FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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October. Then T spent a day with the 

 teal and bagged 43. 



G. A. Hoagland, Omaha, Nebr. 

 And that is at least 3 times as many as 

 you should have killed in a day. Nowa- 

 days decent sportsmen are content .to 

 quit when they get 10 or 15 ducks in a 

 day's shooting. — Editor. 



In May Recreation I read a communi- 

 cation from Quaker, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Having been a resident of Wyoming over 

 30 years, I can not pass that by, though I 

 presume I shall make Mr. Quaker's bris- 

 tles rise. I suppose it would please all 

 the swine, if the people of Wyoming would 

 say, "Come on, piggy, we have a few 

 deer and antelope left, and you might pos- 

 sibly find a live elk ready to be slaugh- 

 tered." Quaker is, undoubtedly, one of 

 those men who stop in their career of de- 

 struction only when they can not find any- 

 thing more to destroy. I assure him that 

 the people of Wyoming will be only too 

 glad to keep what game there is left and 

 dispense with his porcine presence here- 

 after. C. W. Morgareidge, Wolf, Wyo. 



The late Wm. S. Kimball of Rochester, 

 N. Y., was the prime mover in introducing 

 North Carolina and Virginia quail on this 

 island in '8q-'9o. He also introduced cot- 

 ton-tails, jack rabbits and white hares. 

 People began shooting the quails before 

 they had time to increase, so we had a 

 3-year prohibitive law passed by the Leg- 

 islature. Since that expired the birds 

 have had only the protection afforded by 

 the State law. Natural conditions have 

 prevented their becoming numerous. 

 Neither Mr. Kimball nor I ever shot one, 

 although they were turned out on the 

 Kimball & Hills farms, nor have I heard 

 of a man shooting them who was interested 

 in bringing them here. 



Isaac Hills, 'Sconset, Mass. 



Let me confirm the statement made by 

 Mr. John Sharp, State Fish and Game 

 Commissioner of Utah, and ask you to 

 turn your big guns on our law makers. 

 Every word of Mr. Sharp's statement is 

 lamentably true. You brand a man that 

 takes more than his share a hog. Try to 

 find as good a name for men who have it 

 in their power to preserve the fish, yet 

 willfully ignore and disregard their duty, 

 and let millions of fish run out in fields 

 and meadows to die each year. They, like 

 their constituents, meanly begrudge the 

 few cents it would cost to screen their 

 ditches and drains. 



H. D. Mapes, Ogden, Utah. 



in a legitimate way and in others the restrictions on 

 killing are su closely drawn as to prevent shippers 

 from obtaining any considerable quantity. For- 

 merly the venison supply was so ample that choice 

 cuts cost about the same as the corresponding parts 

 of beef, but this year prices are so advanced as t& 

 practically bar the use of deer meat from the tables 

 of any save the wealthy. Venison is now quoted 

 at 40 to 45 cents a pound, while at this time in 

 previous years it was selling at 20 to 25 cents. — 

 Chicago Tribune. 



And the League did it. — Editor. 



Frank Bates, Medaryville, Ind., shipped 

 30 quails to Chicago in violation of 

 State law. He was prosecuted by the 

 United States District Attorney, under 

 the Lacey law, and on conviction, was re- 

 quired to pay fine and costs, amounting 

 to $61.48. It is hardly likely Frank made 

 enough on the 30 quails to pay this fine 

 and have anything left worth speaking of 

 to lay aside for rent day. It would be 

 more profitable for him to deal in domes- 

 tic poultry hereafter, rather than in game. 



I thoroughly approve your campaign 

 against the game hog. The only way 

 game can possibly be preserved is for the 

 people to co-operate with nature instead 

 of always pulling against her. One way to 

 accomplish this is by exposing the hogs 

 and showing the foolishness of their acts. 

 To me there is just as much pleasure in 

 shooting at a target in the back yard as 

 in shooting game, when there are no odds 

 to overcome. 



Subscriber, Kansas City, Mo. 



Quails and grouse are so scarce here 

 that they should be protected for a term 

 of years. We would have good rabbit 

 shooting if the farmers would allow hunt- 

 ing on their lands. They were so imposed 

 on by hogs who shot poultry, tore down 

 fences and did other damage, that they 

 now refuse to allow any shooting whatever. 

 A party from this town recently paid $27 

 in fines and costs for hunting on Sunday 

 in an adjoining county. 



Geo. F. Kunkel, Nazareth, Pa. 



Wild game was never so scarce at this season of 

 the year as now, attributable to the stringency 

 of the laws of States tributary to Chicago's supply. 

 In some sections it is almost impossible to ship out 



While in the vicinity of Richmond, Va., 

 last spring, I noticed many large flocks of 

 robins. A boy told me they were flocking 

 to go North. Then he astonished me by 

 saying he had killed and sold $17 worth 

 of them and expected to kill lots more. 

 So it seems we protect robins largely for 

 the benefit of pot hunting boys in the 

 South. It is a pity game laws can not be 

 national in scope. 



J. R. Bray, Waverly, N. Y. 



I admire the gall displayed by A. E. 

 McKenzie, of Denver, Colo., when he tried, 

 in September Recreation, to counter an 

 anticipated roast. The bluff was a little 

 too transparent, coming from a man who 



