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RECREATION. 



and feed. We camped out, in order to be on 

 the ground by day break. So did 75 others 

 of our kind. Almost every 50 yards along 

 the streams and bayous one or 2 men could 

 be seen. Daylight came arid the sun rose, 

 but only one duck was seen and killed, to 

 prove that this was a feeding ground. 



" How do you account for this farce? " I 

 asked of my companion who is a true sports- 

 man of the English type. He was silent for 

 a time and then replied: 



" You men down in New York are largely 

 responsible for it. You insist on a law which 

 allows ducks to be shot on Long Island 

 Sound in the spring. This is a general state 

 law which allows ducks to be shot every- 

 where and is off at the time when the black 

 and the wood ducks (which principally in- 

 habit the lake regions) are nesting and rais- 

 ing their young. Consequently they are all 

 killed off, and this fall we have no shooting 

 in this section, nor shall we have until the 

 law is changed to prohibit shooting ducks 

 in the spring except along the coast." 



It seems to me there is a chance here for 

 the L. A. S. to do some more good work. 



G. Lenox Curtis, M.D., New York City. 



ELK HUNTING IN WYOMING. 



In October, 1896, S., R., C. and I went to 

 the Wind river country to hunt elk. We 

 were no sooner on the game range, than 

 Mr. S. shot an antelope. At noon we 

 stopped at a small stream called Cotton- 

 wood — noted for its fine trout fishing. There 

 we fished 2 hours and caught 37 trout, run- 

 ning from 24 to 2>4 pounds. Then we went 

 on toward our old camp on Horse creek. 

 Before reaching it I shot a large buck deer. 

 Next morning we pulled out for Rock creek, 

 in the heart of the elk country. While at 

 supper in camp, that evening, we heard the 

 bugling of elk from all directions. In 2 days 

 we secured 9 elk. One of the 2 which fell 

 to my lot had magnificent antlers. They 

 spread 52 inches, and had 12 symmetrical 

 points. In addition, we killed another deer, 

 caught more trout and bagged 24 grouse. 

 Next day we started home, by easy stages, 

 with our load of elk. On the way we shot 

 7 antelope and one more deer. 



.45-90, Big Piney, Wyo. 



Why did you kill so much game? Were 

 you trying to make a record to boast of? 

 Or were you trying to exterminate it, so 

 that others could not kill any? On the face 

 of this story it looks as if you and S. R. C. 

 were entitled to a corner in the pig pen. — 

 Editor. 



WHERE TO FIND GAME. 



This county is one of the best in the State 

 for fishing and hunting. 



Deer were plentiful last season, and were 

 slaughtered by hundreds. One party of 7 



or 8 men were out 3 days and got 15 deer. 



Another of 3 men got 9 in one week. 



I killed my first deer in November. Res- 

 ident hunters are required to pay $1 for a 

 license, and outsiders are supposed to pay 

 $30. Our county clerk issued over 500 li- 

 censes. 



Half of the rifles used in this part of the 

 country are .38-40 Marlins. I use a .38-40 

 Winchester. 



A large buck was killed 6 or 7 miles from 

 town. Besides a pair of horns, it had over 

 its right eye a small horn, about i J / 2 inches 

 long. I think a deer with 3 horns is not 

 often seen. 



Grouse were thick last summer and fish- 

 ing was good. A muskalonge was caught 

 in Elk lake, weighing 27 pounds. 



A black bear was killed here which 

 weighed 300 pounds. Six or 7 black bears 

 were killed in this vicinity. I have seen 

 bear tracks often, but never had the luck to 

 see a bear. I am only 15 years old, and 

 didn't get " the buck-fever " when I shot 

 that deer. 



Spencer T. Murphy, Phillips, Wis. 



GROUSE AND FOXES. 



The scarcity of ruffed grouse in this vi- 

 cinity is a consequence of the abundance of 

 foxes. One has only to follow the track 

 of a fox to be led through the best grouse 

 cover in the region. And if the fox is 10 

 years old, he has traveled^ that same route 

 3,650 times. While still hunting foxes, last 

 winter, I saw 3 asleep during a day's hunt 

 in which I did not see one grouse. I have 

 tried many ways of fox hunting. Have fol- 

 lowed the hounds and been nearly frozen 

 waiting, on a runway, for the fox that never 

 came. The most sport with the least labor 

 is to still-hunt them as you would deer. 

 The fox is far more wary than a deer, 

 is 20 times smaller and can move 1,000 times 

 more quietly. If a twig strikes his side 

 while running, his fur deadens the sound; 

 while he can hear a twig strike a canvas coat 

 100 yards away. When you still hunt the 

 fox you are on the track of the most wily 

 animal on earth, and every faculty you pos- 

 sess will be taxed to its utmost to bring 

 him to bag. 



Geo. O. Greene, Princeton, 111. 



TEN SLEEP GUIDES. 



The most widely known and prosperous 

 of Ten Sleep guides is Milo A. ■ Burke, 

 whose ranch is beautifully located at the 

 mouth of Ten Sleep canyon. Mr. Burke 

 employs many guides. Only the best of 

 tourists can expect personal attention at his 

 hands, although he will furnish all with 

 capable guides and proper outfits for moun- 

 tain scrambling. He is a cultured gentle- 

 men as well as an all around Western man. 



Mark H. Warner is one of the best men 

 I met on my year's outing in the Big Horns. 

 His home is on Nowood river, just above 



