FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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I have been a reader of Recreation the 

 past 3 years, and especially enjoy the game 

 notes. I like also your way of handling 

 game hogs. The harder these things are 

 dealt with the quicker will game and fishes 

 increase. 



Rabbits and quails were plentiful here 

 last fall ; grouse were scarce and those few 

 that had escaped the pot hunters of the 

 previous fall were careful not to show their 

 tail feathers this fall. 



There still remain a few game and fish 

 hogs in this State, but they are being re- 

 formed by the persistent efforts of our bet- 

 ter class of sportsmen, most of whom see 

 that now if ever is the time to save what 

 game and fishes remain. With the aid of 

 Recreation we hope to gain our end. 



L. A. S. 3,230, Providence, R. I. 



Dell Andrews, of Greenville, Pa., has broken 

 the record for duck shooting at Conneaut lake so 

 far this season. Thursday he shot 164 ducks and 

 one loon, and yesterday he resumed the killing. — 

 Pennsylvania paper. 



I did kill 164 ducks April 23, 1903. 



Dell Andrews, Greenville, Pa. 



Which simply proves that you either can 

 not read or are too lazy to read. If you 

 would read a few issues of Recreation and 

 learn how generally such slaughter as this 

 is condemned, it is safe to say you would 

 not be guilty of it. Possibly you have no 

 regard for the opinions of others, but it is 

 more likely that you are grossly and dense- 

 ly ignorant of the subject of true sports- 

 manship. I advise you to read Recreation 

 a few months and you will know a lot more 

 than you do now. Meantime, your num- 

 ber in the game hog pen is 889. — Editor.. 



I always buy Recreation when possible, 

 and am especially interested in the gun and 

 ammunition department. I am also much 

 interested in the preservation of game. Be- 

 ing a hunter myself, I do all I can for the 

 cause, but it is of little use, as this region is 

 famous for its game hogs and disregard of 

 all game and fish laws. I live 6 miles 

 from Northville, just over the Hamilton 

 county line, in the edge of the most lawless 

 region of Hamilton county, famed for its 

 lawlessness. The inhabitants of this sec- 

 tion openly boast of killing deer in the win- 

 ter, and it is not uncommon to see 5 to 10 

 deer brought boldly in. Hounding and 

 jacking are carried on openly. The deputy 

 game warden is one of the worst game law 

 violators in the country. 



M. S. Brown, Northville, N. Y. 



hunts, that are held in different parts of 

 this country. The people in this section of 

 the Keystone State are not so degraded as 

 to commit such barbarous acts, and I never 

 heard of such a thing as a side hunt until 

 reading of it in your magazine. Of course 

 the game laws are violated here, but, 

 thanks to the strenuous efforts of the L. A. 

 S. and other protective organizations, the 

 violations are becoming fewer every year. 

 Nearly everyone is in favor of protecting 

 game, and many sportsmen are working 

 hard toward that end. 



Harry P. Hays, Hollidaysburg, Pa. 



In April Recreation you published an 

 account of my hunting in Northern Michi- 

 gan. I received many letters about the 

 article from different people, among them 

 one letter from a gentleman in Ohio or In- 

 diana, asking for information. In some way 

 I lost the letter and have been unable to 

 answer it. Will you please print this state- 

 ment in Recreation so that the writer will 

 he will write again I shall be glad to 

 answer. 



J. J. McCormick, Ann Arbor, Mich. 



714 Fuller avenue. 



Plenty of turkeys are reported 5 or 

 10 miles East of here, and many quails 

 near. This country will be settled be- 

 fore many years, and turkeys and deer will 

 be gone, except in the rough country be- 

 tween here and Arkansas, where they will 

 last a little longer. 



J. E. Jones, Atoka, I. T. 



I have been a reader of Recreation for 

 years. I heartily agree with your view in 

 regard to game protection. I remember 

 when game was plentiful here ; now it is 

 scarce indeed. I wish you God speed in 

 your roasting of game and fish hogs. 



Van F. Grover, Stillwell, Ind. 



I enclose a leg band marked "G. A., 

 6827," taken by Frank Valencourt from the 

 partly decomposed body of a carrier pigeon 

 found on the railroad track at this place, 

 June 14, '03. 



Bert Lynch, East Pepperell, Mass. 



It has been a great surprise to me to read 

 in Recreation of the large number of brutal 

 and inhuman exhibitions, known as side 



Are you interested in hunting, fishing, 

 natural history, game protection or amateur 

 photography? If so you should be a sub- 

 scriber to Recreation. Send in your $1 

 now. The stories in Recreation are the 

 actual^ experiences and observations of men 

 who live out of doors, who shoot, fish, pho- 

 tograph and study nature; and they depict 

 outdoor life as it is. If you wish to be one 

 of them subscribe for Recreation^ 



