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plentiful the last three years than for a 

 dozen years before. My hunting partner, 

 H. E. Wells, of French Lick, Ind., found 

 some farmer boys who had trapped a lot of 

 quails. He bought the birds, kept them a 

 few days, turned them out on one of his 

 farms and instructed his tenants to feed 

 them until Spring. 



M. L. Shover, Paoli. Ind. 



My yearly hunting trip last season was 

 to the White river plateau and Flat Top 

 mountains, in Colorado. In Rio Blanco 

 county deer have been plentiful. Saw only 

 2 elk. But the way the game hogs slaughter 

 the deer is enough to fill any decent 

 sportsman with sorrow. On October 8, 

 '98, I counted, within 4]/ 2 miles of my 

 camp, several dead bucks, 6 does and 3 

 fawns, all apparentl}' dead for only a few 

 days. They had been wounded and left to 

 die. F. F. Kanert, Grand Rapids, Neb. 



Have just returned from a week's stay 

 at *' Eagle's Nest," some 11 miles in the in- 

 terior of Santa Catalina island. I had a 

 great time and did considerable shooting 

 with my .22 Winchester. Killed 1 goat, 2 

 foxes, 7 quails and a squirrel. I also got 

 about 10 more quails with a shot gun. The 

 goats are easy when you know their habits, 

 and I could have bagged several more, but 

 only drew beads on them. The quail shoot- 

 ing would have been grand if we had had 

 a dog. Saw several flocks of 50 to 100 

 birds. Saw about 250 goats altogether. 

 H. A. T.. Avalon, Cal. 



There are good hunters and some hogs 

 here, but our worst game hogs are not 2- 

 legged ones. We have many foxes and 

 each one destroys more game in a year 

 than a pot hunter could in 5. There are a 

 few wildcats left, and last fall a panther fol- 

 lowed me to my camp. A half dozen kinds 

 of hawks prey on our small game. In spite 

 of all we have some game and would have 

 plenty if sportsmen would hunt game-de- 

 stroyers — brute and human — as eagerly as 

 they hunt game. 



Jas. E. Glass, So. Renovo, Pa. 



Allow me to congratulate you on the 

 continued and increasing success and ex- 

 cellence of your magazine. It is admitted 

 by all to be the most popular of all the out- 

 door or sportsmen's journals of the day, 

 and deserves its success. Your crusade 

 against the game and fish hogs is worthy of 

 the highest commendation and is certainly 

 approved by all genuine sportsmen. The 

 species is by no means rare in this county, 

 but with our much smaller population, he 

 is less in evidence. 



W. Stack, Acton, Ont. 



hawk, at 146 paces, by holding 2 inches 

 ahead of him. Was it not a chance shot? 

 With the hawk flying 88 feet a second and 

 the bullet traveling 2,096 feet, approximate 

 speeds I think, at what distance would the 

 lines of flight cross? Any reader of Rec- 

 reation wishing to know where good bass 

 and muskalonge fishing may be had in sea- 

 son, and cheap board at farmhouses, can 

 write to me. 



Henry C. Bowen, Newcastle, Ont. 



I live in New Brunswick about a mile 

 from the St. Croix river which separates 

 Maine from this province. The woods on 

 both sides of the river are alive with deer. 

 Sportsmen cannot find a better place than 

 this for game. There are 2 kinds of ducks 

 here — black and whistlers. Ruffed grouse 

 and rabbits are plentiful. I got my first 

 deer last season. He was lying down fac- 

 ing me. I fired at his head and the charge 

 of buckshot passed over it and broke his 

 back bone. 

 I. H. Blackwood, Little Ridgeton, N. B. 



Recently while taking a wheel trip through 

 portions of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and 

 Michigan I made same inquires regarding 

 the supply of game in those States. It is 

 reported as plentiful. Many farmers are pro- 

 tecting their own farms from those who 

 would shoot out of season. One man told 

 me that there was a number of birds on his 

 place, but he would not shoot nor allow 

 others to do so, until they had increased. 

 I saw a number of quail and they were quite 

 tame. 



Chas. E. Gilbert, Cleveland, Ohio. 



I can get all the game I want, but cannot 

 get enough Recreation. Keep up your 

 good work on the game hogs, and don't 

 forget the professional dog breakers and 

 trainers. They .are in the field from one 

 year's end to another, and many a game 

 bird falls out of season " to break a dog." 



I had the best shooting last fall for many 

 years, and quit on my 15th bird, on 2 or 3 

 occasions, where I could have killed 30 to 

 40 quails in a day. I know when I have 

 enough, as does every true sportsman. 



A Sportsman from Way-back. 



A. H. Ketcham, of Colorado Springs, 

 stated in Recreation that he killed a flying 



LAMENTABLE SLAUGHTER OF ELK. 



Within the last ten days over 500 elk have been killed 

 and wounded in the Teton timber reserve, principally by 

 non-residents from Idaho. Nothing is being done by the 

 residents there to protect the game. Two arrests were 

 made at the foot of Teton pass and 15 head of elk con- 

 fiscated, being in the possession of 2 men. Thirty wagons 

 are yet in the valley and all will be arrested who attempt 

 to transport any game out of the state. Victor, Idaho, 

 people are collecting money to pay fines of this nature, it 

 evidently being a " stand-in." Considerable ill feeling is 

 being engendered. The Jackson's Hole Gun Club has 2 

 men employed, who are watching the Teton pass. No 

 game wardens in Jackson's Hole are doing anything to- 

 ward game protection, yet it is believed private individuals 

 and private contributions to game protection funds will be 

 sufficient for this Fall's work— Wyoming Press. 



