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RECREATION. 



in York county. This bird and its mate 

 had cleaned out a flock of quails and when 

 I shot it the 2 were fighting over a rabbit. 

 A. J. Fisher, York, Pa. 



Recreation is much appreciated in 

 Texas. We have lately organized a gun 

 club here of 25 charter members and offer 

 a reward of $25 for a violation of the 

 game law. We made the same offef'Tast 

 year and only had one conviction, at a cost 

 of $45 for the 3 birds he killed. There 

 was no other violation of the law. Keep 

 up your good fie^ht on the game hogs. 



W. S. Peace, Del Rio, Texas. 



In the 6 years 1 have been a sportsman 

 quails have never been so scarce as at pres- 

 ent. Game hogs have potted them all. I 

 have as fine a pointer as ever went into 

 cover, yet I never killed over 15 quail in a 

 day, even when they were abundant. All 

 sportsmen should be members of the L. A. 

 S. and help protect the game. 



* Ed. Bliss, St. Paul, Ind. 



The first day of the open season on rab- 

 bits fell on Sunday last fall, and of course 

 sportsmen did not hunt until Monday. But 

 while driving Sunday afternoon, I met 3 

 fellows with a hound and no less than 14 

 rabbits. There is little encouragement to 

 be decent when such things are permitted. 

 J. D. Gossler, Allentown, Pa. 



Through the united efforts of the sports- 

 men in Northwestern Pennsylvania, we suc- 

 ceeded in getting a bill through the Legis- 

 lature which prohibited the shooting of 

 woodcock in July, but for some unaccount- 

 able reason the Governor refused to sign it. 

 C. B. Hall, Erie, Pa. 



The season has, so far, been unusually 

 propitious and I believe there will be more 

 birds here than lor many years. Certainly 

 this will be the case if the calls of Bob 

 White indicate their presence. Wild tur- 

 keys also promise to be abundant. 



Margaret Buford, Lawrenceville, Va. 



I notice in May Recreation Jean Alli- 

 son's reply to Dr. Brigham of Indianapolis, 

 in regard to eating deer liver. Though my- 

 self a Hoosier M.D. from Indianapolis, I 

 must say that Brother Allison is right in 

 every particular. 



J. Q. Allen, Telluride, Col. 



We have but few chickens and quail, 

 although rabbits are abundant and in the 

 fall duck shooting is good. We still have 

 an open season on ducks in the spring, but 

 every Legislature adds some restriction to 

 our game laws. C. Holdfer, Perry, la. 



The game of this State needs more pro- 

 tection. Grouse, quails and pheasants are 

 nearly exterminated. Duck shooting is 

 still excellent. Deer are scarce. Bear are 

 numerous from June to August. 



W. J. McPoland, Long Branch, Wash. 



Game is plentiful here, especially grouse. 

 Quails are less numerous. Game laws are 

 not well enforced. We have wardens but 

 tney shirk their duty. 



J. E. Hubbard, Athol, Wyo. 



Deer are becoming plentiful here. The 

 open season of 10 days is long enough. An 

 effort is being made to extend the season 

 but I hope it will fail. 



J. L. McAllister, Warren, Vt. 



In spite of the long and severe winter 

 chickens and grouse went through in good 

 shape. There were large numbers of them 

 to breed last spring. 



Frank W. Blake, Fort Totten, N. D. 



This is the greatest country for quails 

 that I ever saw. However, I have killed 

 more hawks than quails in my 8 years of 

 residence here. 



D. C. Green, Bartow, Florida. 



Last season was the greatest for ducks, 

 wild geese, deer and all kinds of game that 

 we have had for many years in this section. 

 J. T. Collins, Morgan City, La. 



I live in the center of the best hunting 

 and fishing section of Pennsylvania. Last 

 season I killed 2 deer and 3 bear. 



Walter J. Bachman, Oleona, Pa. 



We have many quails and rabbits, but 

 our game laws are little respected and the 

 pot hunter is always at work. 



M. J. Crawford, Wapakoneta, O. 



Our new game law is being enforced to 

 the letter. We have 3 Mexicans in jail now 

 for trapping and selline- quails. 



I. J. Bush, M.D, El Paso, Tex. 



Ducks are plentiful here. Our hunters 

 are not game hogs and know when they 

 have enough. 

 Kenneth Hughes, Colorado Springs, Colo. 



Quails are scarce here. We did not have 

 much duck shooting last season. Rabbits 

 were, abundant. 



L. A. Jaeger, Independence, Iowa. 



Game is scarce in this vicinity, a few rab- 

 bits and quails being all that remains. 



Ira Owen, Fruit Port, Mich. 



