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I have reports from our shooting pre- 

 serve that the quails have wintered well, 

 are strong, and in good sized flocks. 

 Nevertheless, we expect to put out, soon, 

 ioo pairs from the South. Southern quails 

 in this district have been of great benefit. 

 There has been a noticeable increase of 

 the number of bevies for the past 2 years, 

 and I think there is an improvement in 

 the strength of the birds, from the crossing 

 with the imported birds. Last winter was 

 exceptional for the depth of snow, but it 

 was otherwise mild. At no time was there 

 much crust on the snow, which was fort- 

 unate for the quail. 



Dr. J. S. Niven, London, Ontario. 



Small game is plentiful here, and there 

 are still a few deer left in the country. 

 Walter Bailey killed a deer in December 

 last on Spike island, about 5 miles from 

 here, and another one was killed at the 

 same place afterward. Almost every man 

 and boy hunts here, though few of them are 

 sportsmen. 



J. Lloyd, Winter Haven, Fla. 



Game is abundant in all parts of the 

 state. So are sportsmen and game hogs. 

 In the winter ducks and geese are so thick 

 in the Sacramento and San Joaquin val- 

 leys that farmers living near the rivers are 

 compelled to herd their fields with rifles, 

 to prevent the ducks and geese from eat- 

 ing their growing grain. 



R. McMurtry, Pennington, Cal. 



We have deer, trout, grouse, pheasants, 

 ducks, coons, mink, otter, and once in a 

 while a cougar swims over from Vancou- 

 ver and makes it lively for the sheep. The 

 Government and private bounties amount 

 :o about $75 or $80. 



T. P. Bottom, Salt Lake, Spring Island, 

 B. C. 



The grouse season in this part of the 

 country is from October 15 to December 

 15. I did not have much time to hunt, but 

 I killed 30 grouse and 46 rabbits. I have 

 a rabbit hound and an English pointer. I 

 use a 10 gauge gun, and shoot from 4 to 

 5J/2 drams of powder. 



Harry C. Everitt, Knoxville, Pa. 



Some time during December, '97, a friend 

 told me he saw a flock of about 50 wild 

 pigeons in a small grove of poplars near 

 here. The flock remained there all that 

 day. C. H. Austin, East Troy, Wis. 



There are a few foxes, wild cats and rac- 

 coons left in the mountains, while in the 

 lower grounds and fields rabbits, squirrels, 

 grouse and quails are quite numerous. 



J. E. Christie, Thiells, N. Y. 



Hunting is poor. We have a few rabbits, 

 squirrels and turkeys. Woodcock shoot- 

 ing was good last fall. Our quails froze 

 3 years ago, so they are scarce. Fox hunt- 

 ing is about the only sport we have. 



T. E. Banks, Mercersburg, Pa. 



Large game is getting scarce here. 

 There are only a few deer and black bear 

 left. Rabbits are plentiful, however, and 

 there are some grouse. 



Fred. Derbyshire, Wellsboro, Pa. 



We have no game here but rabbits and 

 grouse, which are fast disappearing on ac- 

 count of market hunters, who hunt rab- 

 bits with ferrets. 



W. H. Hawks, Binghamton, N. Y. 



The game down here consists of jack rab- 

 bits, doves, plover, quails, etc. 

 Walter O. Kingsolving, Austin, Texas. 



Plenty of deer here, and a few elk and 

 bear. No birds but ducks. 



G. B. Dennick, Waldport, Ore. 



There is some game here yet but not 

 nearly so much as 10 or 12 years ago. 



S. W. Weede, Flatwillow, Mont. 



The small game around here is scarce, 

 but back in the hills there is an abundance 

 of all kinds of large game. 



R. C. Gibson, Lewiston, Id. 



There are so many hunters here that 

 there is no game, except jack rabbits, 

 within 10 miles of us. 



H. G. Newton, Butte, Mont. 



We had a very good quail season last fall. 

 Birds fairly plentiful and there is a good 

 outlook for next season. 



E. T. Coleman, Camden, N. J. 



There is good hunting at this place in the 

 fall. Lots of prairie chickens, deer and 

 blue grouse. 



Wilbur Johnson, Highwood, Mont. 



Prairie chickens and rabbits were plenti- 

 ful last season. Some hog work, but not 

 so bad as usual. 



H. L. Page, Rock Falls, 111. 



Small game, such as quails, rabbits, etc., 

 is plentiful here. We have a game law, but 

 it is not enforced. 



J. M. Lloyd, Winter Haven, Fla. 



Rabbits, squirrels, grouse and quails are 

 quite plentiful here. 



Will. Small, S. Soventry, Ct. 



Deer were abundant here last fall. In 

 one week I saw 28. 



W. L. S. Steward, Monson, Me. 



