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RECREATION. 



hunted we Hushed 45 grouse and 2 coveys 

 of quails, and without a dog at that. The 

 many lakes near Greenville are full of 

 pike, bass and catfish. It is also a good 

 deer country. 



E. R. Newton, Alliance, O. 



Yours is the magazine par excellence 

 for the better class of sportsmen. My 

 non-shooting subscribers, also, are en- 

 thusiastic in its praise, and the ladies read 

 it with much interest. If Recreation had 

 been published as long as some of the al- 

 leged sportsmen's journals which have en- 

 eouraged and Mattered the game and fish 

 hogs there would not have been that de- 

 pletion of game -and fish of which we hear 

 complaints from all sections. 



W. W. Potter, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Quails are plentiful here. The scrub oak 

 timber, numerous streams and countless 

 cornfields and cotton patches furnish them 

 hut cover. Fox squirrels, coons and 

 opossums are fairly abundant. Forty to 

 60 miles West of here many deer range,. 

 rnd a few black bears. Coyotes and jack 

 rabbits afford good sport for those who 

 hunt with greyhounds. 



Oklahoma can furnish lots of sport for 

 years to come if the game laws are re- 

 spected 



J. S. Kinkade, Hennessey, Okla. 



We have abundance of deer, turkeys, 

 coons, wildcats, squirrels, red, gray and 

 black foxes, and some bears. We have 

 also good trout fishing in our small 

 streams,, and plenty of bass and salmon in 

 the Cheat river. Our club has a com- 

 fortable house built in the mountains, 

 where we go each season. Last fall we 

 killed 6 deer and a lot of small game. We 

 try in every way to protect the game of 

 our State. 



F. F. C, Hambleton, W. Va. 



The salmon are probably wall eyed pike. 

 — Ed. 



We have in this region rabbits, squirrels 

 and ruffed grouse. January 3 I went about 

 18 miles out of the city to hunt squirrels. 

 I had tramped around an hour when I 

 heard a chattering, and soon had killed 3 

 !?rey squirrels. I weighed them and found 

 they weighed 3 pounds. I used a Stevens' 

 Favorite .22. 



I should like to bay a puppy or young 

 pointer, and should be glad of information 

 as to where I ran get one. 



A. E. Wait, Traverse City, Mich. 



I own a 3 year old black and tan dog of 

 sporting oroclivities and exceeding intelli- 

 gence. There are people named Partridge 

 living near me, and my dog insists on 



pointing members of" that family whenever 

 she meets them. Two papers are left daily 

 at my door. The dog brings me the Re- 

 publican journal without being told; the 

 Democratic sheet she will fetch only under 

 compulsion. 



N. Y. Hildebrand, Springfield, 111. 



I recently arrested one Charles L. Bar- 

 bera, of Boston, for violation of fish and 

 game laws. Judge Bossom, of Chelsea 

 Police Court, fined him $10 for killing 91 

 swallows. If the Judge had ever read 

 Recreation he would have made it $20 or 

 more. 



C. N. Hardenbrush, Revere, Mass. 



You did your duty, anyway, and are the 

 right kind of stuff. — Editor. 



State Game Protector Carlos Hutchins, of In- 

 dian Lake, passed through Warrensburgh to-day 

 )n his way to Caldwell with James and Robert 

 Pierce, whom he caught recently jacking deer at 

 Puffer pond. They were taken to the county 

 jail to pay the penalty for their offence by 25 days' 

 imprisonment. 



Mr. Hutchins has also shot several dogs 

 that have been chasing deer. They are 

 frequently seen near the village, where a 

 few years ago they were never found. 



Subscriber, Warrensburg, N. Y. 



Here is a never failing cure for rattle- 

 snake bite: Take 3 ounces of fine cut to- 

 bacco, 3 ounces of table salt, and an onion 

 of medium size. Cut the onion fine, and 

 mash and mix thoroughly with the salt 

 and tobacco. Put this mixture on the 

 wound and allow to remain until dry. Re- 

 peat twice if needed. If that does not 

 effect a cure call me a harp of 7 strings. 

 Chas. Gibson, Eufaula, I. TV 



Although a woman, I am fond of the- 

 fishing rod and the rifle. When I was a 

 small girl my father taught me to shoot, 

 and I felt proud of being the r only girl in 

 town who could make a good target. 

 And now, though the days of childhood 

 are past, the rifle and rod stand next to 

 my camera in my affections. Recreation 

 is the queen of magazines. 



(Miss) B. M. R., East Hardwick, Vt. 



On my regular bear hunt last fall I got 

 some fine skins, in heavy fur. The last 

 day I was in the mountains I counted 35 

 deer and 12 elk. The game has quit hid- 

 ing so close since our new game law went 

 into effect. No game is snipped in this 

 State any more, so it is getting more 

 abundant. From my yard this morning I 

 saw a bunch of Chinese pheasants. 



W. H. Boren, Camas Valley, Ore. 



I had a star assistant last year. He 

 burned hundreds of yards of nets and 

 knocked out a lot of shortbill snipe res- 



