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RECREATION. 



Recreation he says he has a friend who 

 keeps a newstand and who suffers him to 

 read all the fraternity publications free. 



When I express horror at his killing 

 robins he replies, ''Why, they're good to 

 eat;" as though my horror arose from 

 ignorance of that. 



When I protest against killing ducks in 

 the spring,, because they are on the way 

 to their nesting grounds, he answers, "Yes, 

 I often find eggs in them when I draw 

 them." 



When I remarked that it is a shame to 

 kill them at such a time, he smilingly re- 

 plies, "I get them whenever I can." 



Should such a man be allowed to own 

 a gun," or a dog? 



W. H. Nelson, Washington, D. C. 



Could a State law be passed limiting the 

 number of ducks or geese to be shot or 

 taken by one man in one day? If passed, 

 would it be constitutional? 



Stevens 22. 



ANSWER. 



Many States alre-ady have such laws on 

 their statute books. All the others should 

 have them. The United States Supreme 

 Court has decided time and again that the 

 game in any State belongs to the people in 

 their sovereign capacity and that the State, 

 under its police power, may make any 

 regulation it may see fit to preserve its 

 game. Therefore laws limiting the num- 

 ber of birds or animals a man may kill 

 in a day are entirely reasonable and in 

 thorough accord with the constitution of 

 the United States and- of the various 

 States. — Editor. 



Foxes are rapidly increasing in this re- 

 gion. A bounty of $1 should be paid for 

 each fox killed within the Adirondack pre- 

 serve. That would save thousands of 

 grouse and other birds. I do not think 

 the anti-hounding law has served to in- 

 crease the number of deer. There was a 

 great slaughter last fall; if it is continued 

 deer will be gone inside of 10 years. 

 What we need is more protectors, a 

 shorter season, no sale -of game, and jail 

 for every man caught breaking the law. 

 D. E. Moxley, Bloomingdale, N. Y. 



We had several heavy rains last summer 

 that were hard on chickens arid sage hens, 

 but I think birds will be plentiful next 

 fall. During the season deer were killed 

 within 2 miles of town. Antelope are 

 scarce here, though there are some farther 

 back. The Indians slaughter many. We 

 are waiting for the action of the next ses- 

 sion of the Legislature, and hope the 

 reservation will be opened to settlers 

 within 2 years. 



J. Eckela, Forsyth, Mont. 



Now that the rainy season is nearly 

 over sportsmen naturally long for inno- 

 cent outdoor sport. Therefore we have 

 organized the Seattle Rifle and Pistol 

 Club, and each Thursday afternoon 25 

 business and professional men go to 

 Woodland park range and try their skill 

 at 200 to 500 yards with rifle, and 10 to 50 

 yards with pistol, according to American 

 Association rules. 



Ashley B. Palmer, Seattle, Wash. 



I have never killed more game of any 

 kind than I needed for my own use. Civ- 

 ilization is steadily driving game back, and 

 as it is becoming scarcer every year, 

 the laws should be more rigidly en- 

 forced. Good game laws and game pre- 

 serves should be established in every State 

 of the Union, for . if there are not, deer, 

 elk, moose and caribou will soon be extinct. 

 *G. H. Robbins, Heron, Mont. 



The California Legislature has passed a 

 new game law, one of the provisions of 

 which restricts the number of ducks that 

 may be killed in a day by any one person 

 to 50. This will, in a measure, prevent 

 the game hogs from getting in their dead- 

 ly work, but the number permitted is too 

 large even for this State, where ducks are 

 unusually plentiful. 



Louis Weinmann, San Francisco, Cal. 



You have my best wishes in regard to 

 your war with game hogs. Give them the 

 brand; sportsmen will stand by you. I 

 think the L. A. S. all right. 



G. McGowan, Lawrence, Mich. 



Deer, grouse, squirrels, rabbits, foxes 

 and bobcats are fairly plentiful here. 

 Sometimes a bear is seen. Ducks are not 

 abundant. A. Anderson, 



Little Ridgeton, N. B., Can. 



I find more to interest me in Recrea- 

 tion than in any other publication I have 

 ever read. 



W. Franklin Hartenstine, 



Morristown, N. J. 



We have a few deer, grouse, pheasants, 

 cougars, coyotes, rabbits and squirrels, and 

 lots of trout and salmon. 



J. Hoger, Gibbon, Ore. 



Should like to hear from more coon 

 hunters. We have great sport here hunt- 

 ing coons. 



W. D. Gill, Franklin, Pa. 



