FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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I didn't get out, even for a grouse. All 

 your pot shots at the hogs of the woods 

 and streams are watched with interest by 

 us. You are doing a noble work, and if 

 the hogs find it too hot, they must keep 

 out of range. We have a gang near here 

 who hunt deer with hounds, at all seasons, 

 in violation of a State law and sportsman- 

 like decency. Their names will be spoken 

 " right out in meetin'," one of these days. 

 They are devoid of shame, mere butchers, 

 not capable of a single sportsmanlike feel- 

 ing. 



Fred. G. Abbey, Lookout, Wash. 



I am pleased with the way you slaughter 

 game hogs. Am a rifle crank myself, but 

 what I shoot I eat. It makes me hot under 

 the collar to see men leaving the city with 

 shotguns, 3 or 4 dogs, and each man with 

 a ferret in one pocket and a bottle of whis- 

 ky in another. They say they are going 

 " hunting," but they go intending to kill 

 all they can, and, in most cases, do not 

 spare even song birds. God speed the day 

 when such men will be forced to " assume 

 a virtue, if they have it not," and act like 

 sportsmen, though they be butchers at 

 heart. G. W- Jones, Cleveland, O. 



I find many punches at the game hogs, 

 but I think you have overlooked one — 

 on page 215, May issue. E. G. Gardner, 

 Chetco, Curry Co., Ore., says he killed 72. 

 deer last winter. Is that not a large num- 

 ber of deer for one man to kill? I think 

 it. is. I killed 13 last season, and I have 

 been calling myself a hog all winter; but 

 72 ! I, with my 13, have just got a start. 

 Our game law on deer is, open season, 

 August 1st to December 1st. Seventy-two 

 deer in 16 weeks is 4^2 deer a week. There 

 is a suspicion of bristles and slop. 



G. B. Dennick, Waldport, Ore. 



In the fall of 1894. I went with a party to 

 the Flat Top mountains along Williams 

 river, Rio Blanco county, Colorado. It is 

 a paradise for game of all kinds. Elk, deer 

 and bear are found in great numbers. 

 There are also a few mountain sheep. If 

 you wish to hunt antelope go to Twenty 

 mile park. Small game of all kinds is plen- 

 tiful. I shot a 15 point buck, and was also 

 fortunate enough to kill a 6 point elk, in 

 fine condition. Williams river contains 

 both salmon trout and brook trout. The 

 scenery is grand. 



Albert J. Ruoff, Hamilton, O. 



Quails are abundant here and there are 

 plenty of deer and turkeys, 40 to 80 mile= 

 from here. All we need is game protec- 

 tion. All hunting is done with hounds 

 and consequently the game is being driven 

 out. 



If protected this is going to be a great 

 quail country. I have killed about 50 birds 



this season and now the flocks do not seem 

 to be in the least wild. We have a ranch 

 of 500 acres and there are 6 coveys, to- 

 gether containing about 200 birds, on the 

 place. R. A. Radle, Chapin, Mo. 



A sportsman's club, to be known as the 

 Recreation Shooting Club, has been 

 formed in this city, with the following of- 

 ficers: Dr. L. A. Richmond, president; P. 



C. Weeks, vice-president; W. T. Sanborn, 

 secretary and treasurer. W. H. Thomas, A. 



D. Black, W. B. Armstrong, standing com- 

 mittee; Harry Pierce, measurer; Arthur 

 Dodge, keeper of targets; E. W. Dodge, 

 Challenger; W. A. Shepardson, C. C. and 

 B. W. P.; A. D. Rich, caterer. 



Everett (Mass.), Republican. 



I see our State Game Warden, Mr. Henry 

 W. Loveday, ran down to Bloomington, 

 our County Seat, last week and placed in 

 the hands of Prosecuting Attorney Flem- 

 ing, 78 counts against a number of violators 

 of our game laws — who have been shipping 

 game, out of season, to the Chicago mar- 

 kets. Their shipments were seized and their 

 names placed on the docket in court. The 

 penalty is $50 for each count, and costs in 

 addition. Thank God for small favors. 

 Daniel Arrowsmith, LeRoy, 111. 



We have a gun club of 15 to 20 members, 

 whose president is a thorough sportsman; 

 so much so, in fact, that he fails to note 

 the opening and closing of the season. I 

 should not care to class him with the game 

 hogs, yet I think he might find some more 

 suitable fertilizer for his land than the sur- 

 plus game he can not make use of. He 

 would better have a care or some one will 

 write up him and 2 or 3 more of his ilk, 

 for Recreation some day. 



G. W. Ward, Hallstead, Pa. 



We have good shooting in this section, 

 although game is not so plentiful as it used 

 to be. Within the past 2 or 3 years jack 

 rabbits have become numerous and many 

 are shot during the winter. Two golden 

 eagles were shot here last winter, but they 

 are scarce. There are a few wolves and 

 coons, and numerous squirrels and com- 

 mon rabbits. In the fall we have prairie 

 chickens, ducks, and some quails. 



F. L. Wood, Stewartville, Minn. 



While hunting in Minnesota, in the fall 

 of 1897, I shot a small deer through the 

 right fore leg and heart, and she fell dead 

 in her tracks. Her weight when drawn 

 was 82 pounds. This statement will prob- 

 ably not suit G. B. who says, in April Rec- 

 reation, that no animal can be instantly 

 killed by a heart shot. He should learn 

 that a thing may be true even if it does not 

 jibe with his experience. 



C. V. M., Humboldt, la. 



