Year: 1878

To the editor of the TarBu f.


IA l agreed to give you some notes
on my hunting expedition In this part OF
the county, | will now endeavor to fulfill
he promise in as good manner as pos
sible. We took the boat at j. =, McDon-
AIDS at eight in the morning and landed
a, the head of Mullet lake at the Lake
View House, at ii A. NJ Smith was not
lexpeeting mush of crowd that day, as
1t was quite stormy, but he struck out at
| 2:40 gate for the kitchen and in an
hour and a half we sat down to good
square meal. and you can safely bet that
we dld ample justice tn the the many
good things on the table. The hunter
car make his headquarters here as it is
right In the game country. Already
several hunting parties were here and
more camped in the woods fshort dis
tance up the Pigeon river. At this sea-
son of the year the deer as general
thing in other sections of the country
are hunted with dogs. but here the hun
ter does not require dog. tor there are
50 many small lakes where the deer can
take to water that it Is impossible to
Know in which direction they will run.
The best way to get deer in this country
is by still linnting, as they water at all
he smull lakes IN tho Interior. back from
Mnllet and Burt lakes. The hunter to
be successful must get up aIout three
o'clock in the morning and after taking
lunch 90 to one cf these lakes and
| conceal him self in some one of the
clumps of small cellars that grow In pro-
fusion OH the shores, aud there lie i'm wait
until the deer come to get their morning
drink, when they are very easily shot,
providing the hunter is not laboring un-
der an attack of buck fever. We had
poor success in our deer hunting on ac-
count Of rainy weather. but more.than
made it up in our duck and partridge
shooting. Indian river is tho boss
place for ducks aud was pronounced by a
number of hunters that used to frequent
ST. Clair Flats far superior to that place


After day of rest at the Lake View
House, where we We're treated right roy
ally upon the best things in the larder
and by Smith bringing forth from th,
mystical regions of his underground
storshouse those things that are calcrl-
latei to cheer the heart and make mems
souls glad under the most adverse cir
cumstances. Ws made a day OF il, and
night TOO for that matter. if tripping
the light fantastic toe to the lively tones


of two viol;ns sand the lusty voices o
our musical companions counted for any
thing. and then finishing up the night
Jubilee with well-brewcd punch, il
which avocation Watts is a grand sue
cess. At daylight the next morning w,
were on the river and never did we en-
joy morning better. for the hundred


Of acres Of wild rice WAS just full O


ducks. and it was grand sight to see


Mallard or Canvass Back drop at tn


crack of the gun and make splash i


the water that woulI do credit to a goot


sized goose. We got back 20 breakfas


1T anil 1t was surprising what a


amount of provisions we concealed I'm
der our jackets. We lounged aroun


until after dinner when we shouidere


our guns and whistleing for "Sport
started out for partridge, and know {
no better country for that kind of gam
in The state. We bagged several. whe


thinking We had done enough, returne
to tire hotel. perfectly satisfied with ou


days sport, The next morning W


changed our programme and took on
trolling hooks and in about two hour
time. at the mouth of tie Indian rivel


took fifteen pound muskalonge an


several piekerel, weighin, from two t


six pounds each. 1t would be tedious t
intlict upon your readers the every da
adventures of a weeks hunting, but sui


ice it to say We had splendid sport an


and returned home delighted with on


trip. At some future day 1 may Civ,


you sketch of our fishing for grayiin


in Pigeon river. which by the way
pronounced TO be one OF the best gray


liz streams in the state, Yours,