FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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in the heart of the elk country, and fully 

 10,000 elk enter it yearly. 



Nimrod, Irma, Wyo. 



NEW HUNTING COAT. 

 925,903. — Combination. Outer Garment. 

 Frank Wilcomb, Norristown, Pa. 

 Filed March 21, 1902. Serial No. 

 99,279. (No model.) 



Claim. — 1. A sleeveless shooting coat of 

 skeleton form having strips to pass over 

 the shoulders connecting the front and 

 back sections of the coat, said coat having 

 openings at the sides below the armholes 

 to give ventilation and easy access to the 

 interior of the coat, cross pieces to connect 

 the front section and the back section, am- 

 munition pockets in the front section, game 

 pockets in said sections below the ammu- 

 nition pockets, a game pouch on the inside 

 of the back section accessible from the 

 side and a game pouch on the outside of 

 the back section open at top. 



THREE WEEKS IN CAMP. 

 Last November I went to the Upper Pen- 

 insula for my annual deer hunt, with a 

 party of 7. We took a new route and 

 found plenty of deer, some bears, lots of 

 rabbits, ruffed grouse, and few hunters. Near 

 the railroad there were so many hunters, 

 most of whom used high power rifles, 

 that' a man might as well go to war as to 

 go hunting. One man fired at a deer, the 

 bullet going through the animal and killing 

 a man about 80 rods beyond. There should 

 be a law prohibiting the use of high power 

 rifles for game no larger than deer. The 

 boys made fun of my old .38-40 Colt ; they 

 all had .32-40 smokeless and .40-82 rifles. 

 I told them I could get rabbits for camp if 

 nothing else. The first evening, in return- 

 ing to camp when it was too dark to see 

 my sights, 4 deer passed me at about 60 

 yards. On the 10th I killed a 201-pound 



buck. The morning of the 13th, which 

 was rainy and foggy, I was in a heavy 

 thicket when I heard a noise like trees 

 rubbing together. Then I saw a pair of 

 antlers through the brush about 60 yards 

 away. I fired, the result being a 4-point 

 189-pound buck. That made a pair hard to 

 beat. The boys almost carried me on their 

 shoulders that night. That far they had 

 killed only 2 fawns. We remained in camp 

 3 weeks and got 10 deer in all, 7 of them 

 bucks ; and shot all the rabbits we needed, 

 some grouse and a few gray squirrels. 



O. P. Barber, Central Lake, Mich. 



PATENT DECOY. 

 722,682. — Decoy. Henry S. Dills, Au- 

 burn, Ind. Filed June 16, 1902. SeriaJ 

 No. 111,982. (No model.) 



Claim. — 1. A decoy comprising a float 

 having a profile detachably connected there- 

 with, and a balance comprising a weighted 

 bail conforming to the outlines of the float 

 and connected movably by its free end 

 thereto, and means for supporting said 

 bail in engagement with the float and in 

 horizontal alinement therewith when said 

 bail is not* in use. 



TRY A PAGE FENCE. 



For some time I have been an interested 

 reader of Recreation and an ardent advo- 

 cate of game protection as well, yet I am a 

 law breaker in one sense. Deer are abun- 

 dant here, and in some localities it is diffi- 

 cult to prevent them from destroying the 

 crops. Residents of this section kill deer 

 at all seasons, but while we are all guilty 

 in this sense, hide hunting and other need- 

 less killing are not tolerated. What do you 

 consider me? In the early days game was 

 killed principally for food, and in this State 

 many families depend largely on game for 

 sustenance. When game becomes so scarce 



