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Which do you consider the true sports- 

 man, a man who shoots without a dog 

 and does not get the birds he wounds or 

 kills, or one who uses a dog and does not 

 allow wounded birds to lie? Experience 

 has taught me that the hunter who does 

 not use a dog generally sneaks along in 

 the woods, catches a bird sitting on a log 

 and pops it over. With a dog the birds 

 are flushed and have to be shot on the 

 wing. That gives them a chance, and if 

 birds are wounded, good dogs will always 

 find them. In grouse shooting, if a bird's 

 wing is broken he will go 200 yards before 

 a dog can find him. Then he is usually 

 found in thick brush or under rocks. If 

 no dog were used the bird would never be 

 found, but would be left to die. The dog 

 does not kill the birds. I think the true 

 sportsman will use a dog. 



Frank Harter, Renovo, Pa. 



GAME NOTES. 



I can't speak too highly of Recreation. 

 I have been hunting in the Rockies 13 

 years. Recreation has done a great deal 

 toward humanizing the hunters in this part 

 of the country, and your humble servant 

 is among the number. I want to join the 

 L. A. S. and do all in my power to pro- 

 tect the game. I am a professional bear 

 hunter, and I can look back over the years 

 that have fled and see where I killed more 

 deer and elk than I should have. 



Hunting and fishing are still good in this 

 part of the mountains. October is the best 

 month to hunt bears in this locality. 



W. R. Crandall, Parachute, Colo. 



I am delighted to know you have re- 

 formed and are now in the ranks of the 

 law abiding sportsmen and of those who 

 kill only in moderation. Am sending you 

 a blank application and shall be glad to 

 have you join the L. A. S. — Editor. 



We have open season from November 

 1st to February 1st on quails, chickens, 

 turkeys, grouse and plover, with a heavy 

 penalty for violation. It is unlawful to kill 

 doves at any time, but the game laws are 

 openly violated. We have an abundance 

 of quails and doves, few chickens or tur- 

 keys. It is not uncommon to see a hog 

 come in from the field with 6, 7 or 8 dozen 

 quails, and I know of one hunter who 

 bagged 9 dozen and 3 in a day. Another 

 kind of hog is the fellow who slips up and 

 shoots into a covey on the ground, not 

 giving the birds a chance to save them- 

 selves. I have hunted 10 or 12 years, have 

 handled a great many dogs in that time, 

 and caught a great many bass; but I have 

 yet to sell the first pound of game or fish. 

 I am against fish and game hogs and with 

 you in your crusade against these ma- 

 licious porkers. Let the good work go on. 



F. L. Kenyon, Oklahoma City, O. T. 



I have been a faithful reader of Recre- 

 ation the past 3 years. Am specially in- 

 terested in the still hunting talk about 

 game birds; that is, without the assistance 

 of a dog. Last fall I came across 3 ruffed 

 grouse so wounded they could not fly, and 

 in time would only die. They had evi- 

 dently been shot on the wing and had 

 flown where they could not be found. 1 

 have talked of this matter with many 

 sportsmen and they think I am right. 

 Seven out of 10 men in this locality shoot 

 without the aid of a dog. I hope that at 

 the next meeting of our legislature the 

 L. A. S. may secure the passage of a law 

 prohibiting the shooting of game birds 

 without the assistance of a dog. 



Wm. Palmer, Torrington, Conn. 



L. A. S., No. 1,645. 



Quails, doves and rabbits are plentiful 

 here, and now and then a few snipe and 

 woodcocks. There are no deer nor bears 

 here, except those driven out by high water 

 from the lowlands along the Mississippi. 

 Quail shooting is the best sport and the 

 country is well adapted to them, having 

 good cover and feeding grounds. We are 

 fortunate to have no game hogs, but 

 negroes' dogs are bad about breaking up 

 nests. What we need is a dog tax, which 

 I hope soon to see passed. Two of us 

 were out yesterday afternoon and bagged 

 14 quails, a dove and 8 woodcock in a 

 short time. 



Jos. Redhead, Centreville, Miss. 



M. P. (Dad) Dunham wishes me to 

 write you in regard to his being a game 

 butcher. 



I have only known him 3 or 4 years, so 

 can not go far into the past. I have been 

 with him on numerous trips, and have kept 

 my eyes on his ski trails in winter, when 

 game butchering is easy. I never saw signs 

 of slaughter, or knew him to leave meat 

 that was fit to eat. 



He has packed out meat 40 miles o^er 

 the roughest country in Montana. I 

 would have taken only the head, for a 

 horse is next to a dog with me, even 

 though he tries to kill me when he is full 

 of bunch grass. 



W. W. Babcock, Galesburg, 111. 



Will you please give me a list of medi- 

 cines needed for a trip that would last 

 4 months? Recreation is the best sports- 

 men's magazine published, and I heartily 

 wish it success. It would be a good idea 

 to roast a few of the so-called sportsmen's 

 journals, who defend game hogs, as well 

 as the game hogs themselves. Long 

 live Recreation and the L. A. S. 



F. B. W., Forth Worth, Texas. 



ANSWER. 



In "Camping and Camp Outfits" you 



