
The Hoxie Bullet 
I am surprised that I have seen nothing 
in the Referendum department of REcRE- 
ATION concerning the new Hoxie mush- 
room bullet. I have been using them in 
my .30 caliber Savage, and would almost 
say there ought to be a law requiring 
hunters of big game to use no other bullet. 
It is the most humane bullet imaginable, 
because it is a perfect paralyzer. I would 
like to hear from others who are using 
the Hoxie, particularly from someone 
who has tried it on moose. Is it possible 
for a bullet to mushroom too much, so it 
does not penetrate far enough to cause a 
morta! wound or otherwise disable an ani- 
mal as large as a moose, supposing it 
strikes the shoulder? Wm. E. Mack. 
West Woodstock, Vt. 

Certainly 
Is it worth while to reload the .25-20 
with black powder and lead bullet for 
woodchucks ? 
With a resizer could the same shell 
be used four or five times safely? 
East Aurora, N. Y. PHILO FRITz. 
[Yes, 19 grains of black powder and a 
77-grain or an 86-grain bullet will do 
nicely for ’chucks. In the case of the 
.25-20 W. H. V. and similar smokeless 
loads the metal of the shells sometimes 
becomes strained and the cartridges will 
not stand reloading many times. When 
black powder is used one may reload 
sometimes a score of times.—ED. ] 

Skunks and Yellow-Jackets 
It has been some time since I wrote 
you anything about Lake Chelan. There 
is nothing new or startling to write about. 
The tourist season is over (October 15) and 
has been the shortest known on the lake. 
The fishing has been extra good. Judge 
E. Jaggard, of St. Paul, Minn., and S. H. 
Pendleton, of Santa Ana, Cal., both ex- 
fishermen, 
nounced it unequaled. Grouse shooting 
has been good, but they are high up on 
pert and _ enthusiastic pro- 
the mountains. Bears have been more 
numerous than usual. A party of three 
were out from the foot of the lake less 
than a week and returned with three black 
bears. 
Now for a question or two :— 
Do skunks clean out yellow-jacket 
nests? 
Is there such a duck as the black- 
headed widgeon? There have _ been 
several flocks of ducks on the lake lately 
that I am not familiar with and I have 
been told that they were widgeons. The 
duck is about the size of a bluebill, about 
the same color, with white feathers in its 
wings; head and bill shaped similar to 
those of a brant. 
Snow on the summits of the mountains 
is likely to drive the deer down. None 
have been killed this season. 
Jas. W. NICOL. 
Moore P. O., Wash. 
[We have always made it a rule not to 
investigate the habits of either skunks or 
yellow-jackets, and we cannot imagine 
anyone witnessing a cleaning out such as 
our correspondent suggests. 
The ducks referred to were probably 
white-winged scoters.—ED. ] 


A Squabble Over Squirrels 
I don’t agree with Wm. R. Lott, who, in 
the November RECREATION, criticised 
Ernest Cave’s article on shooting fox- 
squirrels with a 1l6-gauye gun. Further- 
more, I don’t believe he lives at Rainbow 
lake, Adirondacks. He lives in New York 
