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RECREATION. 



taken out of the Northern country during 

 the open season. The number carried by 

 the express companies, large as it may be, 

 can not be taken as a criterion of the 

 total number killed, as those killed by the 

 settlers are not shipped, and a large num- 

 ber of hunters from towns and villages 

 adjacent to the hunting grounds have the 

 deer killed by them taken to their respec- 

 tive homes by teams and other con- 

 veyances. 



There is one clause in the deer hunting 

 regulations which should be eliminated by 

 the Ontario Government, and that is, al- 

 lowing the killing of deer in the water. 

 This is considered a brutal way of hunt- 

 ing by any true sportsman. Cutting this 

 clause out will not only be a means of still 

 further protecting deer, but will be recog- 

 nized as an important addition to the game 

 laws by every true lover of the sport. 

 There has been considerable talk in con- 

 nection with extending the open season, 

 but it is to be hoped the Ontario Govern- 

 ment will not countenance any such sug- 

 gestion at the present time, as the present 

 open season protects the deer from pro- 

 miscuous slaughter and obviates the likeli- 

 hood of their depletion. — Montreal Ga- 

 zette, Jan. 9th, 1901. 



A 20TH CENTURY DOCTOR. 



Recreation has done me a world of 

 good. About a year ago I consulted a 

 physician to find out what was the matter 

 with me. He said he would have to pre- 

 scribe a rather novel remedy, and asked 

 me for a check for $25, to be expended for 

 my benefit. He assured me if I would 

 follow his instructions I would become a 

 new man. That was what I was after, and 

 I gave him the check without asking any 

 further questions. In a short time I re- 

 ceived my first copy of Recreation, which 

 the doctor informed me was to be my first 

 dose. He said I should read it through 

 and study to become interested in it. This 

 I did. Following this came a fishing rod, 

 tackle box and outfit, together with a bill 

 for balance, the $25 failing to connect. 

 That was before the law opened for fish- 

 ing, and the doctor commenced whetting 

 my appetite for a fishing excursion. As 

 soon as the legal season opened and fish- 

 ing became good the doctor arranged for 

 a party to go out where there were plenty 

 of fish. He gave me my first lesson in 

 casting and saw that I got the proper ap- 

 petite for the sport. The result was I 

 bought a boat and spent some time, al- 

 though not so much as I should, with the 

 rod. My mind was diverted from my 

 work, and the exercise and excitement did 

 the rest. 



Later in the season and before the 

 prairie chicken season opened I was called 



on to prosecute several men for violations 

 of the game law. Having read your nu- 

 merous articles on the preservation of 

 game I was in good trim to get after those 

 offenders. The local gun club took an in- 

 terest in the matter and the result was 

 that we replenished the treasury of our 

 State Game Commission by several fines, 

 which in each instance were placed at the 

 limit. I made liberal use of Recreation 

 in the prosecution of those cases. 



I write this letter simply to let you know 

 what Recreation did for me as a medi- 

 cine. I saved all the copies up to last fall 

 and sent them to friends of mine who were 

 going to spend 3 weeks camping in the 

 woods. My children have become inter- 

 ested in the magazine. I would gladly dis- 

 tribute such copies as you may send to 

 me for the purpose. I find, however, that 

 you have many subscribers in this place. 

 I do not recall just when my subscription 

 runs out. Keep it coming and send bill. 

 R. E. Shepherd, Austin, Minn. 



IDAHO PEOPLE NOT SO BAD. 



Game wintered well here. There was 

 not snow enough in the mountains to drive 

 it down to the winter ranges. Little game 

 was killed here last fall. 



I agree with F. L. Peterson, of Jackson, 

 Wyo., in regard to the game hogs of 

 Jackson's Hole. The residents of Jack- 

 son's Hole eat wild meat the year found, 

 and some make a practice of selling game 

 in Idaho during the closed season. I be- 

 lieve their present game law permits a man 

 to kill 4 elk during the open season. Every 

 guide who takes a party into the moun- 

 tains has to be a deputy game warden, and 

 forward a statement of the game killed by 

 his party to a justice of the peace. I know 

 a guide in Jackson's Hole whose party 

 killed all the law allowed and 4 head more, 

 and left most of it to rot. I should like 

 to know what report that guide sent in. 



Last winter the Jackson's Hole people 

 wrote to several publications, Recreation 

 among them, and said Idaho people had 

 slaughtered over 1,000 elk in Jackson's 

 Hole and the Teton timber reserve. 



They knew they lied when they wrote it; 

 they killed the elk themselves. 



I notice an article in January Recrea- 

 tion by F. A. Johnson, suggesting that 

 those who contemplate a trip through the 

 National park go with saddle and pack 

 horses. I agree with him as far as men 

 are concerned. Women would better take 

 wagons and camp outfit, so as to camp 

 where and when they like. If women 

 could stand the trip on horseback, they 

 could visit many places that can not pos- 

 sibly be reached with a wagon. 



There are many bear around the hotels 

 in the park. While I was there with a 



