FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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A GOOD CAPTURE. 



Hurley, Wis. — The greatest haul ever made in 

 this State was made recently by Game Warden 

 Valentine Raeth, of Milwaukee, and Warden 

 James Overholtzer, of Eagle River, between Van 

 Buskirk and Hurley. The 2 wardens who t had 

 worked together for 2 weeks in Vilas county, re- 

 ceived notice that men from Michigan were hunt- 

 ing deer on Saturdays or Sundays near the State 

 line in Iron county. The wardens arrrived here 

 Saturday afternoon and began their work. Seven 

 rifles, 4 bags of venison and 7 men under arrest 

 were the result of their visit. Ole Kruken, James 

 Andersen, Henry Hogan, Charles Larson, August 

 Kruken, Oscar Larson and Ilif Brown, all of Iron- 

 wood, Mich., are the alleged hunters. They all 

 work in mines near Ironwood. 



The capture was made before the men knew 

 officers of the law were about, and they were as 

 suddenly stripped of their arms. Revolvers in 

 the hands of the wardens quelled any thought of 

 resistance, though one of the men is said to have 

 drawn a knife. — Milwaukee Free Press. 



Nothing succeeds like success. Nothing 

 will so suddenly convince a man of the 

 necessity of obeying the game and fish 

 laws as to have a game warden push a 6 

 shooter into his face and take his gun and 

 his game away from him, even as Raeth 

 and Overholtzer did in this case. I would 

 bet 10 to 1 that this herd of swine will do 

 no more hunting in close season within the 

 next 10 years. — Editor. 



DISAPPROVES OF DOGS. 

 I have read J. A. Steele's comments on 

 dogs and ferrets in June Recreation and I 

 fully agree with him. I, too, fail to see that it 

 is more hoggish to hunt rabbits with a 

 ferret than to shoot quails over a dog. Both 

 bird dogs and ferrets are used here. I 

 have known a man to go out in the morn- 

 ing with a ferret and come back before 

 noon with all the rabbits he could carry. 

 Then he took his dog out iti the afternoon 

 and shot 30 or 40 quails ; thus proving 

 himself a consistent all day hog. A real 

 sportsman would no more take advantage 

 of a quail by using a dog than he would 

 of a rabbit by using a ferret. Yet note the 

 unfairness of general sentiment on this sub- 

 ject. If a farmer's boy takes a $2 ferret 

 and an $8 gun and gets more rabbits than 

 he ought, he is a low bristleback; but the 

 man with a $50 setter and a $100 gun who 

 shoots quails without giving them any more 

 chance than the boy gave the rabbits, is still 

 a sportsman. If the ferret must go, and of 

 course it must, "I say send the bird dog 

 with it. 



Paul Mouser, Little Sandusky, O. 



GAME NOTES. 

 The State Game Commission reports that 

 5,000 deer were killed in the Adirondacks 

 last year, with an anti-hounding law in 

 force. What would "have been the total 

 had dogging been permitted? Of course, we 

 all know some hounding is done now, but 

 there would be JO times as much if it were 



not for the law. A great fight will be made 

 to get that law repealed. I hope the L. A. 

 S. will do all in its power 'to have it ex- 

 tended another 5 years. We now have a 

 few deer here, where a few years ago you 

 could not find the track of one. Just as sure- 

 ly as they begin hounding again our deer 

 will be driven away or killed. We are 

 within 10 miles of Dresden's great hunt- 

 ing grounds, where there are lots of deer. 

 Why? Because a hound is never allowed 

 to run there, law or no law. Once a 

 boat load of men and dogs came up Lake 

 George and landed in Dresden. They 

 brought 16 dogs and went home without a 

 dog or a deer. Hurrah for Dresden ! 



Philip Kelsey, Comstock, N. Y. 



In December Recreation H. De Kalb, 

 of Big Piney, Wyo., writes: "10,000 elk 

 were seen in one day within 3 miles of the 

 ranch, and many much nearer." H. De- 

 Kalb is a dreamer of dreams. Not an elk 

 has been seen in those parts for 10 years. 

 There may be a few antelope; but the In- 

 dians cleaned out all other game long ago. 

 There are a few elk 100 miles West, near 

 the Park line, but they are fast disappear- 

 ing. Last year an effort was made to stop 

 the slaughter, and some good resulted. 

 Few elk were killed last fall. Deer are 

 fairly plentiful. In our annual hunt last 

 fall, we secured one bull elk and 2 deer. 

 This is one of the bst game regions in the 

 West, as it gets the overflow from the 

 Park. If the present laws are enforced 

 game will increase greatly in a few years. 

 M. O. Newton, Cody, Wyo. 



A long step forward in the way of game 

 preservation has been made by our Legis- 

 lature. The new law has many good points, 

 one being the license clause. Every resi- 

 dent of our State who intends to hunt or 

 fish must pay a yearly license of $1. Non- 

 residents are charged $20. The proceeds 

 go toward the creation of a game and fish 

 protection fund; also to pay bounties. 



I recently met our State Game Warden, 

 Mr. Bartlett. He seemed much interested 

 in his work, and at once asked if I were a 

 member of the L. A. S. Receiving an 

 affirmative answer, he said that though 

 there were only 35 members in the State, 

 they were a great help to him in protect- 

 ing game. 



Recreation and the L. A. S. are a first 

 class combination. 



H. B. Bantzan, Moscow, Idaho. 



I read Recreation with much pleasure. 

 When I came to America in September, 

 1872, the citizens passed jokes and con- 

 demnation on the game laws of England, 

 and often railed me on the subject, saying 

 no country had a right to impose such re- 



