RECREATION 



XXV 



BIRDS AND DEER IN TEXAS. 



Chicken shooting last year was poor, as 

 the floods in June and July killed the 

 young and spoiled the eggs. Within about 

 15 miles of Houston some of the best shoot- 

 ing was had. There were some fine coveys 

 seen near Deer Park. One thing that 

 helped the chickens last season was the 

 mosquito plague, which made many hunt- 

 ers stay at home and many others come 

 home. We are blessed with an abundance 

 of quails within a radius of 25 miles. 

 Christmas a party of us drove out 

 after 2 o'clock and killed 18. and New 

 Year's day we killed 34 birds. Duck shoot- 

 ing was splendid on the bay and lakes near 

 town. Canvas backs were rather scarce. 

 Mallards, teal, sprigs, black ducks and gray 

 ducks were seen by the thousand. They 

 can be had only with decoys and a good 

 blind. 



Deer were more plentiful than usual. 

 Many fine hounds are kept here. This 

 country is thickly covered with brush and 

 palmetto, and only with hounds can deer 

 tie killed. One party during the open sea- 

 son got 20 deer from a thicket 15 miles 

 from town. They own a fine pack, and the 

 hunters are old timers, following the lounds 

 through any thicket on horseback. The law 

 against shipping from one county to another 

 has helped us much, and next year's hunt- 

 ing will be extra good. 



C. L. Bering, Houston, Tex. 



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