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to ruin the trip. A few in Idaho and in 

 Washington who go in there each year al- 

 ways bring out trophies the richest and best 

 possible in the big game line. 



To camp in an ideal location go far up to 

 the head of some big meadow, above which 

 loom the great toppling granite peaks of the 

 Rocky Mountains, or, as they are called out 

 here, the Bitter Root Mountains. Beside you 

 flows a clear mountain stream with pools 

 here, and there filled with the crispest moun- 

 tain trout. On the right is a thick timber 

 patch about eight miles through, with basins 

 here and there, the haunts of big game. The 

 meadow where you camp has been rolled 

 down in places by bear and eaten off at the 

 upper end by elk and deer. On the mountain 

 side is a big huckleberry patch, and not far 

 away are little creeks with sandy bottoms, 

 ideal prospector's ground. You can hunt early 

 in the day, fish after dinner, then prospect for 

 a few hours and be ready for the path used 

 every night by big game not two miles away, 

 and come back with the satisfaction that you 

 have had a real hunt in nature's hunting 

 paradise. The man seeking an easy time 

 had better remain away. The man who ex- 

 pects to know more about how to go and 

 where to go than those who have gone there 

 many times, will have no satisfaction, but for 

 the real hunter and man who is not afraid 

 of roughing it there is no better region. 

 W. T. Euster, Moscow, Idaho. 



over the nostril. Thus tied, a deer will offer 

 little resistance, and may be dragged by a 

 moderately powerful man for several miles 

 without excessive fatigue. 



Chas. Bramble. 



HOW TO TOTE A DEEE. 



The other day I noticed in a publication 

 issued by one of the large railways, a cut of 

 a man standing upon a frozen lake with a 

 deer at his feet. It was evidently intended 

 to represent a practical hunter, resting on 

 his way to camp with a deer he had shot, for 

 there was a cord tied to the deer's horns. 

 This set me thinking what my old friend Joe 

 Petawawe would have thought of this hunter 

 and his methods. How, think you, would a big 

 buck draw, supposing he were frozen stiff with 

 his legs at right angles to his body, if you 

 tried to drag him for several miles through 

 the woods by his horns? If you have any 

 doubt as to the pleasantness of the task, just 

 try it the next time you get the opportunity. 

 After cleaning the deer, which may be done 

 through a very small opening, whittle out 

 of hard wood a skewer, and make it about 

 i l / 2 inches through and 10 inches long. Be- 

 fore the deer has time to freeze, bring the 

 two fore feet up to the muzzle, and drive the 

 hard wood spike through each leg just above 

 the fetlock and through the deer's nostril. 

 In this way the right foot would be on the 

 right of the muzzle, and the left foot on the 

 left of the muzzle. After this take a rope, 

 such as I always carry when I expect to 

 kill a deer, and make a running loop, and 

 pass it around the skewer either side and 



TO TREAT DRIED SPECIMENS. 



Editor Recreation : 



To restore dried specimens soak them in a 

 solution of caustic potash until puffed up to 

 normal size. If soaked too long the tissues 

 will dissolve and the specimen go to pieces. 

 The action of the alkali may be checked by 

 formalin. 



Frederic Vreeland, Montclair, N. J. 



SIMPLE BREAD-MAKING. 



Editor Recreation : 



I am not a subscriber, but I notice in the 

 May number an article "How to Make Bread 

 in Camp," and I can tell you a much easier 

 way. 



Half a teacup of water and a spoonful or 

 so of flour with the addition of a little mo- 

 lasses or sugar -will ferment and make ordi- 

 nary yeast in eight or ten hours if set in a 

 warm place, and if this is added to more flour 

 and water you will have all the yeast you 

 want. 



It can be kept going indefinitely, simply 

 pouring the yeast into the flour and water 

 intended for the bread, and after stirring it 

 about, pouring a little back into a jar or 

 bottle for future use. 



Jos. Hardwick, New York City. 



PRESERVING THE BIG ONES. 



The abode of the hunter is often adorned 

 with the trophies of the hunt. The botanist 

 gathers flowers and plants and preserves 

 them for future reference. The geologist 

 collects his specimens. But the lucky angler 

 eats his catch, and, when he has finished, 

 nothing remains but a fish story and a cer- 

 tain contentment of mind felt only by the fol- 

 lowers of the "gentle art." 



The other day, an angling friend showed 

 me how he preserved his big ones. The idea 

 was in the shape of a book, made by him- 

 self. The covers were of flexible, tan-colored 

 leather in one piece. On the front, the words 

 "Fisherman's Luck" were . burned, supple- 

 mented by an illustration taken from the 

 advertising columns of a sporting magazine. 

 The back cover was adorned in like manner 

 by a fish's tail. 



The pages of the book were about seven 

 inches square, cut from extra heavy, linen 

 paper. The whole was bound together by 

 a thong of leather placed through holes 

 punched in the cover and paper. The first 

 sheet contained the inscription "Some Big 

 Ones Caught by Myself." 



