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RECREA TION. 



Nacogdoches, Texas. 



About ioo miles south of this place is a strip 

 of country, lying between the Trinity and San 

 Jacinto rivers, called " the big thicket." It is 

 probably 200 miles long and 50 wide, It is an 

 almost impenetrable jungle. I am figuring with 

 a party who owns about 2,000 acres there, with 

 a view to buying and establishing a rendezvous 

 for sportsmen. Bear, deer, turkeys, wildcats, 

 etc., are plentiful. Then there are numerous 

 large lakes and the San Jacinto river hard by. 

 Do you envy me any? I will take my trusty 

 darky, and with my dogs, guns and fishing 

 tackle, together with my taxidermist's tools, will 

 live happy. Capt. H. H. Cooper. 



Marysvale, Wyo. 



The snow is nearly 15 inches on the level here 

 in the valleys, and the elk are coming out of 

 the mountains in great herds, and feeding along 

 the foot-hills. There are at least 500 in sight 

 at this writing. It would surprise most of the 

 sportsmen that hunt here in the early fall, to get 

 a bird's-eye view of this country in winter. There 

 are a good many mountain sheep coming down 

 on the rocky ridges along the foot-hills, and 

 some fine heads can be seen by taking a two 

 or three hour's spin on snowshoes. This would 

 give you an appetite, known only to men who 

 have tried the skis in the mountains. Elk and 

 sheep are as fat and fine as they can be, and I 

 think the loss from winter killing will be light 

 this year. Frank Petersen. 



Ottawa, Ont. 



Mr. J. S. Brown, of Montreal, while crossing 

 a lake in the Mattawan district. Quebec, last 

 September, shot a hare, that was swimming 

 across, and was then about the middle of the 

 lake, which is about two miles wide. He could 

 not tell what it was until he had killed it. I 

 know Mr. Brown, and you can rely upon his 

 statement as being true. I never knew a hare 

 would take to water, especially to swim so long a 

 distance as the one in question did, and it seems 

 to me most unusual. W. P. Lett. 



Marion, O. 



My wife is greatly interested in Recreation, 

 and I am of the opinion that if she continues to 

 read it, she cannot be kept at home next fall, 

 when we go on our hunting trip. 



Last fall a party of us were in camp for two 

 weeks, at Corinne, Mich., about 100 miles north- 

 west of St. Ignace. We found deer and smaller 

 game a little scarce, but no wonder. Three hun- 

 ters were running hounds there, all of last 

 summer, and we were told they had slaughtered 

 300 deer near our camp. Next year, our club 

 intends to try northern Wisconsin. 



J. W. Thew. 



Parma, Idaho. 



More than 2,000 elk have wintered in the 

 Jackson's Hole country, in western Wyoming. 

 The scenery there is a grand — waterfall of 4,500 

 feet, caves, game and fish, besides a canyon as 

 deep as that of the Colorado, and 40 miles long. 



F. R. Fouch. 



Biscatasing, Ont. 

 I have just returned from a tour of inspection 

 of the trading posts in my district, having made 

 at least 400 miles on snowshoes, within the last 

 month. If you are a deer stalker, and will come 

 up here next fall, I think you will have no trou- 

 ble in getting a caribou. The woods are full of 

 them at present, and the light snow of this win- 

 ter, so far, will not permit the Indians to kill 

 many — hunting them on snowshoes. 



T. C. Rae. 



Editor Recreation. Lay, Colo. 



I have been home since the 25th of January 

 from the lion hunt. Mr. Wells came over to 

 get bobcat and cayote photos. We are riding 

 every good day for them. Our hounds ran 

 down a cayote the other day, in about three or 

 four hours, and by accident my negatives were 

 all spoiled. We have caught five cats and have 

 three or four photos. We killed seven lions on 

 our trip Had good luck in every way — good 

 snows, good light, lions plentiful, no foggy nor 

 broken plates. We have 15 to 20 lion negatives. 

 Have one of a beast in mid air, leaping from a 

 tree. She lit within six feet of me 



A. G. Wallihan. 



Editor Recreation. Rochester. N. Y. 



Among the numerous descriptions of good 

 country for ducking, which have come under my 

 notice, I have never seen anything relating to the 

 shooting on the St. Lawrence river, where, with 

 a party of friends, I recently spent three very 

 enjoyable weeks. Having reached Alexandria 

 Bay, via steamer from Clayton, we at once took 

 possession of our snug quarters in a house- boat, 

 and made sail for the lower river. Coming to 

 anchor some 18 miles below the bay, we enjoyed 

 some of the rarest duck shooting I had ever par- 

 ticipated in. Mallards and redheads, with a few 

 canvasbacks, afforded us the most sport. For 

 persons of moderate means this trip is an ex- 

 ceptionally attractive one, and any one taking it 

 will find an abundance of good shooting. 



Fred McGuire. 



Greenbrier, Ala. 

 Quail are abundant here. This is a wonderful 

 game country, considering the number of years 

 it has been settled. Deer are fairly plentiful ; a 

 few turkeys ; squirrels and ducks in abundance. 

 The land is owned in large tracts. Posting is 

 unknown, and the planters regard the visits of 

 true sportsmen as a favor conferred. One of 

 my neighbors was complaining this morning of a 

 fox chase being spoiled by having four red foxes 

 on foot at once. Wm, H. Hundley. 



Fifteen Mile Stream, N. S. 

 This present winter has been one of great 

 interest to sportsmen in Nova Scotia. About 

 100 bull moose have been killed in the vicinity 

 of Halifax and Guysboro counties ; some of 

 them having magnificent heads and antlers. 

 The game laws prohibit the killing of cow moose 

 for three years. Don. F. Fraser. 



Have just returned from a ten days' trip into 

 the Wallowa country, where deer, elk and moun- 

 tain sheep are plentiful. J. R. Fowle. 



