FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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in that way, have the small boy with his 

 B. B.'s, and the English sparrow to con- 

 tend with. Rabbits, too, once so abundant, 

 are now bard to find. They are shot, 

 trapped, and even poisoned. 



Fishing is likewise on the decline. The 

 natives use. spears, drag seines, gill nets, 

 hoop nets, fish traps, and dynamite. 



I never before saw so much game on 

 sale as was exhibited in Kansas City last 

 year. There were hundreds of turkeys, 

 quails, prairie chickens, ducks, geese, 

 brant, plover, woodcock, snipe, bear, deer, 

 antelope, raccoons, opossums, squirrels, 

 jack rabbits and cotton tails. I should like 

 to see the sale of game entirely prohib- 

 ited ; also spring shooting. I am in thor- 

 ough sympathy with your movement on 

 the game hog with which our country is 

 infested. 



Geo. H. Sheffer, Jr., Kansas City, Mo. 



AN OPINION FROM THE BENCH. 

 Chambers of Warren W. Foster, 

 Judge of the Court of General Sessions, 

 32 Franklin Street., N. Y. 



May 22, 1901. 

 Mr. G. O. Shields, 



23 West 24th Street, City. 

 My dear Sir: — 



I thank you for your thoughtfulness in 

 sending me a copy of the Evansville 

 Courier of May 3, containing your lec- 

 ture, "A Plea for the Song Birds," which 

 I have read with pleasure and profit. 



You are doing a great good, and I am 

 entirely in sympathy with you. Until 

 I began to read Recreation the impor- 

 tance of preserving our game and song 

 birds had never occurred to me. I was 

 under the impression our game laws were 

 enacted for the benefit of the few and that 

 no moral wrong was involved in breaking 

 them. You have entirely changed my- 

 views. With kind regards, 

 Yours truly, 



Warren W. Foster. 



And Judge Foster is the man who is- 

 sued the second search warrant against 

 the Arctic Freezing Company after Mag- 

 istrate Brann had called in his warrant 

 and had branded the State Game Protector 

 as a "country yap." 



Judge Foster says he arrived at his 

 present views on the subject of game 

 protection by reading Recreation. 



So, the Arctic Freezing Company may 

 blame this magazine for a large part of 

 its troubles. — Editor. 



Guides living outside the State are not 

 permitted to lead hunting parties into it 

 at all. Evidently the intention is to com- 

 pel hunting parties to employ Wyoming 

 guides. In the face of this statute, com- 

 petency 'cuts no figure; residence is every- 

 thing. 



This law will only serve to divert hunt- 

 ers to other grounds, for they will not sub- 

 mit to being fleeced for the benefit of 

 Wyoming guides. Idaho will gather the 

 harvest which Wyoming so greedily grasps 

 for, because her hunting grounds are close 

 by, and, furthermore, are better stocked 

 with game. For 19 years I have hunted 

 over this region, and I am familiar with it. 



Jackson's Hole, the famous hunting 

 ground, has been so thronged with hunting 

 parties for several years that the game has 

 been killed off, or driven away. The fugi- 

 tive deer and elk have either sought the 

 shelter of the National park or have 

 crossed the range into Idaho. 



Idaho has been liberal in her treatment 

 of hunters. She imposes no license, and as 

 long as her game laws are respected does 

 not molest sportsmen. The trophies of the 

 chase may all be carried away by the suc- 

 cessful sportsmen, the only exaction being 

 that the limit shall not be exceeded nor the 

 close season disregarded. 



Let the fraternity, then, come to Idaho. 

 We will treat them white. 



E. H. Trafton, Hayden, Idaho. 



LEGISLATIVE HOGS. 



I am told that the Wyoming Legislature 

 has recently enacted a law imposing a li- 

 cense fee of $40 on every hunter coming 

 into that State from elsewhere. 



SOME PENNSYLVANIA CASES. 



Thanksgiving Day, William Brindle, John 

 Moist, John Kauffman, William Kauffman, 

 Samuel Stroup, Ira Martin and John H. Ricker 

 were returning from hunting. When they had 

 reached a point along the railroad, above the 

 Allison farm, they saw a dog chasing a deer to- 

 ward them, and when the animal arrived within 

 reach it was killed. This was reported to the 

 authorities. Joseph Berrier, State Game Warden, 

 made information, and the offenders were given 

 a hearing before Justice Patton, Saturday. It 

 appearing that Brindle, William Kauffman, Mar- 

 tin and Ricker shot at the deer at a time when it 

 was not being chased by a dog, they were dis- 

 charged. Moist, John Kauffman and Stroup 

 having killed it when it was being chased were 

 fined a total of $100 and costs of prosecution. 



James and William Heck were also heard at the 

 same time on a charge of hunting on Sunday. 

 November 25, it being alleged that they had 

 spent that day hunting about Granville. They 

 were each fined $25 and costs. 



William _ Heck was also charged with hunting 

 turkeys with a blind, but was released, as the 

 justice felt a good case had not been made out. 

 — Lewistown, Pa., Gazette. 



Several subscribers in Mifflin and Juniata 

 counties, Pennsylvania, sent mc copies of 

 the above clipping. They say that while 

 small game is yet abundant in that section, 

 there is a deplorable lack of public senti- 

 ment favoring its protection. Members of 

 the Lewistown Gun Club, and other sports- 

 men as well, have done their utmost to stop 



