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I expect to have a fine time hunting and 

 trapping this winter. I never saw gray- 

 squirrels more plentiful than they are this 

 spring. Turkeys seem abundant too, for 

 they are doing a lot of scratching among 

 fields; we hear them gobbling on all sides. 

 I heard 5, each in a different place. Pheas- 

 ants, foxes, skunks, muskrats and red squir- 

 rels are also abundant. 



Howard Bratton, Kishacoquilla, Pa. 



I hunted deer last fall in the Adirondacks. 

 For the first few days the weather was un- 

 favorable. I had one of the best guides in 

 that region — H. N. Mullin. I shot a large 

 doe with my .38-55 Marlin. The soft-nosed 

 bullet smashed her shoulder, turned upward 

 and cut off 4 ribs, then followed her back 

 bone, smashed her hip and lodged in the 

 hip joint. She was 12 rods away when shot. 

 D. M. H., Corning, N. Y. 



Fred. C. Woods, John Rourke, James 

 Rourke, Robert Lindsley, and G. B. Kirk- 

 patrick, Boston sportsmen, have leased land 

 and built a shooting lodge on Sagamore 

 hill, near the mouth of Ipswich river, Mass. 



The location is one of the best on the 

 North shore for ducks and shore birds. 



The lodge is a gem, furnished complete 

 with all the comforts of home. 



G. B. Kirkpatrick, Boston, Mass. 



Within 50 miles of Watertown,- N. Y., 

 we have plenty of deer, bear, grouse, 

 ducks, snipe, woodcock, gray squirrels and 

 brook trout, and the best small-mouth black 

 bass fishing, in the State. 



I have always opposed spring shooting 

 of wildfowl, and hope to live to see it 

 abolished. Under our present laws wild- 

 fowl are decreasing rapidly. 



W. H. Tallert, Watertown, N. Y. 



Less than 1-3 the number of deer were 

 killed in the Adirondacks, in 1897, than in 

 any of the 5 previous years. This was 

 solely because the use of hounds was not 

 permitted. What better object lesson could 

 we have to show that dogs should not be 

 used if we would have this noble game 

 preserved? Let us unite and secure better 

 legislation in the future. 



G. W. Humes, Harrisville, N. Y. 



It is reported that a most unmerciful 

 slaughter of big game took place last win- 

 ter, particularly in the Moosehead region. 

 The snow was nearly or quite 5 feet deep, 

 leaving the game at the mercy of the poach- 

 ers. It would not be difficult to exterminate 

 the moose if those who are in the woods 

 were disposed to do so. 



H. B. Tilden, Foxcroft, Me. 



are plentiful the year round, but are not 

 good after they have been in the small 

 streams awhile. Of course the elk are not 

 so numerous as they were, but there are a 

 few left. L. Littleton, Alicel, Ore. 



Last November 4 hunters camped in 

 Montmorency county, Mich., at T lake, so 

 named because of its shape. We got only 

 4 deer; but found small game such as 

 spruce hens, white rabbits, squirrels, and 

 coons plentiful ; also fish enough to supply 

 our camp. 



C. O. Gilkey, Plainwell, Mich. 



Game was plentiful here last season and 

 we had good sport shooting ducks, quails 

 and doves. Deer are not so numerous as 

 usual, on account of the increase of timber 

 wolves and mountain lions. 



Our game laws are good, and generally 

 observed except by the Indians. 



Armour Scholefield, Pantano, Ariz. 



If the close season were observed, and 

 hounding stopped, in a few years deer 

 would be plentiful. One man told me he 

 killed 4 deer in less than half an hour. 



E. M. H., Coroalis, Ore. 



We have little game here; only gray 

 squirrels, rabbits, and grouse, and a few 

 foxes. Fishing is good. We have trout, 

 bass, pickerel, and pike. 



R. B. B., Susquehanna, Pa. 



Has any reader of Recreation ever seen 

 a woodchuck driven into a tree by a dog? 

 I once saw it done, and have heard of other 

 instances. L. F. Boeltger, Jr., 



Callicoon Depot, N. Y. 



We have a flock of about 15 wild pigeons 

 nesting here in Susquehanna county, Pa., 

 and are doing all we can to protect them. 

 H. P. Mygant, Susquehanna, Pa. 



We 'have a few game hogs here, and a 

 little game. Last season 2 swine bagged 

 102 quails and 88 rabbits in half a day. 

 P. K. Dugan, Redlands, Cal. 



Will some reader kindly write for Rec- 

 reation a brief article on how to train dogs 

 to tree game and stay at the tree. 



R. T. Bartlett, Woodsville, N. H. 



If you don't kill the game hogs with 

 the first, just give 'em the other barrel. 

 R. E. Wilmot, Littleton, N. H. 



There are many grouse, prairie chickens, 

 Chinese pheasants, elk, deer and bear here ; 

 also plenty of good trout fishing. Salmon 



Am glad to see you roasting the game 

 and fish hogs. Give it to 'em hot. 



J. M. Lloyd, Winter Haven, Fla. 



Our sport here is chiefly ducks, chick- 

 ens and quails. No large game. 



H. D. Hardwick, Morristown, Minn. 



