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to shoot it again to put it out of its misery, 

 and after it looked into my eyes I felt like 

 a sheep for doing such a deed. Ever since 

 I have been careful to kill only what I can 

 use. 



V. H. M., Cripple Creek, Colo. 



In reply to your letter will say I have not 

 heard of any proposal to hold a side hunt 

 here. -I sincerely hope this town will never 

 be disgraced by such an unsportsmanlike 

 and inhuman slaughter of game. The 

 Greenfield Sportsmen's club, of which I am 

 vice-president, was organized to protect 

 game. We have 150 members and have had 

 one of our number appointed game warden. 

 The indiscriminate destruction of game in 

 the name of sport will soon, I hope, be a 

 thing of the past. A side hunt was recent- 

 ly held at Conway, Mass., not far from 

 here. I cannot express my contempt for 

 the men who so disgrace themselves and 

 their town. 



L. A. Newton, Greenfield, Mass. 



If all the side hunters could only be in- 

 duced to read Dr. Newton's letter and to 

 realize that it expresses the sentiment of 

 all decent sportsmen in this land, it might 

 possibly be the means of causing some of 

 these antiquated butchers to discontinue 

 their evil work. — Editor. 



Mr. D. C. Nowlin, Chief Game Warden, 

 Big Piney, Wyo. 

 Governor Richards writes me that you 

 have recently succeeded in convicting a man 

 for killing elk for the teeth, and that the 

 man was fined $100. I congratulate you on 

 this achievement. Will you kindly give me 

 the name and address of the man? 



G. O. Shields. 



ANSWER. 



The man you inquire about -is William 

 Binkley, of Grovont, Wyoming. He was 

 fined $ioo and costs, total $171, which he 

 paid. It is but just to say that Binkley has 

 quit hunting and gone to work, carrying the 

 mails to- Elk. 



Shortly after Binkley was convicted Fred 

 Korner, of the same place, was arrested and 

 fined $100 for hunting illegally. Public sen- 

 timent in Wyoming is changing and game 

 protection is no longer a dream ; though 

 much remains to be done. Will try to get 

 close season on antelope. 



D. C. Nowlin, Cheyenne, Wyo. 



I noticed at the annual meeting of the 

 Brown's Track Guides' Association, held 

 at old Forge, N. Y., a short time ago, that 

 a resolution was adopted to give Mr. and 

 Mrs. Bruin a chance to raise a family in 

 peace from May 1st to October 1st. As 

 the law now is, the bear is about the only 



wild animal of the Adirondacks that is not 

 protected by law during breeding season. 

 I think this question should be taken up by 

 the L. A. S., for there is no more genuine 

 hunting than to follow a bear all day in 

 November and at night sleep on the trail 

 under Nature's roof, with snow for a pil- 

 low. Let us all see what we can do for the 

 bears. 



Geo. P. Langford, Vernon, N. Y. 



I earnestly hope the bill may pass. The 

 black bear should be protected for at least 

 10 years. — Editor. 



The razorback from Pendleton, Ore., 

 who signs J. W. Lane to his "Western 

 Sentiments" assumes a great deal by say- 

 ing "we" unless there are others of his 

 breed in his sty. I travel continually and 

 have hunted all over the West the last 5 

 years. Have hunted with sportsmen from 

 Pendleton and want you to tell your read- 

 ers there are no fairer or more honorable 

 hunters anywhere than those in Pendleton, 

 with the exception of Lane and "We." I 

 notice Recreation has friends all over this 

 Western country, and everywhere among 

 real thoroughbred sportsmen your excellent 

 work in the defense of game preservation 

 is highly appreciated. 



Ed. J. Fisher, Seattle, Wash. 



Long may you live to down the game 

 hogs. The killing of small birds for decor- 

 ative purposes is unpardonable and in- 

 finitely worse than game hoggishness. I 

 tried hard to get the New Brunswick Leg- 

 islature to put a stop to this barbarity. We 

 have good game laws here, but they are 

 laxly enforced. A great many deer are 

 hunted with hounds on the borders of New 

 Brunswick and Maine. The hunters can 

 dodge over the line whenever they think 

 danger is at hand. Our taxidermist at St. 

 Stephens told me that all the deer sent to 

 him from that region were shot in the 

 head; that means usually that they were 

 swimming when killed. 



J. H. Mears, Bay Side, N. B. 



Where can I obtain county or townshio 

 maps of Northern Michigan, showing trails, 

 streams, swamps, etc. ? 



G. D. Hill, Marshall, Mich. 



Recreation is the most popular maga- 

 zine on the road, so the traveling men say. 

 Jas. W. Cheesewright, Boise, Idaho. 



Recreation is the best sportsman's 

 magazine published. 



F. O. Rood, Estherville, Iowa. 



No lover of sport can get along without 

 Recreation. E .A. Porter, Lincoln, Neb. 



