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RECREATION. 



H. Smyth and O. B. Stocker brought in 

 255 ducks as the result of 2 days' shooting. 

 A. W. Bitting, Wichita, Kan. 



It would not require a microscope to 

 find their bristles. — Editor. 



There is a big game hog in this com- 

 munity. His name is John Bailey, and he 

 does nothing but hunt. He shoots rab- 

 bits all through the summer, and had 

 killed 99 up to January 1st. Then he 

 growled because he couldn't find another 

 to make it an even 100. 



I should like to hear from someone in 

 Colorado or thereabouts who intends go- 

 ing on a bear hunt next spring. 



George W. Harp, Brinley, O. 



Game of all kinds is plentiful here. Fine 

 duck shooting can be had within a mile of 

 the center of this city. Quails are abun- 

 dant. Bags of 20 or 30 are the usual result 

 of a day's shooting. Back in the moun- 

 tains deer, elk, sheep and goats may be 

 found, with an occasional bear or puma. 

 In short, Idaho offers every inducement 

 for the hunter. The game laws are well 

 enforced; but people show game no mercy 

 in the open season. 



J. H. Gipson, Caldwell, Idaho. 



Will readers of Recreation kindly tell 

 me what is the relative number of mourn- 

 ing doves, commonly known as mourning, 

 turtle, or Carolina dove, in comparison 

 with that of 15, 10, and 5 years ago? 

 What position do they occupy as a game 

 bird in your locality? About what per- 

 centage are killed lawfully, annually? 

 What percentage unlawfully killed? Please 

 give all information you can regarding this 

 bird in your locality. 



Otto Ho'^tein. 

 San Antonio, Tex. 



Have just returned from a 1% years' 

 outing in Northwest Colorado. Had a 

 splendid time. Game and fish are fairly 

 plenty there yet, in spite of the lax enforce- 

 ment of game laws in that section. I saw 

 and counted 2400 deer last spring, at one 

 crossing place, as they were going up to 

 their summer range, from the middle of 

 April to about the middle of May. Colo- 

 rado should have plenty of game for many 

 years yet. 



Piatt Carnahan, Carthage, Mo. 



The sportsman's journal spoken of^ in 

 Recreation, which started by giving point- 

 ers on raising ferrets, must be an interest- 

 ing sheet. I presume the next issue will 

 contain full explanations as to the best way 

 to dynamite fish. 



In common with all true sportsmen, I 

 am opposed to the use of ferrets. I should 

 like to see a law passed making it a misde- 

 meanor, punishable by a heavy fine, to 

 have a ferret in possession. 



X. Y. Z., Savannah, N. Y. 



I like the way you roast game hogs and 

 think they deserve all you give them. For 

 years this district has been overrun by 

 men who shoot everything they see, from 

 a wren to a rabbit. There is but little game 

 in this vicinity. Three rabbits are consid- 

 ered a good bag for an all-day hunt. 



At Oakland, 12 miles from here, there 

 is good hunting. At Greenwood lake good 

 hunting and fishing may be had. 



Philmer B. Brooks, Paterson, N. J. 



There are few birds here in the Black 

 hills, but a great number of squirrels. 

 Deer are plentiful on Spearfish creek, and 

 herds of them are seen in the Limestone 

 range West of here. It is reported that 

 a minister from Edgemont, S. D., killed 

 14 deer before he was driven out of the 

 country. He was even more of a game 

 hog than the ranchers who kill deer for 

 meat in summer. 



Claus Bargsten, Englewood, S. D. 



You will be glad to hear there are a few 

 moose in Northern Michigan. Though I 

 saw only their tracks, others of our party 

 saw the animals. In fact, there are nu- 

 merous reports from different parts of the 

 Upper Peninsula that these animals are 

 again in evidence. Now we must protect 

 them in good earnest. Actually one man 

 wrote for permit to kill one. Of course it 

 was not granted. 



M. H., Greenville, Mich. 



On our way to the hunting grounds on 

 Caloma we killed one curlew and one rab- 

 bit. We arrived about 3 p. m., and dur- 

 ing the evening killed 8 ducks, 1 snipe, and 

 1 quail; besides catching an ample mess of 

 fish. The next morning we were out ear- 

 ly, but on account of warm weather, geese 

 and ducks were flying too high. During 

 the day we killed 2 doves, 3 ducks, and 

 caught about 6 pounds of fish. 



H. M. Brown, Port Lavaca, Tex. 



Prairie chickens and grouse are plentiful 

 here, and everything favors a large hatch- 

 ing next spring. Quails are increasing 

 every year with the protection they re- 

 ceive, and if our winters are not too severe 

 we will have fine sport with Bob White in 

 1900. Ducks were not so abundant last 

 fall as in years previous. They were kept 

 away by the constant shooting at mud hens 

 by local sportsmen. 



E. N. Hurd, New Lisbon, Wis. 



