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RECREATION. 



yoti and Ed and put you where you and all 

 your breed belong. — Editor. 



A Scranton, Pa., paper says Reigel Ott, 

 L. P. Jones, O. P. Jones and Thomas 

 Lockard, who claim to be "sportsmen," 

 were each fined $25 and costs for catching 

 5 rabbits with the aid of a ferret. For- 

 tunately, the use of these little pests is pro- 

 hibited by the laws of Pennsylvania, and 

 it is also fortunate that detective Ross and 

 justice Robert Gruber, of Bangor, should 

 have gotten hold of the offenders. I wish 

 these same officers could get their clutches 

 on every man in the State of Pennsylvania 

 who puts a ferret into a rabbit burrow. 



There are 500 or 600 deer in less than 

 2 miles of my cabin this winter, and half 

 as many coyotes, for which the poor deer 

 have to furnish feed. I find 4 or 5 dead 

 deer every week that have been killed by 

 them, and it is not likely I find one in 4. 



The coyotes get all they want to eat 

 and so will not take poison. One half- 

 eaten carcass lies within 500 yards of my 

 cabin and they do not come near it any 

 more. It has' not been poisoned, but I 

 went past it and that keeps them away. 



Game is not plentiful here at present, 

 as people hunt the year round. There are 

 a few rabbits, some quails and occasionally 

 a woodcock. We have pot hunters here, 

 not sportsmen. The/ do not read Rec- 

 reation or they would know better. Give 

 it to the game hogs straight from the 

 shoulder. It is pleasing to think the herd 

 is growing smaller, and in a few years will 

 be extinct. 



David Shafer, West Carrollton, O. 



Has anyone a more useful dog than 

 mine? She is a little over a year old, is 

 part rat terrier, part spaniel, and can tackle 

 a rabbit or point a bird to perfection. She 

 will fetch any game, on land or in water, 

 and can do 12 or 15 tricks. She can also 

 detect the least strange sound around the 

 house at night, and will bark loudly until 

 she is quieted. A dog seldom has all these 

 accomplishments. 



H. E. Graff, Lyons, N. Y. 



A flock of about 200 wild pigeons re- 

 cently passed directly over VVillowemoc. 

 We have had the largest crop of beech 

 nuts we have had in 25 years. Ruffed 

 grouse are on the increase, thanks to the 

 game laws. Lewie Henry, of De Bruce, 

 captured a large live crane with his hands 

 last night. It was in the thick brush and 

 could not rise. 



R. D., Willowemoc, N. Y. 



Dumont, a distance of abeut 15 miles, 

 and saw from 40 to 50 wild pigeons, all 

 along the road in 2s and 4s. In one place 

 I saw a bunch of about 10. I noticed a 

 flock of about 16 or 17 about 2 weeks pre- 

 vious, scratching around an old straw pile. 

 My cousin, Joseph Redding, was with me 

 on both occasions. 



J. P. Redding, Dumont, Minn. 



Wild water fowl of all kinds are arriving 

 here in great numbers from the North. 

 The lagoons near the city are covered with 

 ducks. On their muddy banks thousands 

 of snipe and sandpipers are found. In the 

 swamps, rails and all species of gallinules 

 abound. 



O. A. Fischer, Trinidad, Cuba. 



Bert Hamlin, of Orneville, Me., was re- 

 cently fined $500 for killing a moose in 

 close season. That is a big price for 

 moose, but they come high in that country 

 when killed out of the legal hunting sea- 

 son. Bertie, old boy, you must watch the 

 calendar when you go after moose. 



A Munson Typewriter, listed at $100. for- 

 75 yearly subscriptions to Recreation. This 

 is one of the high grade standard machines, 

 and does just as good work as the Rem- 

 ington or the Smith Premier. A rare 

 opportunity. Don't miss it. 



Several hundred quails were liberated 

 about here and they have increased won- 

 derfully. I saw numerous coveys of young 

 birds a short time ago while I was out for 

 squirrels. 



R. E. Borhek, West Bethlehem, Pa. 



We have a few red squirrels, rabbits, 

 foxes, gophers and prairie chickens and 

 thousands of sparrows. We have also a 

 few robins and other song birds. 



E. H. Wells, Grand Forks, N. Dak. 



Quails and ruffed grouse are more nu- 

 merous here than in any previous season 

 for the past 5 years. 



Thomas Harris, Pt. Jervis, N. Y. 



There are mountain sheep and moose 

 not far from here, and excellent trout fish- 

 ing near. 



L. L. Bales, Haines Mission, Alaska. 



Keep up your good work on the game 

 hogs and game will again become plenti- 

 ful. 



R. E. Goodrich, Fredericksburg, Va. 



Qn July 16th I drove from Graceville to 



I would like to learn through Recre- 

 ation how to trap or catch snakes. 



F. E. Edmands, Springfield, 111, 



