FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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railroad, in Monona county, hundreds of 

 chicken traps are set and baited; and the 

 men owning them have been shipping 

 prairie chickens and quails to Boston, New 

 York, and Baltimore for years. Last year 

 3,000 birds were shipped from one station 

 alone; other stations furnishing heavy 

 shipments as well. At the close of the last 

 shooting, these same trappers again be- 

 gan trapping and shipping. Their second 

 shipment was seized, and on opening the 

 barrel, 135 birds were found. At $10 fine 

 for each bird it should have cost the ship- 

 per $1,350. The Game Warden was sum- 

 moned, the trial completed, and the shipper 

 was fined $100 and costs. The man who 

 was fined stopped trapping, but his neigh- 

 bors, for miles around, continue the same 

 as before. The Game Warden has been 

 notified, but pays no attention to the notice. 

 The same conditions exist in other counties 

 of this State; and unless something is done 

 there won't be a prairie chicken in Iowa 

 in 5 years from now. C. D. Greig. 



Give me the names and addresses of 

 these hogs who are doing the trapping 

 and I will send an officer after them. — 

 Editor. 



REPUDIATES THE VANCOUVER HOG. 

 Traverse City, Mich. 



Editor Recreation: I am glad you gave 

 the Vancouver game hog space in Rec- 

 reation to roast himself. This he has done 

 to a T, and I doubt if there is another man 

 among your great army of readers who 

 would have given himself away so com- 

 pletely, even if he had slaughtered game 

 to such an extent as this member of the 

 herd claims to have done. It is a shame 

 and a disgrace to the American people that 

 such a specimen should be kept in office. 

 But such is politics. 



Recreation is doing a great amount of 

 good for the preservation of game. I have 

 read sportsmen's journals for many years, 

 but yours is the first with nerve enough to 

 come right out and go after, not only vio- 

 lators of game laws, but also those of the 

 rules of common decency. T know many 

 shooters who used to kill to excess, but 

 who, since reading your articles have be- 

 come enlightened, and these very men are 

 now working for the protection of game, 

 in various ways. Some of them are trying 

 to have the bag limited by law and to have 

 the sale or gift of game prohibited. They 

 are anxious and willing to live up to and 

 help enforce such laws. But where the real 

 hoggish instincts are dyed in the bristles, 

 as they seem to be in Webber's case, I 

 doubt if even game laws would ever cure 

 them. 



Keep up the good work. Yours has been 

 a hard row to hoe. but the worst is past. 

 You may lose a few hogs as subscribers, 

 but you will certainly gain 10 sportsmen to 

 every bristleback you lose. 



M. M. Conlon. 



That is a peculiar kind of game hog 

 you have found up in British Columbia. 

 Uncle Sam ought to cross him with a devil- 

 fish and improve the stock. He must be 

 an Arkansaw razorback, which you know 

 eats everything. If they can't get ducks 

 they eat crow, buzzards, or any old thing. 

 Roasting is too good for Webber. 1 It- 

 should be barbecued in the old fashioned 

 way; hung on a spit before the fire and 

 turned until thoroughly done. Then he 

 should be well salted and peppered to make 

 him feel good. Out of his own mouth hath 

 he condemned himself. His last letter fin- 

 ished him in the estimation of all true 

 sportsmen. But alas! he is not the only 

 one. We have members of his herd al 

 over the West. Roast them brown. It wr 

 not lessen your subscription list. 



J. L. Klinkinbeard, Medicine Bow, Wyo 



A GOAT AND TWO BEARS. 



Woodworth, Mont. 



Editor Recreation: Some time ago I 

 wrote you an* account of one of my hunting 

 trips when I killed a bear but I was fearful 

 my poor story would not appear in your 

 splendid magazine. I was happily dis- 

 appointed so I write of another trip I have 

 lately made. 



My father and brother were out with me, 

 with M. P. Dunham as guide. We used a 

 tepee instead of a tent and were gone 8 days. 

 It was more of a pleasure trip than a hunt, 

 although we did some hunting and fishing. 

 The first day we hunted I shot a goat. The 

 next day I caught a salmon trout weighing 

 14 pounds. It was the largest trout I ever 

 saw. It measured 3 feet long and 18 inches 

 round the body, 4 inches back of the head. 

 I will send you the head so you can show 

 your friends the kind of fish we have out 

 here.* 



I was out hunting twice last spring, with 

 one of my brothers and Mr. Dunham. I 

 shot a bear each time but would not have 

 got either, if it had not been for Mr. Dun- 

 ham. I am going to get a picture of my 

 hunting pony to send you so you can judge 

 of his size. He is the smallest pony I ever 

 saw and the prettiest. 



Jennie A. Peers, Age 13. 



A LEGISLATOR ON OUR SIDE. 



I am in receipt of the following from the 

 Hon. J. H. Wallace, member of the House 

 of Representatives, Montgomery, Alabama, 

 which shows that the sentiment for game 

 protection has reached the capital of the 

 Magnolia State and that it is still spread- 

 ing: 



Dear Mr. Shields: My bill for the pro- 

 tection of song birds, game birds, and game 

 mammals in the State of Alabama, passed 

 both* houses and was yesterday approved 



* The head came all right, and seems to have been 

 worn by a monster salmon trout. — Editor. 



