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kECREATION. 



this error corrected at once. You may 

 rest assured no more game will be served 

 in my house in close season. 



Yours respectfully, 



Chas. Faas, Mgr.. 

 West End Hotel, N. Y. 



GAME NOTES. 



On December 28th last a party of 3 went 

 hunting on Saluda river. We started at 

 an island near the Cuter bridges, and pro- 

 ceeded up the river, going through a forest 

 of stately sycamore, and an immense cane- 

 brake. Every now and then a gray squirrel 

 would fall at the report of our guns. Hav- 

 ing, after some difficulty, gained the open 

 fields, we tried the quail, bagging 8 before 

 we reached the swamps again. Then go- 

 ing through briar patches, thickly en- 

 twined with wild grape and muscadine 

 vines, we reached the foot of Little Saluda 

 mountain. We were on the wrong side of 

 the river and were unable to cross until 

 we found a huge white oak which had 

 fallen across the stream. After a scramble 

 we gained the mountain top, from which, 

 over the stately trees, we could view the 

 plantations strung along the river far be- 

 low. When we had seen all we began our 

 descent on the East side, and before reach- 

 ing the lowlands had as many squirrels as 

 we wanted. 



W. P. J., Wyse's Ferry, S. C. 



Our law makers have decided to allow 

 killing of deer in water. I saw our repre- 

 sentative about it and he said the main 

 argument for amending the law was that 

 deer would not take to water unless 

 wounded badly. I should like to know the 

 opinion of Recreation readers on this 

 point. 



Alex. R. McKay, Seckerton, Ont. 



What can be expected from law makers 

 who are so grossly ignorant of the habits 

 of game birds and animals as the Legisla- 

 ture referred to above? The Province of 

 Ontario has disgraced herself by repealing 

 the law which prohibited the running of 

 deer with dogs and the killing of deer in 

 the water. The idea of a wounded deer 

 taking to water is the most preposterous I 

 have yet heard. All decent sportsmen will 

 hope that the next body of men sent to 

 Toronto to make laws for the people will 

 have more sense than the last, and that 

 this relic of barbarism may then be wiped 

 off their statute books. — Editor. 



In September Recreation W. T. Work, 

 M. D., says he never knew of a gray 

 squirrel's being castrated by a red. I em- 

 phatically disagree with Mr, Work's 



opinion. Out of every 5 buck gray squir- 

 rels 1 have ever shot at least 3 have been 

 minus the testes, and in every case the 

 scar was plainly visible. I returned re- 

 cently from a little squirrel hunt, with 

 5, of which 3 were bucks, 2 of which had 

 evidently been ill treated by red squirrels. 

 I am satisfied this mischief is caused by 

 the reds, as a red will whip a gray every 

 time. I have known a patch of woods to 

 be full of grays and within 2 or 3 years 

 after the reds made a noticeable appear- 

 ance in the same woods grays could not 

 be found there. Mr. Work should do 

 some shooting in these parts, where there 

 are 10 reds to every gray, and he would 

 soon find his mistake. 



F. F. Miller, White Plains, N. Y. 



I shall be greatly pleased to aid the 

 League in any manner possible, and will 

 devote my energies to furthering its in- 

 terests, personally, and through the me- 

 dium of the World-Herald. The protec- 

 tion and preservation of our birds and our 

 game and fish has long been a hobby of 

 mine, and I have written hundreds of 

 columns within the past 10 years, with the 

 hope of creating a more general local in- 

 terest in the matter. This has not "been 

 without good results, I am proud to say. 

 I will send out the printed matter you have 

 sent me, to prominent sportsmen in this 

 State, known to be interested in the work 

 the L. A. S. has taken in hand. If you 

 have any matter you desire to present to 

 the public do not hesitate to send it to 

 me for use in my columns. 



Sandy Griswold, Sporting Editor, The 

 World-Herald. Omaha, Neb. 



On the evening of February 7th about 

 200 members of the Adirondack Guides' 

 Association held their annual meeting at 

 the opera house in the village of Saranac 

 Lake. A number of letters were read from 

 absent members and friends, endorsing 

 the, work of the Association and urging 

 the protection of game. 



Robert Davidson, Troy, N. Y. 



Please correct an error in March Recrea- 

 tion. You say the open season for hunt- 

 ing foxes, black and gray squirrels, is Oc- 

 tober 1st to December 31st, both inclusive. 

 The law reads, "Fox, black and gray squir- 

 rels" — not foxes. We have no law protect- 

 ing these at any time. 



Wm. E. Shoemaker, Cheboygan, Mich. 



There are still some quails and jack rab- 

 bits out this way. We also have quite a 

 number of wolves. 



Geo. Helfert, Sioux Falls, S. P. 



