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write about is an article in October Rec- 

 reation headed On the Yellowstone and 

 signed A. A. C, Toronto, Canada. Mr. 

 A. A. C. did not mention using a hound 

 to kill the deer with, which is against the 

 laws of this state. Neither did he mention 

 shipping the meat out of the state, which 

 is also a violation of our laws. I want to 

 assure the readers of Recreation that he 

 will not get off as easily next winter if he 

 revisits the Yellowstone valley. I do not 

 mind having him come to Montana to 

 hunt, but I am going to see that he does 

 not again break our game law. 



Wm. Hurst, Glendive, Mont. 



I congratulate you on the way you roast 

 pork. We have hogs to burn here, but our 

 game warden is thinning them out a little. 

 Squirrels and rabbits may be found within 

 10 miles of the city limits and once in a 

 while a few grouse. Should like to hear 

 from persons using the .38-40-180 and .44- 

 40-200 rifles. Are they good squirrel and 

 woodchuck guns? 



F. E. Tarbox, Buffalo, N. Y. 



I wish there was a law compelling hunters 

 to register, and forbidding minors to hunt 

 unless accompanied by their guardians. It 

 would have saved the song birds and 

 stopped the shooting of game out of sea- 

 son. What is the extreme range of a 16 

 gauge gun, using 2J/2 drams powder and 

 one ounce No. 7 shot? 



G. E. Morris, Somerville, N. J. 



I hope the sale of game birds and fish 

 will be stopped. Nothing short of that will 

 preserve the game of this state. Birds are 

 increasing in number, but there are not 

 enough for market. Two tame does were 

 recently seen in this vicinity. They crossed 

 the line from New York, where they es- 

 caped from an enclosure. 



H. S. Brown, Litchfield, Conn. 



I live in Craighead county, Ark., near the 

 St. Francis river. This is my second win- 

 ter here. There are many deer and the 

 woods are full of turkeys. Trapping pays 

 well, and duck shooting is fairly good in 

 season. I have a 12 gauge Parker and a 

 .45-70 Winchester and I think them hard 

 to beat. 



L. D., Jonesboro, Ark. 



The muskrat is a variety of edible game 

 I have not seen mentioned in Recreation. 

 If you are not aware of their fine table qual- 

 ity, I will send you a brace, with instruc- 

 tions as to how to cook them. Then I want 

 you to invite your epicurean friends to 

 taste them. 



J. D. L., Franklin, Pa. 



The worst game hogs we have are your 

 city sports. They kill everything that 

 moves, from a black bird to a tame goose. 



If one wishes to keep posted in regard 

 to everything in the sporting line he should 

 read Recreation. 



A. J. Stover, Majors, Neb. 



I spent the first week of October in the 

 town of Greene, and enjoyed fine bird, 

 duck and rabbit shooting. Found game 

 scarcer than it was last year, due to the 

 great number of snares set in that locality. 

 I kicked up a dozen or so while I was there. 

 Harvey J. Flint, Edgewood, R. I. 



There are thousands of deer here. I did 

 not believe there were so many in the U. 

 S. Some of the deer are the largest I have 

 seen in 25 years. I am doing taxidermy 

 and have set up some grand heads. One of 

 them is palmated like a caribou. 



Jas. Fullerton, Meeker, Col. 



Have been in Iowa, hunting prairie 

 chickens and ducks. My success was not 

 great but I had a fine time. Iowa game 

 needs protection. When the season opens 

 most of the chickens have been killed. 



Arthur L. Seelbach, Cleveland, O. 



This is a great game country. We have 

 deer, antelope, all kinds of water-fowl, 

 chickens, gee^ e and sage hens ; also the 

 best of trout fishing, 7 to 10 pounders being 

 common. 



F. S. Rieder, Burns, Ore. 



While hunting for larger game last win- 

 ter with a .32 Winchester rifle, I saw 2 

 quails sitting under a bush. I fired and 

 cut both their necks without touching their 

 bodies. Who can beat that? 



D. Griffin Gunn, San Antonio, Tex. 



A few days ago I saw, within a short dis- 

 tance, 13 antelope. Elk, bear, deer, ante- 

 lope, catamounts, wolves, coyotes and 

 foxes are plentiful. Sage hens, rabbits and 

 grouse abound. 



R. Cummings, Lost Cabin, Wyo. 



There is no game here except quail, 

 prairie chickens, rabbits, fox squirrels and 

 a few wolves. Chickens are protected until 

 1900. Quail are plentiful. 



Fred T. Evans, Blockton, la. 



Game is not abundant here. We have 

 some quails, red squirrels and a few geese 

 and ducks. But the game hog is here in all 

 his glory. 



J. A. Griffith, Ellisville, 111. 



We have good laws to protect our quails 

 and chickens. Quails are increasing in 

 number. 



Clyde L. Fife, Olathe, Kan. 



