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the mouth of Ten Sleep. He is a com- 

 panionable man, a master of the rifle and of 

 the mysteries of packing. The mountains 

 which overhang his home are an open book 

 to him. 



James Fullerton is too < well known to 

 sportsmen to require attention at my hands. 

 I did not meet him, but he is everywhere 

 praised. 



Geo. McClellen is a gentleman whom to 

 know is a pleasure. 



Dr. A. J. Woodcock, Byron, 111. 



HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA. 



I went to the West coast of Florida last 

 winter. Bear and deer are scarce, but tur- 

 keys still abound ; and in an experience of 

 15 years I have failed to find finer country 

 for quails. It is open, free from underbrush 

 and dotted with hundreds of small clear 

 lakes. These afford excellent duck shooting 

 and, in the spring, fine trout fishing. 



Lake Jackson, in the Northwestern part 

 of the State, is especially famed for the 

 number of wildfowl that congregate on it. 



We spent several days in that neighbor- 

 hood, making Tallahassee our headquarters. 

 From there we went to St. Marks for a few 

 days' fishing. No finer salt water fishing 

 exists than is to be found all the way from 

 St. Marks to Pensacola. 



On our way up we stopped at St. An- 

 drews bay, a beautiful sheet of water as 

 clear as a crystal. We secured a few ducks 

 here and saw several geese, but the latter 

 were wild. 



Charles S. Brown, Cleveland, O. 



A CAMP HUNT AT GRAND RAPIDS. 



Four of us, J. E. Dougherty, Samuel 

 Rogers, W. C. McKnight and I, started for 

 Grand Rapids, Minn., to hunt deer and 

 moose. On the train we met O. H. Gill, 

 of Crawfordsville, Ind., Frank Dunkle and 

 O. B. Shobe, of Linden, Ind., who were 

 bound for the same place, and we joined 

 forces. We put up at the Gladstone House, 

 and the landlord, Mr. John Doran, agreed 

 to guide us to our hunting ground, 50 miles 

 North of Grand Rapids. We left for the 

 woods Wednesday morning and arrived at 

 our destination Thursday noon. 



We were in camp nearly 3 weeks, during 

 which time we killed 13 deer, 2 moose, one 

 fox and many grouse and squirrels. Mr. 

 Dougherty was the first to get a moose. 

 Its antlers spread 48 inches. Sam Rogers 

 and Mr. McKnight were the next lucky 

 ones. Together they secured a large moose. 



The rest of us had to be content with 

 smaller game, but all greatly enjoyed the 

 trip. C. S. Day. 



AN ILLINOIS SIDE HUNT. 



We do not have much game here, nor is 



it a wonder, considering the way our game 



is slaughtered. One of those infernal side 



hunts took place here lately. The leaders in 



it were H. C. Richardson and C. L. Wilson. 

 Some of the participants were Clem Smith, 

 Gerome Smith, Charles Vandere, Walter 

 Hicks, George Wolfe, Ed. Barbre, Bill Rid- 

 dle, Dr. Eaton, George Walker and Bob 

 Best. 



Clem Smith obtained the largest number 

 of points — 510. It is said he killed yellow 

 hammers, or flickers as they are sometimes 

 called, and after pulling off their heads and 

 tails passed them in for quails! This was 

 in the close season, too, but that doesn't 

 make much difference here. Almost every- 

 one kills quails in the close season if he gets 

 the chance. We need just such an organ- 

 ization as the L. A. S. 



Chester R. Logan, Edinburg, 111. 



GAME NOTES. 



A reader of Recreation in Aurora, 111., 

 sent me a newspaper clipping, stating that 

 one Isaac Martin, of that place, was boasting 

 of having killed 65 prairie chickens in one 

 day. My correspondent asked me to place 

 this man where he belongs, but I thought it 

 best first to ask him whether the report were 

 true. I did so, and under date of September 

 29th he writes me as follows: 



" It is a fact that I killed 65 prairie chick- 

 ens on the 15th of this month, the day the 

 season opened. They were killed within 30 

 miles of Aurora. Yours truly, 



" Isaac Martin." 



It is strange that at this late day a man 

 can be found anywhere who will unblush- 

 ingly assert that he has made a beast of him' 

 self as Mr. Martin does. Thousands of men 

 have learned, within the past few years, that 

 a man who kills such a bag of game as this 

 disgraces himself; but Mr. Martin seems not 

 to have learned it yet. It is hoped this will 

 enlighten him as to what the public thinks 

 of him, and that he may never again be guil- 

 ty of such slaughter. — Editor. 



Being a sportsman, I am naturally inter- 

 ested in laws for the protection of game. 

 I am much dissatisfied with the game law 

 as it now stands, and think I voice the sen- 

 timent of the better class of sportsmen of 

 this county. As the law now is, we have an 

 open season on woodcock during the month 

 of July. This gives unprincipled men the 

 chance to shoot all kinds of game. I saw 

 where a number of grouse had been shot 

 last July. I have heard several sportsmen 

 say that many more grouse were killed in 

 that month than during the legal open sea- 

 son. It would be much better to have the 

 season open the first of September. This 

 would give us some woodcock shooting, 

 and if we saw a man afield with dog and 

 gun, in July, we would know he was vio- 

 lating the law. I am much pleased with 

 Recreation and the way it shows up the 

 game hogs. Uno, Ansonia, Pa. 



