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RECREATION. 



I should like to correspond with Recrea- 

 tion readers in Western Oregon and Wash- 

 ington relative to hunting and farming op- 

 portunities in that region. 



F. B. Barber, Colebrook, O. 



Black, brown and grizzly bears are fairly 

 plentiful here. Our brown and grizzly 

 bears are unusually large. I have seen one 

 hide that measured 6>4xii feet Deer are 

 abundant, but will not long remain so un- 

 less game laws are enacted for this Terri- 

 tory. Ducks are numerous, especially mal- 

 lard, teal, widgeon, spoonbill, scaup and 

 golden-eye. All are so wild, however, that 

 io or 12 is considered a large bag. 



W. W. Goldstein, Juneau, Alaska. 



We had good redhead and brant shoot- 

 ing at Chincoteague last season; also a 

 good flight of snipe, which seem on the 

 increase. Plenty of quails were left over. 

 In November we had the best flight of 

 woodcock known in many years. Our 

 game association is doing good work 

 through our wardens. We need a non- 

 resident license law. Can not you help us 

 get it? 



Henry E. Byrd, Temperanceville, Va. 



I seldom miss the open season for deer. 

 There were 3 men in our party last Novem- 

 ber. We hunted in Schoolcraft county, 

 Michigan. Deer were plentiful, but ex- 

 tremely hard to locate, owing to the carpet 

 of dry leaves in the forest. We were suc- 

 cessful in getting one deer each, and a pe- 

 culiar feature was that they were all year- 

 ling bucks, so you may class us as "short 

 horns." A. A. Divine, Elk Rapids, Mich. 



Chickens, quails and squirrels are fairly 

 plentiful here. Foxes and wolves keep rab- 

 bits from becoming numerous. Game hogs 

 and pot hunters have things their own 

 way. Ducks are abundant. The Rice Pond 

 Club has a great tract of fenced land on 

 which they feed ducks 5 days a week and 

 slaughter them the other 2. One member 

 killed $1,700 worth of ducks last fall. 



C. E. Hinch, Washburn, 111. 



Prairie chickens and quails were plentiful 

 here last fall. Though a great deal of 

 market hunting was done during the open 

 .season, birds are to be found in large num- 

 ber now. There is some talk of a 5 year 

 law in this State. If such a law shall be 

 passed there will be a good prospect for 

 abundance of chickens and quails in this 

 part of the State for years to come. 



Geo. N. Nellis, Dannebrog, Neb. 



In my opinion Recreation is the best 

 sportsmen's magazine published. I ap- 



prove the stand you have taken for game 

 protection and the manner in which you 

 deal with game hogs. That class of people 

 can not be too harshly dealt with. As they 

 have no sympathy for the game they so 

 ruthlessly slaughter, no sympathy should be 

 shown them. 



Dr. C. B. Corson, Renova, Pa. 



There was but little illegal hunting in 

 this vicinity last winter. A few deer were 

 brought here from Pasaconaway and sold 

 surreptitiously; but the hounds that form- 

 erly chased our deer have disappeared. 

 The dogs went into the woods and stayed 

 there. A number were found with holes in 

 vital parts of their anatomy, which may 

 have been made by rifle bullets. 



H. N. Chase, Conway, N. H. 



The Supreme Court in denying the application 

 for a writ of habeas corpus in the test case of 

 John F. Corriea, has affirmed the constitutionality 

 of that section of the new game law known as 

 the "bag limit," which prohibits any person 

 from having in his possession more than 50 

 ducks or doves, or 25 quails in any one calendar 

 day during the open season. — California Paper. 



We have rabbits, squirrels, prairie chick- 

 ens and a few ducks and grouse. Two 

 wolves were shot here last spring after they 

 had killed a number of lambs. Rabbits are 

 becoming scarce because so many of our 

 people use ferrits. 



W. P. Hollister, Dodges Corners, Wis. 



. I enjoy trout fishing and shooting. We 

 have lots of both in this Northern part of 

 Ontario. I admire the way Recreation 

 criticises those over zealous sportsmen who 

 slaughter game. V. C. Marshall, 



Owen Sound, Ont, Can. 



Deer, grouse and chickens are plentiful 

 here. Antelope are becoming scarce. Beav- 

 ers are getting so numerous that they inter- 

 fere with irrigation by damming creeks 

 and ditches. F. W., Big Elk, Mont. 



Farmers here tell me that prairie chick- 

 ens are as plentiful as blackbirds, so we 

 may expect good shooting. The law will 

 be more rigidly enforced. 



L. Shannon, Audubon, Minn. 



The game in this and adjoining counties 

 consists of a few rabbits and squirrels. A 

 good shot seldom secures more than 5 rab- 

 bits in a day. 



James Jones,- South Bethlehem, Pa. 



I was out several times last summer-look- 

 ing to see how the quails were getting on. 

 We are going to have a large crop. 

 R. H. McCoy, Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



