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there and knock them off the low pine 

 trees with clubs. 



C. H. Wales, Seattle, Wash. 



A few days ago Mr. Bennett, living near 

 here, frightened a hawk that was feasting 

 on a bird it had just killed. Investigation 

 proved the bird a carrier pigeon. Around 

 its leg was a silver band with No. N. A. 

 22706 engraved on it. If you will kindly 

 print this in an early number of Recrea- 

 tion we hope the owner may be found. 

 J. T. Maris, Sayre, Ohio. 



Your papers appointing me a local 

 warden were forwarded me here at Har- 

 bor Beach, where I received them. I have 

 already broken up the crowd of deer hunt- 

 ers at Deckerville by shooting 3 of their 

 dogs and getting after them so vigorously 

 that they quit, for this year at least. 



W. D. Young, Harbor Beach, Mich. 



Last winter I had a month's hunting trip 

 to Northern Michigan for deer .and other 

 game. 



Our party of 4 got 9 deer and enough 

 grouse and squirrels to supply our table, 

 no more. My share of deer was 2, a large 

 buck and a fawn. 



Chas. W. Dake, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Minnesota is one of the best big game 

 States in the Union, but its stock is being 

 slaughtered at a great rate, and will soon 

 be exterminated. On the range towns 

 along our road moose meat is sold during 

 the whole year as beef, in all the markets 

 and hotels. H. S. Burnham, 



Proctor, St. Louis Co., Minn. 



Am talking L. A. S. to my friends every 

 chance I get. We are having an opeii 

 winter in this section, which will greatly 

 increase the quail crop next season. We 

 had the dealers and the pot hunters on 

 the run even before the season closed 

 February 1st. 



T. P. Kinney, Danville, Va. 



In the game region of Northern Onta- 

 rio, especially in the Muskoka district, 

 ducks are plentiful, though wild, and 

 grouse have not been so numerous in 

 years. Deer signs are met in every dis- 

 trict, and settlers report the animals in 

 good condition. * 



L. H. Stanton, St. Catharines, Ont. 



Instead of introducing contagious dis- 

 ease among the sparrows for their destruc- 

 tion, as I. S. Trostler suggests, why not 

 try that method among the game hogs? 

 Possibly that detestable brand of pork 

 would soon be extinct. 



Dr. J. H. V. Bache, Philadelphia. 



I was shooting in Virginia, N. C, and 

 around here last winter. I never saw so 

 many quails. But the game hog is right 

 after them. Two men here shot 119 in 

 one day. It is said quails are fed to dogs. 

 I can not say how true this is. 



Dr. J. C. French, Tallahassee. Fla. 



I have long been a reader of Recrea- 

 tion, and I know it has done good work 

 among the sportsmen here. Small game 

 in the highlands has increased wonderfully 

 during the last 2 years. I attribute much 

 of this to the good work of Recreation. 

 David Allerton, Marlboro, N. Y. 



If one simp'ly goes out to get meat or 

 kill one deer, or to make a good shot or 2 

 and quit, he can't beat the single shot: Rem- 

 ington, 40-70 preferred. I have offered many 

 'times to shoot my Remington against my 

 friends' guns. 



Tom Tuttle, Florence, Colo. 



This is a bad time of year, as we are hav- 

 ing a second dry season in Southern Cali- 

 fornia. The quails did not nest last year 

 nor this year, and if some steps are not 

 taken to stop the shooting the coming sea- 

 son, there will be none afterward. 



Jack Hendrickson, Fernando, Cal. 



The farmers around this city report game 

 having suffered severely last winter from 

 the cold; the thermometer registered 26 to 

 30 below. They report rinding whole coveys 

 of quails in which every one was frozen. 

 J. J. B., Davenport, Iowa. 



Every copy of Recreation teaches many 

 lessons in humanity, and will go a long 

 way toward convincing the world outside 

 of the sportsmen's class that to be a sports- 

 man is not to be a brute, but the contrary. 

 W. P. MacHenry, Elmira, N. Y. 



I have seen woodcock, rabbits, opossums, 

 owls, bitterns and wild doves within 200 

 yards of my door, and I have heard of 

 skunks and squirrels being seen by neigh- 

 bors within the last 6 months. 



O. Molatsch, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



You may say that Iowa has another herd 

 of elk, as I have the second largest herd 

 in the State. They have come through the 

 winter in good shape, requiring^ less care 

 and attention than any other animals. 

 Dr. Jos. Standley, Platteville, Iowa. 



You are killing off the fish and game 

 hogs in this country at a lively rate. I 

 used to be a hog, but this year am only 



