216 | RECREATION. : 
a letter from you; and like many other 
youthful follies, it happened so long ago, 
that I can only smile at it. 
C. H. Wincor, Sioux Falls, S. D. 

GAME NOTES. 
There is usually plenty of game here and 
in Indian Territory, only 4 miles South; 
there are also plenty of hunters, game hogs, 
and fellows who hunt game out of season. 
The latter are already at work, a month be- 
fore the open season. How can this be 
stopped? We have no game warden. Quails 
are more plentiful than for several years, 
and lots of them are not half grown yet. 
Ducks are beginning to come in fast, mostly 
blue wing teal, with a few pintails and mal- 
lards. They no more than alight before 
there is a volley fired into them by fellows 
who do nothing but hunt for the market. 
We have a few jack snipe and rail, but they 
do not stay long. I like Recreation better 
than any other magazine. I wish you could 
put the hogs in a real pen; then there would 
be some chance for the sportsman who is a 
gentleman. 
J. L. Hitchcock, Coffeyville, Kan. 

I read with disgust the letter, in October 
RECREATION, from the 3 shoats of Ashland, 
Ojegon—Casey, Hogan and Dunn—who 
“shot 193 ducks in 5 hours; mostly big 
ducks.” The game law of their State 
says: “It shall be unlawful for any per- 
son to kill more than 100 of the herein- 
before enumerated ducks in one week, or 
more than 50 in any one day.” Looks to 
me like a case for the warden, if they have 
any in Oregon. Anyway, I'll bet the 
bristles on that trio are so stiff you could 
stick them through an oak plank. 
G. S. Edmunds, Waterville, Me. 

I am much interested in RECREATION, and 
am glad to see the vigor with which you 
roast the game hog. We have our share 
of them here; perhaps more of them than 
the East, as this is a new country where 
game abounds. In spite of the hogs, large 
game is on the increase. The Mongolian 
pheasant does not gain ground and grouse 
are giving way, but deer, elk, bear and trout 
are on the increase, in spite of the dirty 
work carried on in some localities. I hope 
game protection may be firmly established 
here before it is too late. 
Elbert Watt, Salem, Ore. 

A friend said he knew where the woods 
were full of grouse and that they were so 
saucy they would make faces at us as we 
passed; so this friend and I drove out 
there, accomnanied by my English setter, 
Dick. We managed to find 2 grouse just 
before it got dark. One was dropped by 
that Syracuse you gave me last January. 
The-other is still going. Dick found him 
3 times for my friend, but somehow his gun 
was stubborn. Dick is now interviewing 
the bones of the grouse I killed. 
L, N. Van Duzer, Grand Haven, Mich. 

Is there any authentic case on record of 
finding bull moose dead with locked horns? 
I did not suppose it to be possible and never 
heard of it before, but such a case now ex- 
ists. The moose were found near our 
camp, soon after the tragedy had been en- 
acted and the moose were still warm. This 
may be a common occurrence, but is new 
to me and none of our party had ever heard 
of such a thing. 
H. A. Morgan, Albert Lea, Minn. 
Does any reader of RECREATION know of 
such a case ?—EpITor. 

We have excellent duck, goose and chick- 
en shooting here, also some game hogs, 
though not so many as one would expect in 
a country where small game is so plentiful. 
I use a lever action pump gun, and probably 
always shall, but I know. enough to quit 
with a decent bag. A pump gun will not 
make a hog of a gentleman any more than 
a double or single gun will make a gentle- 
man of a game hog. . 
M. C. Johnston, M. D., Hope, N. D. 

Our duck and goose shooting was excel- 
lent last fall. Our flights of ducks and 
geese grow larger every year. The marshes 
are full of mallards and geese about 6 
weeks in the fall. > 
Norman Miller, Virden, Man. 

We have many game and fish hogs around 
here. I was one myself before I read 
RECREATION. They need the L. A. S. to 
pull their bristles. 
G. F. Whitmore, Martinsburg, W. Va. 

Grouse were plentiful here last fall, br ’ 
they were wild and few were killed. I wi \ 
you success in your war against the gary 
hog. 
Lyman Brooks, Charlestown, N. H. 

Does any reader of RECREATION know } 
good way to trap sparrows? If so, will te 
kindly describe same for the benefit of 
RECREATION readers ?—EDITOR. 

Quails are abundant here, also rabbits and 
ground squirrels. I understand that deer 
are plentiful back in the hills. 
E. A. Wright, Los Angeles, Cal. 
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