FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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may be surprised to learn that copies can 

 be bought of our newsdealers here. I 

 cheerfully pay $1 for each copy. 



The enclosed clipping from the Klon- 

 dike Nugget may be interesting to some 

 of your readers, as it will let them know 

 that some steps are being taken to protect 

 our game. W. H. Seebohm, 



Dawson, Yukon Ty. 



The clipping to which Mr. Seebohm re- 

 fers is as follows : 



The committee appointed by the Yukon coun- 

 cil to look into the status of the game situation 

 decided to present a favorable report to the 

 council requesting that those having game on 

 hand be given an opportunity to dispose of it, 

 but to prohibit any further game being brought 

 in for disposal. On the 29th of last month a 

 report was obtained from all the meat markets 

 in town as to the quantity of game on hand, and 

 it aggregated 5,225 pounds of caribou and moose 

 and 1,029 ptarmigans. Most of this has been dis- 

 posed of by this time, leaving only a small Hbal- 

 ance on hand at the present time. On the 24th 

 of last month one party had a cache of 10 tons 

 a short distance up the Klondike and there were 

 several other parties with smaller quantities; but 

 it is understood these have all been brought to 

 town and disposed of. What is left is included 

 in the quantity as reported on the 29th, so there 

 will be little if any left up the creeks to spoil. 

 The police are going to take a systematic record 

 of all game in the market fortnightly, so as to 

 apprehend any which is> brought into the market 

 during the closed period. 



GAME NOTES. 



I like your bold, independent style, and 

 think you have a noble purpose in view — 

 the preservation of game. Public senti- 

 ment has not been sufficiently roused as 

 yet on the subject of preserving our wild 

 birds and animals. It is worse than use- 

 less to have laws enacted unless they are 

 enforced, and they will not be enforced 

 unless public sentiment favors such ac- 

 tion. It is, therefore, manifestly of most 

 importance to educate the public mind in 

 this direction until there is a demand 

 for such laws. A law prohibiting the 

 sale of game in all the States would 

 be of most benefit, next to the laws regu- 

 lating the close seasons, and would be 

 comparatively easy to enforce. I hold that 

 the poor man has as much right to share 

 the recreation afforded by field, forest 

 and stream as the rich, and therefore doubt 

 the wisdom of placing a special tax on 

 guns. Still, I think you deserve great 

 credit for your efforts, and I congratulate 

 you on the success you have achieved. 



J. E. Sandford, Henderson, Tenn. 



You would please a constant: reader by 

 publishing pictures with descriptions and 

 cost of the different types of log cabins 

 throughout the woods of this country. Per- 

 haps some of your readers will be willing 

 to give their experiences in this line to 

 one who wishes to build rustic cabins in 



which to live 3 months of the year. 

 R. C, Princeton, N. J. 



ANSWER. 



I have published several plans of log 

 cabins within the last few years and have 

 one other in hand now, which I intend to 

 print in an early issue. 



T. H. Wicks, an architect, of Buffalo, N. 

 Y., has published a book entitled "Log 

 Cabins and How to Build Them," which 

 shows many good designs and gives speci- 

 fications for building them.— Editor. 



Whenever I can hit a game hog I do 

 it. I have upbraided many a violator and 

 have sworn that if I ever come across such 

 people in my outings, with sufficient evi- 

 dence to convict them, they will be strict- 

 ly up against it, no matter who they are. 



The game in this State is doomed. There 

 are but few bucks left. Last year I rode 

 over 75 miles of country which 3 years 

 ago was full of elk and deer. We saw but 

 one deer in 4 days' travel. 



J. E. Miller, D. D. S., 

 Colorado Springs, Colo. 



Ferd Heim, the millionaire brewer of Kansas 

 City, is an enthusiastic duck hunter, and has 

 bought a section of land containing a lake 

 where ducks stop to recuperate. Every year 

 Mr. Heim goes to the shooting ground about 

 the middle of March and remains there until 

 the first of April. He returned from his last 

 trip more enthusiastic than ever. 



"What would you say if I told you that Spren- 

 gel and I, in a day's shooting, bagged 125 ducks 

 and 40 geese?"— Topeka Daily Capital. 



I should say you were a pair of dirty, 

 low-lived pigs, and that you both ought to 

 be locked up for at least 6 'months. 

 — Editor. 



There are at least 2 sportsmen in the 

 Black Hills who can not be called game 

 hogs, W. V. Doyle and Henrv Swindler. 

 Having heard that a mountain lion had 

 been seen near Reno, they procured enough 

 artillery for a Boer army and proceeded to 

 storm the surrounding kopjes. After 

 tramping over the hills half a day, tearing 

 their clothes and suffering many hardships 

 they finally located their lion, which turned 

 out to be a little cur dog. 



Subscriber, Lead City, So. Dak. 



I have an antelope head which measures 

 as follows: From center of head, between 

 the horns, to tip, 18 inches; from center 

 of head (between the horns) to top of turn, 

 14 1-2 inches; from prong to prong, 13 

 inches; spread at turn, 14 1-2 inches ; cir- 

 cumference of horn at base, 63-4 inches. 

 How does this compare with other big 

 heads? A. C. White, 



Rocky Ford, Colo. 



