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deer, for at any time after it becomes a few 

 weeks old it can run as fast as its dam. 



Therefore, each moose calf caught means 

 the death of one cow moose — perhaps 2 or 

 3, for you cannot always catch the calf. The 

 game wardens should know this; therefore 

 I write it to Recreation, for that is the best 

 way to enlighten them. 



E. A. White, Ely, Minn. 



SIX DEER AT THREE SHOTS. 



Ten years ago I was a gamekeeper in 

 Germany. I was ordered to kill a spike 

 buck. I still-hunted the edge of the forest 

 until I saw, outside in the open, a band of 

 7 deer, does, fawns and a buck. I crept 

 within 100 yards and was ready to shoot. 

 The buck was in the centre of the bunch, 

 and I waited for the deer to scatter. At 

 last only one doe stood between me and 

 the buck. When she threw up her head 

 I had a clear view of his shoulder. % Watch- 

 ing my chance, I fired as she raised her 

 head, and the buck dropped with a bullet 

 through his heart. The rest of the band 

 ran a little way and turned into the wood. 



A few days after, I passed the place where 

 the deer entered the forest. About 10 steps 

 from the edge lay a dead doe. The bullet 

 that killed the buck had first cut her throat. 

 I dug a hole and buried her, without telling 

 my employer, as the accident would have 

 <rost me my position. 



A year later I was told to kill a yearling 

 doe. It was nearly dusk before I found 2 

 deer feeding, a yearling and an old doe. It 

 was almost too dark for fine shooting, but 

 I had to take home a deer. I pulled the 

 trigger. The yearling dropped dead with 

 .a broken neck and the old doe ran into a 

 thicket. There I found her afterward; the 

 bullet that killed the yearling also killed her. 



Since coming to this country I killed a 

 doe, running just below the brow of a hill, 

 and with the same shot killed a fawn at 

 her side which I had not seen. 



In Germany, of course, I could often have 

 killed 2 or 3 deer at a shot, and had to be 

 careful to avoid doing so. Here in Mon- 

 tana I have twice had opportunities for 

 double shots, once at antelope and once at 

 sheep, but in neither case did I fire. 



N. Prehm, Bannock City, Mont. 



WITH THE DEER. 



Fordyce, Ark. 



Editor Recreation: " Everybody ready? 

 Then get up, Pete," and we started on our 

 annual hunting trip. Oui destination was 

 the big woods up on Sabine river. We 

 jogged leisurely along and late in the after- 

 noon reached the home of Mr. Hudson, in 

 the centre of the woods. We drove into 

 his wood lot, unhitched the tired horses and 

 prepared supper. 



At daybreak next morning we were eat- 

 ing breakfast, and soon after were ready for 

 the chase. 



In the " drive " it fell to my lot to take the 

 first " stand." I waited and listened, but the 

 dogs did not come my way. Bang! roared 

 a breechloader, in the distance. I was not 

 long in reaching the fellow who fired. He 

 said he had crippled a small deer. I at once 

 blew my horn for the dogs. When they 

 came I put them on the trail, and they soon 

 had the deer up and going. It wasn't long 

 before it attempted to run over one of our 

 " sure " men and was promptly filled with 

 buck-shot. It proved to be a large doe, in 

 good condition. I took the deer to camp 

 on my horse and soon had steak enough 

 cooked for us all. 



After dinner 2 men took the dogs and 

 began another drive. They ended an ex- 

 citing chase, and more or less shooting, by 

 killing a fawn about as large as a rabbit. 

 It was then getting late and we put in the 

 rest of the afternoon eating waterm&lons. 



Early next morning we made a drive and 

 killed a big buck. He weighed 162 pounds 

 net. We got in about 1 p.m., cooked and 

 ate dinner and struck camp, as that finished 

 our hunt. Harry Atkinson. 



THERE THE MOOSE ARE, ALSO. 



Warren, Minn. 



Editor Recreation: Game was never 

 more plentiful in this vicinity than this sea- 

 son. Last winter the snow came too late, 

 and it was hard to get a shot, so not much 

 was killed. The wolves did little damage, 

 owing to the light fall of snow. 



I came down Red Lake river early in 

 July, in a skiff. We ran 100 miles in 2 

 nights and a day. We saw 3 families of 

 moose in the river, driven in by mosquitoes 

 at night. The only moose we saw by day- 

 light was a calf. It stood on the shore, and 

 made no move as we passed. 



Prairie chickens and grouse are more 

 plentiful than for several years. Geese and 

 ducks have hatched better than last year 

 and as feed is more abundant we expect 

 them to stay here until it freezes up. Last 

 year there was little feed for them and they 

 left early. 



There are a few elk, but this is a moose 

 country, being rather marshy, interspersed 

 with spruce groves, affording good range for 

 moose. They have been protected by law 

 for a number of years and have increased so 

 much that it is no trick at all to get what 

 the law allows, one bull to each hunter. 

 Bear are also fairly numerous. 



If you are going for a hunt and want to 

 find a guide, go to Thief River Falls, Polk 

 County, Minn. The Great Northern rail- 

 way runs to the falls, 300 miles North of St. 

 Paul. E. Slee. 



DISAPPOINTED HUNTERS. 



I accepted an invitation last fall to join 



friends in the opening day's shooting at 



black and wood ducks, at the inlet of Canan- 



daigua lake, which affords abundant cover 



