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RECREATION. 



June 15 we have plenty of wild pigeons. 

 There are many deer and a few bears in the 

 Cascade mountains, within one or 2 days' 

 drive from here. Our* lakes and streams 

 afford abundance of trout and grayling. 

 Winchester Repeater, Albany, Ore. 



GAME NOTES. 



Fishing is always good in the Squamish 

 river, 30 miles from Vancouver, British Co- 

 lumbia. In the fall, when the river is low, 

 the Indians send tons of trout to market. 

 The fish are the Dolly Varden variety, 

 good fighters and hard to handle. 



Game is plentiful in this section; deer, 

 bear, grouse, ducks and geese abound. 



I noticed, in Recreation, a question 

 relative to the wild pigeon. When the 

 farmers are sowing their grain, flocks of 

 wild pigeons settle in the fields and in the 

 trees, and good sport is had in pigeon 

 shooting. I don't know if these are the 

 same species of bird that used to be so 

 abundant, but I am inclined to think they 

 are. 



Recreation is much appreciated by 

 lovers of legitimate sport here. I think the 

 B. C. readers might give you a little more 

 correspondence, as this is a great country 

 for sport. 



If any of the boys pay this section a visit, 

 I shall be glad to give them all the informa- 

 tion I can as to the best localities for hunt- 

 ing and fishing. 



G. C. Leonard, Vancouver, B. C. 



Cooke Rhea is the best guide I ever saw. 

 On the 16th of October we trailed and 

 killed a large silver tip bear. It was my 

 first. He had been coming to our traps 

 for 2 weeks, but we could not get him in 

 them. He would spring them, again and 

 again, and then eat all he wanted. We got 

 our first light snow on the evening of the 

 15th, and by noon of the 16th we had our 

 bear. I was ahead on his trail. I saw him 

 jump and run from his bed. At the first 

 shot, over he went, roaring, and I never 

 let him get up until he quit. Then he went 

 down the mountain and out into the wil- 

 lows on Elk river before we caught up 

 with him again. He had both front legs 

 broken and 2 shots in the side, but he tried 

 to get away. I tried to hit him in the ear, 

 but shot low and broke his lower jaw. 

 When he got up again he was facing us, 

 and I put a bullet in the centre of his head. 

 I was using a .30-40 Winchester, and it 

 simply smashed his head all to pieces. 

 Think the .30-40 is the best gun ever made. 

 R. W. Hill, Elyria, O. 



Editor Recreation: Soon after reading 

 the article in Recreation entitled " Reck- 

 less Shooting," by E. A. Brininstool, I 

 read the following in a newspaper: 



"Some Maine woodchoppers wear cow-bells to avoid 



being shot, through mistake, by hunters. They say they 

 would rather be taken for a cow than for a deer." 



It hardly seems possible a person could 

 mistake a man for a deer, although I know 

 it has been done. A person who would 

 shoot at any object without knowing just 

 what it is, ought to be prohibited, by law, 

 from ever handling a gun. 



Game is quite plentiful here on Coos bay. 

 Ducks, geese and salmon in the fall and 

 early winter, and all sizes of trout at all 

 times of the year, although fly fishing is 

 good only at certain times. Bears, elk, 

 deer, panthers, wildcats, coons, otters, 

 minks, martins, fishers, grouse, pheasants 

 and snipe inhabit the surrounding woods 

 and marshes. - 



E. G. H., Coos River, Ore. 



The following " official score " is copied 

 from an article by " L. E. B.," published in 

 an alleged sportsmen's paper, and is given 

 as the result of a 3 days' hunt. 



Reed Rail Other 



Birds. Birds. Birds. 



Judge A. M. Beitler 124 396 13 



John F. Betz 113 327 15 



C. L. Warfield. 82 282 9 



H. A. Davis ...' 74 226 12 



J. L. Goode 63 214 11 



C. B. Kugler 59 211 8 



W. B. Gill 41 183 10 



Le Roy E. Brown 30 170 9 



586 2,009 87 



The writer states farther: 



" This does not represent the actual num- 

 ber killed, as many were lost." He also 

 says the above named gentlemen (?), ex- 

 cept " L. E. B.," hail from Philadelphia. 



B. C. B. 



He should have said " the above named 

 hogs." — Editor. 



I enclose you a clipping from one of our 

 local papers as a sample of Nebraska van- 

 dalism. Recreation is very popular here 

 in Lincoln. Will you please give us some 

 roast pork in the next number? 



A. E. Porter. 



Here is the record: 



John M. Fairfield and Forry Moore have re- 

 turned from a shooting trip near Woodlake, Neb., 

 and they report excellent sport and good luck. 

 The latter is evidenced by the fact that they 

 brought back 225 ducks to distribute to their 

 friends. 



Of the ducks bagged, 160 were red-heads, 24 

 were mallards, 2 were canvas-backs, 6 were teals 

 and the rest widgeons. 



It is difficult to roast 2 such big hogs as 

 these. Hell is supposed to be the only 

 place where there is a fire big enough and 

 hot enough to do this variety justice. Give 

 me something easy, Brother Porter. — 

 Editor. 



John G. McLeod, of Lookout, Wash., 

 raked in one 6 point buck, 5 wild cats, and 

 a few mink as his share of last fall's sport. 



