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RECREATION. 



admits having butchered a wagon-load of 

 ducks. If there were 10 men like the 

 editor of Recreation, there would not 

 be a game hog left alive, even in Denver. 

 John Nordstrom, Gothenburg, Neb. 



I have just returned from Florida, where 

 I found quails more numerous than in any 

 other State I have visited. Everywhere in 

 Florida I found members of the L. A. S. 

 and readers of Recreation. Mr. Pleas, of 

 Chipley, told me the League was gaining 

 steadily throughout the State, and that 

 every year the game laws were better en- 

 forced. L. Shannon, Audubon, Minn. 



On a recent trip to Pike county, Pa., I 

 secured 2 bucks. One was a small 3- 

 prong; the other was the largest deer that 

 ever fell to my rifle, and I have hunted 

 many years in Maine and Canada. The 

 big buck weighed 218 pounds, dressed, and 

 had large and symmetrical antlers. 



J. E. Kneedler, Phila., Pa. 



I wish Ohio would forbid the killing of 

 squirrels, quails and grouse for a term of 

 years. They are becoming exceedingly 

 scarce in the Southeastern part of the 

 State. In a forest where 2 small parties 

 of campers killed 186 squirrels in one 

 week a year or 2 ago, not a squirrel could 

 be found last fall. 



Wade Mcllrath, Cleveland, O. 



Game is scarce here, quails and prairie 

 chickens being nearly gone. Our season for 

 quails and prairie chickens is September 1 

 to January 1, yet I have seen men go out 

 in June and July and kill quails. Rabbits 

 are abundant, and in spring we have a few 

 ducks and brant. 



Geo. La Grange, Genoa, Neb. 



Woodcock and grouse were scarce last 

 season. Quails were abundant but under- 

 sized. Our Game Commission hopes to 

 secure the passage of a law protecting 

 grouse for a term of years. Deer are fre- 

 quently seen in Washington county. 



E. R. Lawrence, Westerly, R. I. 



Last winter was a favorable one for our 

 quails, though they were mercilessly shot 

 before and after the shooting season. Pinn- 

 ated grouse seem to about hold their own. 

 Fox squirrels are fairly plentiful, cotton 

 tails almost a nuisance. 



Daniel Arrowsmith, Ellsworth, 111. 



The use of decoys for water fowl 

 and shore bird shooting should be pro- 

 hibited. Such shooting can hardly be called 

 sport; anybody can hit birds on the ground 

 or water. At best it is pot shooting at an 

 alighting or rising flock. 



G. B. Gardiner, Peace Dale, R. I. 



I notice in May Recreation that G. 

 H., of Mason City, Iowa, says rabbits 

 are a nuisance in this State, and that fer- 

 rets should be used to hunt them. He is 

 mistaken. Rabbits are not over abundant, 

 and they should have a close season like 

 all other game. 



F. J. Nichols, Atlantic, Iowa. 



The Brown's Tract Guides' Association held 

 their annual meeting at Boonville, January 9, and 

 elected the following officers: President, Rich- 

 ard Crego; Vice-President, Garry A. Riggs: Sec- 

 retary and Treasurer, A. M. Church. 



There are now 400 members belonging to the 

 association and the organization is doing excellent 

 work for the protection of game in the Adiron- 

 dack forests.— Utica (N. Y.) Press. 



Rabbits are so abundant here that it is 

 no fun to hunt them with a shot gun. Our 

 duck shooting has been spoiled by the 

 draining of the swamps. I got 5 ducks 

 one day last season, but that was excep- 

 tional luck. 



Jack Mallard, Rochelle, 111. 



Duck shooting was better last fall than 

 for several years. Had a 10 days' camp- 

 ing and shooting trip and killed in all 59 

 ducks. My biggest bag in one day was 14. 

 I could have killed more, but was satis- 

 fied. S. E. Sangster, Pt. Perry, Can. 



Game here last season was more plenti- 

 ful than usual, particularly grouse, quails 

 and rabbits. Some of the boys have had 

 a few good days with black ducks, which 

 also seemed more abundant than they 

 have been the past 2 seasons. 



E. W. S., Westerly, R.I. 



Quails and rabbits are plentiful, but 

 grouse are scarce. You could not find a 

 woodcock here if you traveled 25 miles. 

 Alex. Webster, Beaver, Pa. 



I am much in sympathy with your war on 

 game hogs. Keep it hot and heavy. 

 Turn the 30-30's on them. 



L. A. Jordan, Saylesville, R. I. 



Game has increased materially here since 

 the passage of the law forbidding its ship- 

 ment out of the State. 



L. B. Gilmore, Blooming Valley, Pa. 



Game is scarce here. Unless an extended 

 close season is put on prairie chickens they 

 will soon be gone. Everett Brown, 



Pleasant Grove, Ind. 



Quails are abundant here. Other game 

 is scarce. So, also, are fur bearing animals. 

 Chas. Wilson, New Lenington, Ohio. 



The severe weather and deep snow of 

 February killed off most of the quails here. 

 H. T. Rice, Painesville, Ohio, 



