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sen, and all fair minded sportsmen should 
stand by you. Let us give the game a 
chance for its life. 
Br. C. P. Robbins, Louisville, Ky. 

I cannet tell you how much I appreciate 
yeur valuable magazine and the work you 
are doing in bringing before the public 
the fact that we need strict laws and a 
higher standard of sportsmanship to pre- 
vent the extinction of our game and fish. 
The Naugatuck valley, from Bridgeport 
to Winsted, is full of men who hunt out 
of season and who have no respect for law. 
E. W. Phelps, Elizabeth, N. J. 

A friend and I recently spent a morning 
plover shooting on the Assawaman mead- 
ews, in Accomack county, Va. ~We 
reached the ground long before daylight, 
set up our decoys, and before 9 a. m. shot 
36 birds. So large a bag is not often 
made here, but the tide and other con- 
ditions happened to be just right for the 
birds. Lynn Perry, Temperanceville, Va. 

This is a great hunting country. We 
have thousands of acres of level land, on 
which nothing will grow but sage brush 
and rabbits. Being only 4o miles from 
Los Angeles we have many visitors in the 
hunting season. Back in the mountains 
large game, such as deer, lions and lynx, 
may be found. 
Robert Charlton, Claremont, Cal. 

Game wintered well here; 10,000 elk 
were seen in one day last winter within 
3 miles of the ranch, and many much 
nearer. Can see elk any day from the 
house. A large bunch fed on my hay- 
stack all winter. Antelope are always in 
sight, in summer and fall. 
H. De Kalb, Big Piney, Wyo. 

Rabbits are again becoming plentiful 
here. Last year they were scarce. Quails 
the same. Coons, possums, wolves, squir- 
rels and sometimes a few. wildcats are 
found. Geese and ducks were abundant 
last spring. 
Ed. Richardson, Mound Valley, Kan. 

I appreciate RECREATION because itis 
in line with my 30 years’ effort, both as a 
private citizen and as Vice-President of the 
National Sportsmen’s Association, to 
shame, dissuade and punish game hogs. 
J. N. Phillips, Los Angeles, Cal. 

The way you give it to the game hogs is 
just right, and I hope you will not stop. 
Before I read RECREATION I used to hunt 
eut of season sometimes, but you have 
epened my eyes and I have quit. 
F, W. Odiorne, Springfield, Ill. 
RECREATION. 
Grouse and quails would increase much 
more rapidly in this locality if woodcock 
shooting were barred during July and fall 
shooting were to open en Octeber I in- 
stead of 15th, as at present. A man has no 
business in the woods. with a gun during 
the breeding season. 
C...Bi- Hally-Ere> Pat 

I favor the establishment of the na- 
tional park, but 1 think Mr.- Cristadoro’s 
idea of letting Indians stay inside a na- 
tional park is rather poor policy. I have 
been among them 20 years, and do not 
believe there ever will be an Indian who 
will not kill game when he has a chance. 
W. F. Hill, Wells, Wyo. 

Young rabbits are becoming plentiful 
here now. Duck shooting was fairly good 
last season. Two of us got 16 in the Ist 
3 miles from town. There are quails here, 
chickens, grouse, coyotes, squirrels, etc. 
Also trout, bass, carp, chub and catfish. 
J: O5-Jr. SaltLake, Utah: 

Quails are plentiful in this vicinity, hav- 
ing increased in number during the past 2 
years. Larger game is growing scarce. 
Deer and turkeys have been hunted so 
much out of season that they have been 
either killed or driven into less accessible 
retreats. 
W. W. Decker, Tarpon Springs, Fla. 

I am especially interested in the game 
protection department of RECREATION. 
Give it to the game hogs, Coquina. Down 
with them. What name could be more 
appropriate than the one you have given 
them? 
W. C. Whittimore, Redlands, Calif. 

The State has passed a new bounty 
law this winter reducing the bounty to 
$2 on coyotes, hence there will be fewer 
killed than before. They have not per-. 
ceptibly decreased for the last 5 years. 
M. P. Dunham, Clearwater, Mont. 
I heard some quails last summer and 
saw a few squirrels. There seems lit- 
tle game left. Foxes have increased so 
they are getting troublesome, and, I think, 
cause the scarcity of small game. 
E. H. Palmer, Hyde Park, Mass. 

When a hunter gets his matches wet 
he can readily light them if he rubs the 
sulphur end briskly through his hair a 
few minutes. The electricity and friction 
in the hair will dry the suv!phur so it will 
light. E. V. S., Boston, Minn. 
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