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deal of territory in quest of all sorts of 

 game. It is the grandest sport in the 

 world, and an enjoyable hunting trip can 

 not be gauged by the quantity of game 

 killed. Small game is unusually scarce 

 here this year, and I never saw so many 

 hunters. 



Recreation is doing a good work in edu- 

 cating the reckless and thuoghtless slayers 

 of game and fish. I have been trying' some 

 years to stay illegal shooting of song birds 

 and have been able to do some good. 



Dr. J. Bee, Johnstown, Pa. 



hereafter and let some other fellow do the 

 hunting. 



The organization of the Benwood Hunt- 

 ing and Fishing Club has been accom- 

 plished, and the members number among 

 the best citizens and business men of Ben- 

 wood. Their ground is located on the 

 South branch of Cheat river, bought for 

 the purpose by Frank W. Porterfield and 

 Louis Gocke. The region abounds with all 

 manner of small game and a few deer. At 

 a recent meeting of the members the fol- 

 lowing officers were elected : President, 

 Joseph Mahood ; secretary, Thomas P. 

 Deegan ; treasurer, F. W. Porterfield. 



L. P., Wheeling, W. Va. 



Last year we had excellent quail shoot- 

 ing. Actually thousands of Mexican top- 

 knot quail passed through town, drifting 

 South. These birds always winter around 

 ranches, becoming tame enough to feed 

 with chickens in bad weather. We had a 

 great many ducks last fall, but nearly all 

 our rabbits froze in a big snow winter be- 

 fore last. Curle.ws are plentiful, and make 

 pretty fajr shooting in a prairie country 

 like this. 



Herman J. Love, Clayton,. N. M. 



A few of us recently spent 2 weeks on 

 Mt. Horeb, where plenty of deer, bear, 

 grouse and the finest huckleberries that 

 grow are found. The coldest spring water 

 that a thirsty man could wish for flows in 

 a steady stream from the side of a large 

 boulder on the top of the mountain. At the 

 base of the mountain is Elk Horn creek, 

 where an angler can catch as many big 

 trout as he desires. 



U. S. Rider, Salem, Ore. 



Edmund Effers, of this city, a traveling 

 salesman, killed a deer and a meadow lark 

 in Connecticut in September last, and when 

 he was taken into court the Justice charged 

 him $100 for the deer and $10 for the lark. 

 Edmund served a week in jail before the 

 case came to trial so that he had ample 

 time to repent of his sins. If he saw fit. 

 He would much better stick to his samples 



Charles Horning, a farmer living near 

 Tacoma, Wash., was recently arrested by 

 Officers Peterson and Foster charged with 

 killing a grouse and a quail in close season, 

 and was taken into court where he was re- 

 quired to pay the penalty imposed by the 

 law. It is said that a number of Homing's 

 neighbors have been violating the game 

 laws for months past and it is hoped this 

 hint may do them some good as well as 

 him. 



A party of Minneapolis shooters went out 

 and made a big killing of ducks. They 

 strung them up, had them photographed 

 and furnished a cony of the picture to the 

 Minneapolis Sunday Times, in which it 

 was published. For some reason the men 

 do not show up in the picture themselves. 

 Can any one guess why? 



I mail you to-day copy of a local paper, 

 which tells what we are doing with the 

 wolves out here. Each wolf killed means 

 at least one covey more of chickens, ducks 

 or ruffed grouse. Wolves are strong for- 

 agers, especially an old female with a litter 

 of young to feed. 



C. W. Virgin, Sauk Centre, Minn. 



There are over 300 regular market hunt- 

 ers here, not to speak of local citizens who 

 sell their fish and game. 



Dr. C. K. Parker, Pollock, La. 



And it is safe to say at least 290 of them 

 use pump guns. — Editor. 



Our game is none too plentiful. Last 

 winter quails died in great numbers here 

 and I am afraid we shall not have many 

 next season. I fed one covey and it came 

 through all right. 



Wilfred Wheeler, Concord, Mass. 



I want a gun more for the pleasure of 

 having it than for actual use, for I would 

 rather see a squirrel or a bird alive and 

 happy than to see it dead or dying. 



Ira D. Goodhue, Norwalk, O. 



Deer are again plentiful here, for the 

 reason that our local wardens have been 

 vigilant in enforcing the anti-hounding law. 

 Leon L. Smart, Westport, Pa. 



John E. Sibley, of Gardner, shot 3 coons 

 one night last fall near Rindge, N. H. 



S. A. M., Gardner, Mass. 



