FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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We arrived about 4 p.m., and after putting 

 our camp in order, tramped up the creek. 

 We returned after dusk with 2 wood ducks 

 and a mallard. 



The next morning we bagged 5 more 

 ducks, all mallards. On our return to camp 

 we concluded to make Beaver creek our 

 next objective point. There we found ducks 

 plentiful. The first bunch we jumped were 

 green-wing teal, and 5 of them stayed with 

 us. Next came 3 gadwalls flying with great 

 speed. C. D. H. secured one of them. 

 Then, from a small bunch, we got a mallard 

 drake and a green wing teal. Next day we 

 went home. T. A. H., Burnet, Tex. 



I buy a copy of Recreation every 

 month, and can hardly wait until it is out. 

 Wish it could be published every 2 weeks. 

 I like the way you roast fish and game hogs. 

 You give them just what they deserve. I 

 enclose a clipping from a local paper, 

 and hope you will publish it in your next 

 issue. Perhaps it may fall into the hands of 

 the principals in this fish butchery, and 

 cause them to turn over a new leaf. Roast 

 these swine as they deserve. 



J. A. L., Albany, N. Y. 



The clipping reads : 



Ike Hungerford and Frank Hart had the pleas- 

 ure of surprising their friends with the longest 

 string of fish taken from the lake this year. The 

 string was 10 feet long and contained 300 fishes. 



Here, Ike and Frank, you see what your 

 neighbors think of you. Now, instead of 

 boasting of your slaughter, I advise you to 

 sneak off and hide in some swamp until you 

 can make up your minds to reform. — Ed- 

 itor. 



I have hunted in several States, but never 

 before saw so little respect shown for the 

 game law, as in this part of Ohio. Quail 

 were plentiful here last fall. This was partly 

 owing to the good weather we had during 

 hatching season, but the main reason was 

 the law preventing the sale of quail. Still, 

 pot hunters were out shooting one and 2 

 months before the open season. After the 

 season closed, the Legislature repealed the 

 law protecting rabbits. The pot hunters 

 went out on the. snow, and killed every 

 rabbit they could find, and many quails. So 

 in the end, the repeal of the rabbit law de- 

 stroyed nearly as many quails as the pro- 

 hibition of sale saved. We have only one 

 game warden in this part of the country 

 and he is not up to his job. I am going in 

 as a charter member of the L. A. S. and 

 hope we may be able to secure, through 

 State legislatures, the enactment of good 

 game laws. S. D. Gibson, Portage, O. 



I came to this country from Erie, Pa., on 

 a pleasure and hunting trip and have had 

 a little experience with bear since being here. 

 A small party of us started out to see the 



country. We ran across 4 bear, 2 old ones 

 and 2 cubs. The only weapon we had was 

 my .22 calibre Marlin repeater. With it I 

 tackled the bear, wounding an old one so 

 badly that she fell to the ground, and killing 

 both cubs. The old bear was about 40 yards 

 away when I fired. I hit her 4 times before 

 she got away. I could not follow her trail 

 nor could I get any dogs to do so, and had 

 to give her up. 



My first shot, which sent her to the 

 ground, was aimed at her heart. I would 

 like to know just where I hit her. My own 

 solution is that I struck a rib. Did not try 

 her head as I thought it a poor target for 

 a .22. I used .22 long rifle cartridges. 

 A. C. Wheeler, M.D., Stephen, Minn. 



" Before the war," Mr. Mack Lindsay, at 

 present a resident of Washington, D. C, 

 bet $100 with his father-in-law, Mr. John 

 Barnet, that he (Lindsay) would catch more 

 'coons and 'possums between sun and sun 

 than could the old gentleman. 



Mr. Barnet took the wager, borrowed 

 Uncle Jimmy Hall's dog " Burnese " and 

 won the stakes. Mr. Lindsay and his dog 

 treed and captured 43 'coons and 'possums; 

 but old " Burnese " and Mr. Barnet came 

 in with more than 60. 



A. S. Doane, Coinjock, N. C. 



Game in the neighborhood of Siverly, Pa., 

 is greatly in need of more protection than 

 it receives. At Horse creek parties have 

 made a practice of hounding deer, for years 

 past. They have never been caught in the 

 act, though their dogs have been seen chas- 

 ing deer. 



It is also to be hoped that the fish dyna- 

 miters, who infest the river above Siverly, 

 will be treated to a good dose of law before 

 long. J. A. B., Rouseville, Pa. 



Rabbits are plentiful, near here, and at 

 Lamar. We have an annual rabbit hunt in 

 December. Last year over 6,000 rabbits 

 were killed, in 2 days. At Las Animas. 20 

 miles from here, 4,500 rabbits were killed 

 last year. 



Only 20 miles from here are large num- 

 bers of antelope ; also deer, squirrels, wild- 

 cats, and a few bear. 



John Miller, La Junta, Col. 



The first shoot of the season was held at 

 Grove City, Minn., on January 8. 1898. 

 Members from Litchfield and Atwater Gun 

 Clubs were present. We were in our shirt- 

 sleeves while shooting " blue rocks " and 

 were comfortable. How is that for Minne- 

 sota weather? 



Long live Recreation and success to it 

 in the crusade against the game hog. 



N. P. N.. Grove City, Minn. 



I leave here for Rice lake to-day. " The 

 Indians will commence to gather the rice 



