
FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 
yet it would be an additional satisfaction 
to have all such join the L. A. S. and help 
us in this work of game protection, at least 
to the extent of $1 a year each. 

DENIES THE CHARGE. 
Mr. Wm. Nelsen, Phillips, Price Co., Wis. 
_Dear Sir: I am informed you make a 
business of killing deer in close season, 
and write to ask you if this report is cor- 
rect. 
The League of American Sportsmen 
was organized for the purpose of enforc- 
ing the game laws, and I trust you will 
observe the laws in future, whether you 
have been doing so heretofore or not. If 
you do not, it will become my duty to 
send an officer after you. Awaiting your 
kind reply, I am, yours truly, 
G. O. Shields. 
ANSWER. : 
Phillips, Wis., Sept. 4. 
My dear Sir:—Any one who told you 
I hunt or kill deer out of season is a liar. 
The slaughter of deer here in July, by 
shining, was frightful. It should be made 
a penitentiary offence. Nothing seems to 
stop it. Does were slaughtered that had 
fawns awaiting their return. The curs 
who falsely report others are the ones 
who have been doing the dirty work 
themselves. I never shot a deer out of 
season in my life. I know of 7 deer 
killed here by men who work in the mill 
and hunt Sundays. The law is not en- 
forced. The appointment of game war- 
dens is political. 
W. Nelsen. 

GAME NOTES. 
We have great sport in winter running 
coons, wildcats, foxes, etc. We hunt deer 
in November and December, sometimes 
100 miles from home, and get all the meat 
we want to bring home. We do not run 
deer with dogs, but we sometimes follow 
a wounded deer with a pair of dogs. My 
father is fond of hunting, and I am taking 
lessons. This is a good country for game. 
Deer are protected from January Ist to 
September tst. Meat cannot be saved ex- 
cept in November and December. We 
use a Winchester single shot .38-56 rifle 
for deer. Sometimes we get Mexican lions 
while on our long hunts. 
Luman Goodrich, San Antonio, Tex. 

I am proud to see you roast game hogs. 
_If any State in the Union should be pro- 
tected it is Kentucky. In the river above 
there is fine fishing. Hunting is good in 
the fall. Ducks, quails and small ground 
animals are abundant, but if the game 
hogs pot game 2 years longer as they 
have the last 2 seasons quails will be as 
scarce in Kentucky as in Indiana. Many 
451 
hundreds were trapped and many shot in 
huddles. There should be a stop ptt te 
this, and every game hog that can be 
found arrested. 
P. J. Cartwright, Bowling Green, Ky. 

I am in hearty accord with your efforts 
to preserve our game and exterminate 
game hogs. There is great need of such 
being made. 
My home for more thai 20 years has 
been in Western Minnesota, where I have 
had a good opportunity to notice the ef- 
fects of the advancement of civilization on 
our wild game, and certainly unless some 
potent work is done to preserve the game, 
we shall soon be without deer, ruffed 
grouse, quails, ducks, geese, or even prai- 
rie chickens. 
M. E. Chamberlin, Madison, Wis. 

We had a law in Colorado which lim- 
ited bags of ducks to 20 a day, which was 
bad enough, but 50 a day is now the limit, 
not over 100 in possession at one time. 
This almost means one may kill too 
ducks in one day and get off free if caught. 
It is not so hard to kill 100 ducks in one 
day out here. Two hogs killed in %4 day 
178 ducks, when the 20 bird limit was in 
force. Our dove season opens on July 
15th, when many young birds have not yet 
left their nests. 
J. Dickson, Denver, Colo. 

For some reason small game is scarce 
here. No doubt the Indians are chiefly to 
blame, for they hunt incessantly during the 
fall and winter; or perhaps the great for- 
est fire that swept through this district 5 
or 6 years ago killed our birds and small 
animals. Deer are plentiful, but are hard 
to get, owing to the dense growth of 
bush that sprang up after the fire. The 
fishing in our lakes is good, large strings 
of bass and pike being taken from them. 
A. $. Cordery, Brook Park, Minn. 

Mr. Austin, in March REcREATION, tells 
about cats as game destroyers. I agree 
with him. Cats in this part of Long Isl- 
and kill more rabbits, quails and song 
birds than all the guns. One day last 
summer I saw one cat have 2 quails and 
3 rabbits. A load of No. 4 shot killed 
er. 
Game is scarce here. RECREATION is 
the best magazine published. 
R. A. Latham, Orient Point, L. I. 

I am heartily in accord with your move- 
ment against game and fish hogs. You 
certainly appeal to the finer instincts ef all 
true sportsmen in your work. I am sure 
every reasonable man must agree with 
you in limiting the kill fer day or sea- 
