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RECREATION. 



hunted until an hour before sunset with- 

 out seeing a feather, although the dogs 

 •worked hard. As we were about to turn 

 back, I chanced to look around and saw 

 the dog standing as stiff as a tree in one 

 corner of the field. When the birds rose 

 we dropped 3. This, of course, put new 

 life into us. The dogs retrieved their birds 

 nicely and we started in pursuit of the scat- 

 tered covey, which had settled in chestnut 

 timber, bagging 5 more before dark. 



At one time my friend was 400 or 500 

 yards from me when he flushed and killed 

 a quail, firing both barrels. I saw a quail 

 coming toward me. When it saw me it 

 turned straight away and I fired. I could 

 see I had killed it, but although I saw it 

 turn over several times, and fall between 

 2 trees, the dogs failed to find it. While 

 searching for my bird, the boy found it. on 

 the side of a large chestnut. In falling it 

 struck the point of a projecting stick, which 

 passed through the body and out of the 

 back, holding it 10 feet above the ground. 

 Richard Hendrickson, Jr., 



Sea Cliff, L. I. 



IN SOUTHERN MONTANA. 

 In the fall of 1900 I fixed up a camping 

 outfit and with my wife went to Big Sheep 

 Creek basin, 20 miles distant. On the way 

 we caught a nice mess of trout. Arrived in 

 the basin, I took my shot gun and a few 

 shells and bagged 6 sage chickens. _ The 

 next day we merely fished a few minutes 

 and bagged 3 more chickens. The third 

 day we breakfasted early, and rode to 

 Dead Man's lake, taking our bedding, to 

 be prepared to remain over night if neces- 

 sary. This little lake is one of the best 

 for trout fishing in the Rocky mountains. 

 'While my wife fished I took my 30-30 

 Winchester and went to a good place for 

 deer. I was out 3 or 4 hours before I 

 saw something I took to be a deer. I 

 looked through my telescope and counted 

 6. Working my way within 250 yards I 

 lay down, took deliberate aim at a buck and 

 fired. The rest of them were soon out of 

 sight. I dressed my deer, a 3-pronged 

 buck, and hung him up. At camp I found 

 my wife had caught 9 2-pound trout. 

 Then I saddled up the horses and brought 

 in the buck. The next morning I shot an- 

 other deer at the water's edge. Then we 

 packed up and returned to our first camp. 

 John Patterson, Dell, Mont. 



GAME NOTES. 

 I have been a regular reader of your 

 glorious little magazine for several years. 

 I take other sportsmen's magazines, but 

 Recreation is above them all. The way 

 you roast the hogs amuses me. We have 

 a few specimens here, but as our game 

 laws are strict and well enforced, the swine 



can not greatly injure our game. Prairie 

 chickens, grouse, and quails are numerous. 

 We also have excellent duck and goose 

 shooting. I take much interest in game 

 protection. It is the duty of every sports- 

 man to do all he can to prevent game from 

 being slaughtered. You are doing all you 

 can and you have accomplished much. 

 Keep the good work going and we will 

 stay with you. 



F. J. Brechan, Chamberlain, S. D. 



I hand you a clipping from the Fort 

 Wayne (Ind.) Journal. You will see that 

 we do a little game protecting here. There 

 is such a thing as being too late, but Vol- 

 merding was a little too soon. Game is 

 scarce with us and needs all the protec- 

 tion we can give it. 



H. D. Stokes, Fort Wayne, Ind. 



Here is the clipping: 



Henry Volmerding was out a day or 2 ago with 

 his dog and gun, and fired one shot into a covey 

 of "quails. As far as he was able to tell he in- 

 flicted no damage on any of the birds. Deputy 

 Game and Fish Warden R. D. Fleming heard of 

 the matter and filed an affidavit in Justice Buller- 

 mann's court. Volmerding entered a plea of 

 guilty. He was fined $5 and costs, to which must 

 be added $20 that goes to the State, and all told, 

 he was compelled to pay $34 for his one shot. 



The laws respecting game in force in the North- 

 west Territories now apply to the following In- 

 dians, in the bands and agencies: 



Yellow Quill and Kinistino, at Touchwood hills. 



Cote, Key and Keeseehouse, at Pelly. 



James Smith and Cumberland, at Duck lake. 



Chippewyan, at Onion lake. 



Alexander, Joseph and Paul, at Edmonton. 



William Twatt, Petequakey, Mistawasis, Ah-tah- 

 ka-koop, Kenemotayo and Wah-pa-ton (Sioux), at 

 Carlton. 



Saddle Lake, Blue Quill, James Seenum and 

 Moose Woods (Sioux), at Saddle lake. — Calgary, 

 Alta., Herald. 



The 29th of December a carrier pigeon 

 came to me and has remained ever since. 

 On each leg is a silver band, with inscrip- 

 tion on one A. T. B., 22, 1899, and on the 

 other 48, 1901. Can you give me any in- 

 formation so I can find the right owner? 

 Eli F. Cushman, Bethel, Me. 



Lynxes and foxes are being brought in 

 every ^ day. G. C. Harrington caught a 

 lynx, in his trap, measuring 3 feet 11 inch- 

 es from tip of nose to tip of tail. 



H. R. Grey, Danby, Vt. 



There are a few grouse in the woods 

 South of this place. Game laws are not 

 enforced at all. 



G. E. Spendley, Syracuse, N. Y. 



Boast not, and the world knows not who 

 you are ; boast, and it despises you for 

 what you are, 



