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RECREA T10N. 



Black bear are quite numerous in North- 

 ern Minnesota, but the woods are so dense 

 it is almost impossible to get a shot at one of 

 them. 



Claude M. Atkinson. 



FROM LAKE CHELAN. 



Cheholis, Wash. 



Editor Recreation: Mountain lions are 

 not often seen in these mountains, but last 

 November Daniel Devorce, who lives some 

 25 miles up the lake, encountered 4 in one 

 band. They had been chasing a doe down 

 a mountain, and he ran on to their tracks, 

 which, being perfectly fresh, he followed. 

 The unfortunate doe had dodged the lions 

 several times. Every spring she made was 

 plainly shown by plowed-up snow, and 

 the sudden turning of the trail. The chase 

 lasted some 200 yards, and the lions secured 

 their prey on the edge of a small gulch, into 

 which pursuers and pursued rolled in a tan- 

 gle of confusion. Hearing singular noises, 

 the hunter approached and looked cautious- 

 ly into the ravine. The' 2 smallest lions de- 

 camped at once, and one of the large ones 

 ran a short distance and stopped. The larg- 

 est of all refused to bolt, evidently meaning 

 fight until a bullet from a .38-40 Winchester 

 pierced its head. Its death struggles were 

 so violent that Devorce was uncertain 

 whether the wound was a mortal one or 

 not, and so missed the chance of a shot 

 at the other lion. The skin measures 9 feet 

 2 inches from tip to tip. 



Another lion was shot in a tree, a month 

 or so later. This time a .22 calibre rifle did 

 the business and a man with but one arm 

 was the shooter. He lost his left " fin " in 

 a little difficulty with Indians, near Judith 

 Basin, Mont., some 16 years ago, but still 

 hunts with a light rifle. This was a good 

 sized lion, but one shot in the neck sufficed. 



A great quantity of fruit is grown in this 

 locality and many people are engaged in the 

 business. Generally speaking, public senti- 

 ment here is in favor of a rigid enforcement 

 of game laws ; but when pinnated grouse 

 acquire a taste for the young buds on peach 

 trees, and come in flocks to feed on them, 

 it is not surprising that fruit growers should 

 declare war to prevent the loss of their crop. 

 At present only one orchard is seriously 

 threatened, but should the trouble increase 

 a nice point will offer itself to sportsmen. 

 Obviously, the most satisfactory solution 

 of this problem would be the feeding of the 

 birds during a long spell of deep snow and 

 cold weather; but fruit growers are not al- 

 ways sportsmen and some may adopt more 

 drastic methods. C. Greenwood. 



previous year invaded the hunting grounds 

 last fall. Nine out of 10 were successful in 

 bagging moose or caribou, or both. To 

 F. H. Cook, of Leominster, Mass., fell the 

 honor of bringing down a monster that 

 rivals the moose of Alaska. Mr. Cook's 

 moose had 24 perfect points and a spread of 

 67 inches. This beats Stephen Decatur's 

 record moose of '97, shot on the Tobique, 

 which had a spread of 66 inches. A number 

 of 60 inch heads were also secured on the 

 Tobique and Restigouche. The headwaters 

 of the Nepisiguit is almost the only region 

 known to me where the black bear may be 

 hunted successfully. He haunts the blue- 

 berry-tinted hills in August and September 

 and may be readily " spotted " with a field 

 glass. Jerome Bradley, of Dobbs Ferry, N. 

 Y., with a friend, shot a moose, 2 caribou 

 and 4 bears. A. H. Jackson, of New York, 

 must have found a bear den on the Resti- 

 gouche, as he shot 4 bears in addition to 

 his lawful moose and caribou. 



The controversy is still raging fiercely 

 here as to the merits of the .30-30. The re- 

 sults achieved with the weapon are remark- 

 ably uneven. Judge Downs, of Stamford, 

 Conn., killed a moose with a single shot 

 from this weapon at 200 yards and W. L. 

 Rice, of Cleveland, brought down a bull 

 caribou on the plains of Newfoundland at 

 650 yards. On the other hand numerous 

 reports have come in of moose and caribou 

 that have escaped, though repeatedly struck 

 with the .30-30. A" party with Adam Moore 

 on the Tobique lost a mammoth moose, 

 though he was hit at a range of about 20 

 yards nearly a dozen times. Dr. Bishop, 

 of Boston, lost a moose which he should 

 have got and only brought down his cari- 

 bou after hitting him 6 times, all the shots 

 well centered. Personally, I think most any 

 rifle is good enough for a side shot. For an 

 end or raking chance at moose or caribou 

 give me lots of powder and lead. 



Frank H. Risteen, Fredericton, N. B. 



BIG GAME IN NEW BRUNSWICK. 



Largely as a result of the information 

 given in Recreation as to big game pros- 

 pects in New Brunswick, more than twice 

 as many American sportsmen as in any 



Victoria, B. C. 



Editor Recreation : Having read many 

 stories in your valuable magazine, I take the 

 liberty of writing you about our hunting in 

 Victoria, fi. C. We have abundance of 

 game on the island. Deer, wolves, bears, 

 elk, etc. Also pheasants, blue grouse (wil- 

 low) grouse (Canada ruffed), quail, Cali- 

 fornia and Virginia deer and blue grouse 

 open September 1st, other birds October 

 1st to December 31st. Game was very 

 plentiful this season, no doubt owing to a 

 very dry spring. 



I hope you won't call me a game hog. If 

 I am put down so we must all be, as my 

 score is only a little above the average on 

 the blue grouse. 



I use a Parker hammerless No. 12, and 

 have an English setter, well trained, to 

 stand and retrieve. 



