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Eleven property owners of the town of Wood- 

 stock, who own over 2,000 acres each, have 

 posted notices that any person hunting on their 

 lands will he a trespasser. It has made the crack 

 shots who visit Woodstock to shoot woodcock, 

 quail and grouse look serious. — Kingston (N. Y.) 

 Daily Leader. 



The crack shots spoken of above are 

 mostly game hogs or pot hunters in the 

 Western part of the town. I have had over 

 2,000 more acres posted and we are going 

 to protect quails and other birds if it is 

 possible. There is a flock of 15 or 18 

 quails that makes its headquarters near our 

 house. I am going to bait them and see 

 if I can get them to feed with the chickens. 

 I am sure quails are being shot before the 

 season by rabbit and squirrel hunters. If 

 we could have a uniform season for all 

 game it would be a good thing. 



W. S. Mead, Woodstock, N. Y. 



_ London.— Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, Spe- 

 cial Commissioner for the Uganda Protectorate, 

 has returned to London after an absence of 2 

 years. He brings stories of Uganda rivaling any 

 traveler's tales of Darkest Africa. Sir Harry 

 relates that the country surrounding Moantelgon 

 is totally depopulated, as a result of intertribal 

 wars, and is consequently marvellously stocked 

 with big game as tame as English park deer. Ze- 

 bras and antelopes can be approached to within 

 10 yards, and there is no sport in killing them. 

 Elephants and rhinoceroses are also abundant, and, 

 according to Sir Harry, lions in Uganda are too 

 busy eating hartebeeste to notice a passing cara- 

 van. The prehistoric giraffe has been discovered 

 in this country by the Commissioner, who pro- 

 poses to maintain the region referred to as a na- 

 tional park He photographed a race of ape 

 men in the Congo forest differing entirely from 

 Stanley's pigmies, and secured phonograph rec- 

 ords of their language and music. Sir Harry 

 says that 12 varieties of rubber trees are found 

 in that country in inexhaustible supply. — Ex- 

 change. 



One morning last July, Dr. P., of this 

 city, and I went torcaz shooting in the 

 manglares, at the mouth of the Rio Cana, 

 3 miles from Trinidad. We stationed our- 

 selves on a sandy beach, and in less than 

 an hour shot 12 torcaces as they passed 

 over us to their feeding grounds. It was 

 great sport. Quails are abundant; their call 

 is heard everywhere. In May a flock of 

 bobolinks, or reedbirds, in full summer 

 plumage, appeared in this vicinity. Imme- 

 diately men and boys with trap cages and 

 bird lime, scattered themselves all over the 

 country. Many birds were caught. I 

 bought 2 after considerable trouble for $2 

 each. They are handsome birds and sing 

 beautifully. O. A, Fischer, 



Trinidad, Cuba. 



Some folks want a cannon when they 

 hunt grizzly, but all they really need is a 

 little grit. My partner and I have about 

 2,000 sheep on the range. A grizzly came 

 to camp and killed 5 of them. Next morn- 

 ing we started out to get even. My part- 

 ner carried our only gun, a 32-20 Win- 



chester. Our dogs followed the trail into 

 a gulch, and when we caught up with them 

 they had 2 grizzlies at bay. A single shot 

 from the little gun killed one bear instant- 

 ly. Then the lever got locked in some way. 

 The other bear had our best dog down. 

 My partner went in with his knife and 

 killed the brute, receiving 3 bad scratches 

 in the mix-up. Bear are much too plentiful 

 here. Herder, Grant's Pass, Ida. 



Game in the upper peninsula is not as 

 plentiful as formerly. In this section it 

 consists chiefly of rabbits, with a few 

 grouse and fewer ducks. I live on the 

 shore of Green bay and see great flights of 

 ducks, but as there is nothing for them to 

 feed on here they do not stop. The deer 

 allowance has been cut down to 3 ; one of 

 the best moves Michigan's legislature ever 

 made. There was great slaughter of deer 

 last season, mostly around Floodwood and 

 Balsam, 90 miles from here. The shores 

 of Green Bay north of Menominee afford 

 splendid camping grounds, and a prettier 

 spot could not be found 



Gilbert Taylor, Menominee, Mich. 



> The law is enforced in this sec- 

 tion of Montana. Deputy warden fol- 

 lowed me 100 miles to see that I had a 

 license to hunt. Good work ! An elk came 

 to camp a week ago, 6 points, and the meat 

 is now prime. Sheep are in evidence in 

 Montana, but are protected. Missed a 

 dandy herd just across the line, but hope 

 to get one later. Trout here are plentiful 

 and grouse abundant. Deer tracks are 

 numerous ; the animals are probably lower 

 down now. All sorts of game passes here, 

 including bear and moose. Charles Marble 

 is proving a good, careful guide. 

 T. P. Berens, M. D., 



Salesville, Mont. 



Quails are exceedingly plentiful. I have 

 counted broods of 20 young birds. 



Cotton tails are here in countless num- 

 bers and jack rabbits may be found behind 

 every sage bush. 



Of larger game, we have coyotes, coons, 

 deer, antelope and a few mountain lions 

 and bear, to say nothing of bobcats, or 

 lynx, that are the bane of the ranchero who 

 has sheep or chickens. 



This seems an exceptionally good year for 

 game of all kinds. W. W. Schmidt, 



Las Cruces, N. M. 



Around Fort Mitchell we have turkeys, 

 quails, squirrels, rabbits and some deer. 

 Eight or 10 of the latter were killed near 

 here last fall. Turkeys are more numerous 

 than they have been in years. We have 

 also a fair number of woodcock. Have been 

 doing my best to protect game and have 



