FROM THE GAME FIELD?,. 



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Lundy will make every possible effort to 

 instruct the people in the neighborhood of 

 Stanwood, Wash., that it is unlawful to kill 

 these particular birds and all others except 

 those mentioned in the law quoted. 



H. Rief, Game Warden, Seattle, Wash. 



A CAMP CANDLESTICK. 



For the benefit of the many sportsmen 

 who camp out, I send you a sample of a 

 camp candlestick I have made and used 

 many years. Its weight and cost are nil. 

 Its usefulness and convenience are great; 

 and when once it is tried the clumsy lan- 

 tern is thereafter left at home. 



Any man can make one of these camp 

 candlesticks. Melt the end off a tin can, 

 mark the pattern, then cut out with a pair 

 of shears, and roll on a small stick till a 



candle will fit the top end. Make the lower 

 end much smaller. Then cut a small stick, 

 any length desired, so it will fit the lower 

 end of the tin. Sharpen the lower end of 

 the wood, to stick in ground, put in the 

 candle, light up, and be happy. ' When the 

 candle burns low, push up the stick and all 

 will burn. 



Curtis Hall, South Pass, Wyo. 



GAME NOTES. 



The ad for chipmunks which you so kind- 

 ly placed in Recreation for me has brought 

 many replies and I have chipmunks from all 

 sections of the West, North and South. 

 Have placed a number of orders and expect 

 to be supplied with about 30 or 40 pairs. 



One Bill Shook replied to the ad. Bill 

 finds his self located out in Montana, on 

 Wolf creek. What he can not write he 



prints. Bill states that he's a natural born 

 trapper and that when he once sets out 

 for a varmint it just naturally gets dis- 

 couraged, walks out of its hole and cashes 

 in; 'cause it knows that if it don't Bill'l 

 make life so d — n miserable it'll not be 

 worth the livin', no how. Bill knows all 

 about chipmunks and can pick all I want 

 "if it aint to fer to ship 'em." Bill also 

 states I can write for his record to anyone 

 around the parts; that he don't give a 

 d — n who I select. 



Another, Billy Babcock, of Sullivan 

 county, sends his record as having had 168 

 skunk skins nailed to his barn last fall. I 

 should like to have been his neighbor? 

 Babcock says he "aint no hog 'cause skunks 

 aint no use to no one 'cept fer their hides," 

 and hopes he gets the job. 



I hope the L. A. S. will put the auto- 

 matic gun out of business. 



Horace P. Beck, Newport, R. I. 



Quail shooting in this section was ex- 

 cellent last winter. The weather was un- 

 usually cold, but we had no snow, and the 

 birds fared well. 



Mr. Geo. Eastman and a party of friends 

 spent some time at the Lodge in Novem- 

 ber ; also made another visit in February. 

 They were mostly beginners in wing shoot- 

 ing and they did the birds no serious dam- 

 age. No other hunters from the North 

 came into this immediate vicinity. Little 

 hunting was done by resident sportsmen, 

 consequently there was a large number of 

 old birds to raise from this season. We 

 had excellent weather for the young last 

 summer ; no heavy rains to drown them, 

 and we have a large crop of them this fall. 

 W. G. Vinson, Enfield, N. C. 



Moose and caribou are numerous and 

 are being guarded now, but the same old 

 calling will go on, I suppose, after the 

 season opens. The moose can stand it for 

 a year or 2, as there are so many, but it 

 should be stopped. 



Edward Hickson, Bathurst, N. B. 



I should like to correspond with some 

 readers of Recreation who have camped 

 and fished on the North shore of Lake 

 Huron and along the Canadian Pacific rail- 

 way. George G. Brewer, Minett, Ont. 



My Ninth Annual Photo Competition closes 

 November 30. The time is growing short in 

 which to make and enter pictures, and I 

 trust all my friends who have participated 

 in previous competitions may be represented 

 in this one. A number of valuable prizes 

 are offered, and in addition to these all 

 photos used will hereafter be paid for at 

 the rate of 50 cents to $1 each, according 

 to actual value for illustrative purpos.es,, 



