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RECREA TION. 



We are in one of the finest game coun- 

 tries in the West, and are getting our 

 place in shape to accommodate tourists 

 and hunters. We are on a beautiful 

 stream, at the foot of the mountains. Deer, 

 elk, antelope, mountain sheep, mountain 

 lions and bear, are abundant. Sage chicken 

 and willow grouse shooting is good and 

 the trout fishing is excellent. Game win- 

 tered well. 



W. G. Warren, Big Piney, Wyo. 



We were camped in the Tionestic valley 

 last summer for more than a week. Caught 

 only 17 trout, but had a fine time. There 

 are a few deer in that section, but they are 

 hunted out of season, by licks, and jacks. 

 One night, while on Brown run, about 11 

 o'clock, we heard the report of a gun. At 

 the head of the creek, the next day, we 

 found a runway, and a lick, which we de- 

 stroyed. 



C. S. Beals, Salamanca, N. Y. 



The legislature of Virginia recently 

 passed a bill making it unlawful to ship any 

 game out of the State, This bill was badly 

 needed in Virginia, for, during the past 

 game season, Bishop Bros., of Monterey, 

 Va., shipped thousands of grouse and hun- 

 dreds of wild turkeys and deer, killed by 

 the swine of that section, who made it a 

 business to slaughter everything they came 

 across. 



A. E. Dabney, Staunton, Va. 



Game is quite plentiful here. It consists 

 of deer, grouse, rabbits, foxes, ducks, snipes 

 and once in a great while a goose. Deer 

 seem to be especially plentiful. I have a 

 .44-calibre Winchester, and the other day 

 I and several others went out to try and 

 get a crack at one. We succeeded in start- 

 ing 2, getting within 20 rods of the last one; 

 but could not see him on account of the 

 brush. W. E. Spaulding, 



Dresden Centre, N. Y. 



We are afflicted here with the genus 

 (hog) who hunt for what there is in it. 

 One of them claims, for one day, 42 quails, 

 5 grouse, 7 rabbits, and 2 woodcock. I 

 told him he was either a liar or a hog. 

 Of course he knows which class he be- 

 longs to. Quail were plentiful here last 

 fall, but the bristled gentleman got in his 

 work, almost before the season opened. 

 DeMorest, Leslie, Mich. 



Game is scarce here. There is little but 

 rabbits and squirrels. It was too dry last 

 fall for ducks, and the chickens were nearly 

 all shot in July and August. Chicken sea- 

 son commences September 15. There are 

 no quails, nor have there been any for sev- 

 eral years, on account of out of season 

 shooting. I like the way you give it to the 

 hogs. W. R. J., Chemung, 111. 



There are plenty of quails and grouse 

 here. They have wintered well and, with 

 a good summer for breeding, we will have 

 fine shooting next fall. The shooting sea- 

 son should open 2 weeks later than it does 

 under our present law. 



The prohibition of spring shooting pre- 

 vents' us from getting any snipe, as they 

 leave here before September 1st. 



P. D. Northrop, Penyann, Mich. 



Wolves are on the increase all the time, 

 and the damage done by them each year 

 is beyond my estimation. It is hardly pos- 

 sible to ride on the range and not see 5 or 

 6 coyotes or wolves. The only way to get 

 rid of them is for the State to offer a bounty 

 of $10 or $15 on wolves and $5 on coyotes. 

 Then in the course of 2 or 3 years «there 

 would not be many left. 



J. H. Soper, Cora, Mont. 



There is not much game here. I killed 

 about 20 birds last fall, mostly grouse. 

 I go to Nova Scotia or Canada every fall, 

 for 2 or 3 weeks' vacation. I got 59 birds 

 near Greenfield, N. S., last fall, chiefly 

 woodcock. ' There are lots of birds, but it 

 is not a very good place to shoot, as there 

 is so much brush. I have an excellent Eng- 

 lish setter. 



W. D. Johnston, Marlboro, Mass. 



There was never a finer prospect for 

 quails and turkeys than we have now. A 

 few days ago, I stood on my porch and 

 counted 8 wild hen turkeys in my lot, con- 

 voyed by a magnificent gobbler. Large 

 quantities of grain were sowed, so there will 

 be plenty of quails if the pot hunters will 

 give them a show. 



J R. Buford, Lawrenceville, Brunswick, 

 Va. . 



We have a great deal of game in this 

 section. Grouse are common. One man 

 last fall killed over 250 grouse within a 

 month. Trout fishing is also very good. 

 J. J. Murphy, Mitchell, Mont. 



And if you allow this kind of slaughter 

 to go on the time will soon come when you 

 wont have 250 grouse in your whole coun- 

 try. — Editor. 



t We now have a road opened through 

 from here to Teton basin, making a saving 

 of 60 miles to Jackson's Hole. This is a 

 good town for tourists to outfit in. All 

 tourists who desire to go to the Park via 

 Jackson's Hole should bear in mind that 

 Idaho Falls is now the railroad station, in- 

 stead of Market Lakes, as formerly. 



Dr. F. B. Jones, Idaho Falls, Idaho. 



In the fall we have duck and snipe, shoot- 

 ing; in summer good bass fishing. 



C. F. Boyd, Bath, 111. 



