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his former assassinations, in pursuit of 

 quails. He soon found a covey and when 

 they ran under a brush pile he crawled up 

 close and killed n with his right barrel, but 

 missed the poor lone bird that flew. He 

 knew he would have missed them all had he 

 flushed them before firing. 



Then he set traps, caught and sold about 

 40 dozen prairie chickens. . Truth. 



I hope to live to see the time when all 

 states will have laws making the penalty 

 for ground raking and trapping 30 days in 

 the work house, for each bird so taken. I 

 am sorry Iowa has not such a law now. for 

 I should like mighty well to hear that John 

 had a steady job breaking stone for the 

 state. — Editor. 



NO GAME LAW IN MEXICO. 



W. H. asks for information on game laws 

 of Chihuahua and Sonora. There are no 

 game laws in any part of Mexico; a fact 

 much to be regretted. Deer, bear, ante- 

 lope and mountain lions are found in the 

 above mentioned states. Blue quail and 

 jack rabbits are extremely abundant every- 

 where. In the valley of Mexico ducks 

 swarm on all the lakes. The best waters 

 are controlled by market hunters, yet one 

 can have good shooting on duck, snipe and 

 rail within an hour's bicycle ride of this city. 

 The gulf coast is a sportsman's paradise. 

 In the country about Tampico duck, snipe 

 and waders are abundant. Deer can always 

 be found in a day's hunt, and tarpon and 

 red snappers reward the fisherman. Game 

 will become as scarce in Mexico as else- 

 where unless adequate game laws are pro- 

 vided soon. 



L. R. Reynolds, City of Mexico. 



GAME NOTES. 



I enclose an item from the Mishawaka 

 " Democrat " on the violation of our game 

 laws. If other papers had as high a sense 

 of duty as this one it would discourage 

 game hogs and market hunters. 



I. D. E., North Bend, Ind. 



Following is the item referred to. If 

 all editors throughout the country had 

 the courage and good judgment of the 

 editor of the Mishawaka " Democrat " they 

 could do a vast amount of good work 

 toward game protection, instead of aid- 

 ing in the destruction of game, as many 

 of them do by complimenting game and 

 fish hogs. 



QUAIL LAW VIOLATED. 

 Indiana has a law that forbids the sale of quails. This 

 law was passed with the end in view of protecting about 

 the only game bird left in the state from the market hunter 

 and the game hog. Despite this law, quails are to-day 

 being sold in the markets, it is said. The dealers, in order 

 to evade the law and its consequences, call the birds 

 "short-billed snipe." They smother their consciences and 

 deliberately do that which they know is unlawful and 

 wrong. No one attempts to stop them — no one complains 

 against them and there is practically no provision made for 

 the enforcement of the just and proper law. 



Find enclosed $1 for which please renew 

 my subscription to Recreation, beginning 

 with the March number. I do not wish to 

 miss a single issue, for Recreation is far 

 above any other paper of this class. I am 

 in sympathy with the war on game hogs, 

 but it seems to me the " so much per day " 

 plan is hardly a fair standard. For ex- 

 ample one who can hunt every day will do 

 more toward killing off game, even if he 

 keeps within the limit, than one who only 

 hunts once or twice in a season. Perhaps, 

 however the per diem standard is the only 

 one practical. 



A bird club has been formed here under 

 the direction of Professor Bruner and Pro- 

 fessor Wolcott, which has for its object the 

 study of birds without killing them or col- 

 lecting their eggs. Professor Bruner's first 

 direction to the budding ornithologist is 

 " Don't kill anything." I am especially 

 pleased with the notes from the game fields 

 and the gun and ammunition departments 

 of Recreation, 



H. M. Benedict, Lincoln, Neb. 



It is simply a question of limiting bags, 

 shortening the open season and stopping 

 the sale of game, or of seeing it wiped out 

 within a few years. — Editor. 



There has been formed, at Jackson, 

 Wyo., the Teton Guides and Game Pro- 

 tection Association, the objects of which 

 are, 



1st. To promote a fraternal spirit among 

 its members; 



2d. To furnish visiting soortsmen a 

 medium through which they shall receive 

 fair and generous treatment; 



3d. To aid in the protection of game and 

 fish, and to obey the law in person; 



4th. To establish a standard of wages for 

 guides and helpers, of prices for horses and 

 necessary compensation for the manage- 

 ment of tourists parties: 



5th. To furnish reliable information as to 

 the rights and privileges of tourists and 

 hunters in the state of Wyoming, and to 

 make contracts with such persons to furn- 

 ish competent guides and necessary outfits 

 for their convenience at fair and equitable 

 prices. 



The officers are, S. N. Leek, president ; 

 Webster La Plant, vice-president ; Will L. 

 Simpson, secretary; Andrew Matteson, 

 treasurer. Persons contemplating a trip to 

 the Jackson Hole country and desiring any 

 information in regard to same should write 

 to the secretary, at Jackson P. O., Wyo. 



Editor Recreation : Game used to be 

 abundant here, but now it is all gone. 



I suppose the game hogs from the Mas- 

 sachusetts cities have killed all the squir- 

 rels. About 6 of them used to come armed 

 to the teeth with shotguns, rifles, climbers, 

 sulphur, axes, dogs and fire crackers. They 



