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taken in the preservation of game and the 

 observance of game laws. As you well 

 know, it is quite impossible to do any- 

 thing individually, but if we had an associa- 

 tion of sufficient strength something might 

 be accomplished. I should be glad to re- 

 ceive blank applications for membership in 

 the L. A. S., copies of any circulars issued 

 by the League, and any instructions that 

 would aid in organizing a local division. A 

 number of my friends, to whom I have al- 

 ready spoken, have promised me their as- 

 sistance. 



A. E. Ruby, Berlin, Ont. 



Since the above was written we have or- 

 ganized a good, strong working division 

 in Ontario, with Mr. C. A. Hammond as 

 Chief Warden. Every sportsman in the 

 province should now join and help in the 

 good work the Ontario division is doing. — 

 Editor. 



A GOOD CAMPING GROUND. 

 Our hunting club has gone on a camp 

 hunt each fall for the past 10 or 12 years. 

 Last year we went down the Big Fork 

 river, in Minnesota. We found plenty of 

 moose, bear, deer, ducks and fish. G. W. 

 Squires killed a large bull moose near Lit- 

 tle Bowstring river. J. T. Cook and Bud 

 Davis got another near the same place, 

 and Rube Jones and Si Taylor bagged a 

 bear on Big Fork. We killed all the deer 

 and ducks we wanted, and caught fish until 

 we were weary. Visiting sportsmen can 

 enter the country from Deer river, where 

 they will find hotel accommodation and 

 guides. Charley Rife and E. E. Wally, of 

 Deer river, can be relied on to find any 

 game from moose to bass. Some members 

 of our club hunted last year in Colorado, 

 about 40 miles Southeast of Meeker. They 

 were in camp 10 days. Deer were abun- 

 dant, coming down from the mountains in 

 bands of 5 to 20. Our secretary will be 

 glad to give sportsmen information regard- 

 ing regions that our club has hunted over. 

 Recreation Hunting Club, 



Princeton, Mo. 



THE SALMON RIVER COUNTRY. 

 M. W. Miner is mistaken in saying, as 

 he does in December Recreation, that 

 Ketchum and Hailey, Idaho, are on the 

 Salmon river. Ketchum is on Wood river. 

 So, I think, is Hailey. At least I know it 

 is not on Salmon. Sawtooth City, at the 

 head of Salmon river, is 40 miles from 

 Ketchum. There is a wagon road between 

 the 2 places, and it continues about 40 

 miles down the river to Stanley basin. Be- 

 ginning at Sawtooth City there are 12 

 lakes in a line along the Sawtooth moun- 

 tains. All contain red fish. The largest of 

 the lakes called by some Redfish and by 

 others Alturus. is 12 miles long. It is 



more picturesque than Yellowstone lake. 

 The Sawtooth mountains are the home of 

 the goat; but in all my hunting there I 

 never saw a sheep, nor the track of one. 

 There are a few sheep on the East fork of 

 Salmon river. The sulphur springs, of 

 which Mr. Miner speaks, are at Cape 

 Horn, on the middle fork. A few elk and 

 goats come there to lick. 



M. P. Dunham. Ovando^Mont. 



RABBITS IN MISSOURI. 

 My favorite sport is rabbit hunting. In 

 December, '99, we had a 4-inch snow, on 

 which Molly Har' could run in fine style. 

 My brother George and I were early afield. 

 He took his .22 caliber repeater, and Colo- 

 nel, a monster Newfoundland dog. I car- 

 ried a 12 bore shot gun, and my pointer 

 pup followed me. Scarcely had we started 

 when we jumped a rabbit and my com- 

 panion put a bullet in him on the run. 

 We crossed a bushy pasture, George tak- 

 ing one side and I the other. I saw a bun- 

 ny sitting on his form. Not liking to pot 

 him I said "Shoo!" He shooed like a 

 race horse; and though I tried with both 

 barrels I failed to stop him. A little way 

 on I found a fresh trail and followed it, 

 putting up another rabbit only to miss 

 him. Then George made a long running 

 shot and picked up his second rabbit. Af- 

 ter that I had better luck. In the next lot 

 I got several rabbits and 2 quails. George 

 did as well. When we went home we car- 

 ried 17 rabbits. 



F. H. Felt, Chillicothe, Mo. 



A CALIFORNIA PRIZE. 

 I saw in March Recreation a note by 

 the Editor saying he did not believe there 

 was a deer in the hills that would dress 350 

 pounds. Three years ago, W. R. Williams, 

 of this place, killed a buck mule deer which 

 was estimated to weigh, dressed, about 400 

 pounds. Its horns were the finest I ever 

 saw, and so large they could not be taken 

 through an ordinary sized door. After 

 the deer was dressed and the legs cut off 

 at the knees it took 2 strong men to load 

 it on a horse. Even then they could not 

 do it until they got the horse on the lower 

 side and had one man pull while the other 

 lifted. The horse, though a large, strong 

 animal, found the load so heavy that he 

 would lie down every chance he got. My 

 father helped bring in the buck, and says 

 it weighed at least 375 and more likely 

 400 pounds. The buck's head was not pre- 

 served, nor were any measurements taken. 

 Mule deer are often killed in this country 

 that weigh up to 300 pounds. 



Ned Cady, Susanville, Cal. 



Estimates don't go. What we want is 

 actual weights, verified by one or more 

 witnesses. — Editor, 



