 St. Cloud Reformatory, St. Cloud ; Judge 

 Steele, Judge Simpson and Dr. Simpson, of 

 Minneapolis, for shooting on the White 

 Earth reservation before the lawful sea- 

 son; namely, September 1st. 



We arrested Walter H. and S. P. Poll- 

 man, of St. Louis, Mo., non-residents, who 

 came to the State and tried to shoot with- 

 out a license. The next time thev come 

 to Minnesota they will take out non-resi- 

 dent licenses. Also William Campbell, 

 George Jones, and James Brown, all of 

 Oshkosh, Wis., were induced to part with 

 the necessary fee of $25 each. 



The great trouble we have to contend 

 with in Minnesota, is men who call them- 

 selves sportsmen who sneak in here with- 

 out conforming to our laws. We have let 

 them off lightly so far, but in the future 

 we will not only compel them to take out 

 licenses, but will confiscate everything they 

 have. Perhaps after that they will be good. 



I am glad to say for the benefit of the 

 readers of Recreation that the Lacey law 

 is doing a world of good in regard to 

 shipping. There are some men who go to 

 the Dakotas and this State and try to 

 sneak trunks full of game home with them. 

 They will deeply regret the trip when 

 Uncle Sam gets hold of them. We are 

 furnishing information now to D'r. Palmer, 

 who is doing such good work as the As- 

 sistant Chief of the Biological Survey, and 

 he is helping us in cases where the game 

 was shipped out of Minnesota. 



Sam F. Fullerton, St. Paul, Minn. 



PUT A BOUNTY ON FOXES. 



Game in Massachusetts has never before 

 been so scarce as at present. There are 2 

 reasons for this ; too many hunters and 

 too many foxes. 



It does but little good to appeal to hunters 

 through sportsmen's papers or magazines. 

 The law must say when they can hunt and 

 how many birds each man can. kill. In 

 this State shooting is permitted from Sep- 

 tember 15 to January 1. For 3 l / 2 months 

 the coverts and swamps are hunted until 

 it is a wonder there is a grouse or wood- 

 cock left. Two months would be a long 

 enough open season under present condi- 

 tions. The new Sunday law has helped 

 some. There is but little shooting on 

 Sundays now compared with 2 years ago. 



No man can kill Recreation's limit, of 

 10 birds in this county. If a good shot 

 gets 5 birds in a day he is doing well. Five 

 years ago grouse were sold in Boston for 

 70 to 80 cents a pair. To-day they bring 

 $1.50 to $1.75. 



Foxes do almost as much harm as hunt- 

 ers. I have known whole flocks of game 

 to be destroyed by foxes. Foxes are thick 

 here. On every snow one can see where 

 they have followed grouse and rabbit 

 tracks. If the State would pay a bounty 

 of 50 cents for foxes the farmers would 

 dig them out in the spring. I know one 

 man who got 87 foxes, 2 years ago, with 

 one fox terrier. Last year grouse and 



