FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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under its official protection, and they are 

 almost as tame as chickens. 



C. H. Tucker, Parsons, Kan. 



Our snipe shooting has just closed, to- 

 day's bags being 5, 3 and 2. Plover -and 

 curlew, from the 10th to the 25th of May, 

 are fine on our meadows. 



Quails have bred in great numbers this 

 year, but woodcock have been thor- 

 oughly cleaned out by pot hunters the 

 past 3 years. Our county is a great breed- 

 ing place for this bird, and has furnished 

 excellent sport. We expect an abundance 

 of summer ducks. 



* Henry E. Byrd, Temperanceville, Va. 



Warren Montgomery brought down a large buck 

 with fine antlers, weighing 330 pounds, Monday 

 morning. Mr. Montgomery shot 2 in Canada and 

 2 in Maine, while on his hunting trip. Since his 

 return home he has had exceedingly good luck 

 this being the second one. — Exchange. 



Six deer in one season, eh? That is 

 equal to the record of the lowest and 

 most disgraceful market hunter or skin 

 hunter to be found anywhere. Montgom- 

 ery certainly has a good big crop of bris- 

 tles. — Editor. 



Deer were plentiful here last fall and 

 many large bucks were shot. There were 

 also a few moose. Bear, wolves, lynx, 

 foxes, grouse and rabbits are plentiful. We 

 have good trout and pickerel fishing. Our 

 law permits dogging deer, but the settlers 

 curse the law, and have good reason for 

 so doing. Even if the deer escape the 

 hunters who watch at the lake shore, the 

 cold bath after miles of running kills many 

 deer John Burn, Rye, Ont., Can. 



I understand there is a movement on 

 foot in New York to stop grouse shooting 

 for 3 years. I hunted many years in your 

 State, and know the habits of the grouse 

 and its enemies. If a bounty were put on 

 foxes the birds would increase rapidly 

 with no other protection than is afforded 

 by existing laws. Foxes destroy more 

 birds than pot hunters, snarers, hawks, 

 skunks and all other vermin combined. 

 W. Hodgson, Calverton, Va. 



Ohio has good game laws now, but I see 

 by the papers that our city men want them 

 changed. They do not like to ask land 

 owners for permission to hunt. The law 

 should remain as it is. It enables farmers 

 to shut out men known to be pot hunters 

 or hogs. At the same time it preserves 

 game for decent sportsmen, who are sel- 

 dom refused the privilege of hunting if 

 they ask for it. 



E. L. Cramer, Richmond, O. 



Last year a friend induced me to sub- 

 scribe for Recreation. At first I did not 

 like its stand in regard to game hogs, nor 

 its opposition to spring shooting. Since 

 reading your magazine a year I have come 

 lo the conclusion that it is wise and proper 

 to prohibit spring shooting and to limit 

 the number of birds to be taken in a single 

 day or during the season. 



C. A. Duncan, Timnath, Colo. 



Will you kindly tell me through Recrea- 

 tion a good preparation to use on leather 

 hunting boots to keep the water out? 



R. C. S., Elgin, 111. 



ANSA TR. 



Use Collan oil, advertije<* n Recreation. 



Quails are abundant here. During a 2 

 weeks' hunt last fall I killed 20. I could 

 have killed that number each day, but 

 since reading Recreation I have learned 

 not to kill everything within sight. 



B. W. Farr, Erie, O. 



A blue homing pigeon has come here 

 marked on metal tag, 1 66 1 99 E. M. Doubt- 

 less some of Recreation's million readers 

 want to know its whereabouts. 



E. L., Tiffany, M. D., Wilson, N. Y. 



What black duck shooting we have is 

 controlled by a Toronto club. W'e still 

 have a few fall ducks, but one is lucky 

 to get 6 or 7 in a day. 



S. E. Sangster, Port Perry, Ont. 



Game is plentiful here, especially quails, 

 and the prospect for next season is good. 

 C. W. Castle, Morris, Conn. 



THE COONS. 



W. L. GILLETTE. 



They grew in beauty side by side ; 



They filled one stump with glee ; 

 Now one is stuffed, the other fried ; 



'Tis sad as sad can be. 



Too much of one poor farmer's corn 



They ate, the night before; 

 A colored youth, with gun, next morn 



Soon balanced up the score. 



One poses now, lifelike and real, 

 O'er him each pilgrim jokes; 



The other one just made a meal 

 For Rastus Johnson's folks. 



, Browne. — "Who is that clumsy woman 

 dancing over there?" 



Greene.— "I don't know, but certainly 

 hers is not a horseless carriage, is it?" — 

 Exchange. 



