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RECREATION. 



could do more good at an outfitting point, 

 by asking tourists not to violate the law, 

 than by going into the mountains. 



I presume you fully realize what you are 

 up against. The railroads offer every in- 

 ducement for people to come here and help 

 kill. The hotels do the same. And the 

 guides, great heavens! There is not one 

 of them who will not find any kind of game 

 the hog wants, in season or out, for money. 

 I read of your efforts with great interest, 

 but it's a hard proposition you have to 

 face. 



J. E. Miller, Leadville, Colo. 



GAME NOTES. 



Please compare the new game laws of 

 Colorado with the old ones and see if you 

 do not think the old law better adapted for 

 the protection of game. 



The season on deer was, formerly Sep- 

 tember 1 to October 15. 



What do you think of changing it to 

 August 15 and letting it run until Novem- 

 ber 5? What a time that man Webber 

 would have should he be up on the White 

 river 80 days. Thank heaven, we do not 

 boast of any such alleged sportsmen in this 

 vicinity. 



I think it wrong to increase the number 

 of ducks allowed each person. You may 

 depend on it. any man who will shoot 50 

 ducks in a day will take more if he has 

 a chance. 



In this State quails are supposed to be 

 protected at all times, and yet any day 

 one can buy quails in the market by get- 

 ting in with the marketkeeper. That is 

 how the game laws are enforced in Col- 

 orado. We have plenty of game now, but 

 our people do not seem to realize that it 

 will not be long until one hears the ques- 

 tion, "Where has all the game in this 

 State gone?" 

 Fred. P. Taylor, Colorado Springs, Colo. 



I have read the articles of E. L. Linds- 

 ley, of Seattle, Wash., and E. C. Chamber- 

 lain, of Chicago, in which they justly and 

 intelligently refute the statement of one 

 G. H. Webber, whose article appeared in 

 Recreation. Webber's views are contrary 

 to all that is reasonable and decent. If the 

 solid logic and high-minded argument in 

 Recreation fail to convert him, then let 

 him keep on grunting with the rest of the 

 herd. His diet should be B. B. shot instead 

 of slop. 



Mr. Chamberlain wisely suggests that 

 "If the reading of Recreation makes 

 Webber weary, he should discontinue it. 

 From the tenor of his letter, I imagine he 

 borrows it." Yes, Mr. C. is right, and the 

 old proverb asserts itself in W's case : it is 

 like "throwing pearls to the pigs." Rec- 

 reation deserves better company, and an- 



ticipating that Mr. Pork will discontinue, I 

 hasten to make good his deficiency in Rec- 

 reation's list by enclosing $5 for 5 new 

 subscribers. Long live the doctrine advo- 

 cated by Lindsley and Chamberlain, Rec- 

 reation and its editor, that righteousness 

 may prevail and game hoggishness be 

 doomed to everlasting oblivion. 



Fred Naegele, Helena, Montana. 



I am deeply interested in the work you 

 are doing, and I am glad to say that nearly 

 every sportsman around here is a true 

 member of the clan. One of them has 

 been to Texas for 2 weeks. He found 

 plenty of ducks, but killed only 40. I don't 

 call that hoggish, for 7 days' hunting. 



In a recent number "Crum," of Toronto, 

 Ont., asks if any of Recreation's readers 

 ever tried to keep game birds in captivity. 



I once knew a man who attempted to keep 

 ruffed grouse. He found in the woods a 

 grouse nest containing 13 eggs. He took 

 5 and placed them under a hen. In 8 days 

 she hatched out 4 of the liveliest young- 

 sters I ever saw. Wild? The least sound 

 sent them under the house, barn, or any- 

 thing they could get under. We caught 

 them, took them to the woods, left them a 

 lot of food, and let the ungrateful things 

 bring themselves up. 



R. Williams. Butler. Pa. 



I was much amused at accounts in 

 Recreation of the yacht Sybilla. The 

 boat went through the ditch here, in No- 

 vember, and was covered with game of all 

 kinds, just as they claim. They had come 

 from Hatteras; but the laws of North 

 Carolina are very strict and are well en- 

 forced. No non-resident may shoot afloat. 



The people about Hatteras dislike to see 

 any stranger kill or catch anything, and if 

 the Sybilla got her load there it was gotten 

 with silver bullets. 



So please don't call the owners game 

 hogs. From what we saw of them here, 

 they were pleasant clever men. 



If anyone doesn't believe what I say 

 about Hatteras, let him go down there and 

 try to get a little shooting. It is the fin- 

 est place in the world for geese and brant; 

 but strangers are not tolerated. 



A. S. Doane, Coinjock, N. C. 



Mr. Doane's complimentary remarks 

 about the Sybilla men are suggestive. Did 

 they buy any game of you or your friends, 

 Mr. Doane? — Editor. 



Yours of recent date to hand, with 

 L. A. S. circulars enclosed. I am heartily 

 in favor of the platform, and the object of 

 the L. A. S. I think I can get some 

 friends to join, and shall do all I can to 

 secure members, as I think if something 



