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intensive enough to rid the mountains of 

 these pests to any appreciable degree. 

 Unless it is carried on more forcefully we 

 are liable to see a steady, if not rapid, 

 decrease in the deer. Where sheep are 

 grazed in the mountains during the sum- 

 mer months the coyotes seem to prefer 

 them as a more easy prey than the deer, 

 attacking the latter only in the winter. 

 But where few sheep are grazed the re- 

 ports are emphatic in the assertion that 

 coyotes do more damage than the hunters. 

 In parts of the Klamath Forest it is im- 

 possible to raise sheep or goats unless 

 kept within a fence, and in other sheep 

 raising countries the coyotes take a 

 serious toll every year. 



The mountain lion is even a more im- 

 placable foe of the deer than the coyote, 

 and if it should become as widespread in 

 its range and habitat it would mean the 

 sure and early doom of the deer. For- 

 tunately, at present, the Klamath, Trinity, 

 Shasta, California, and Santa Barbara 

 Forests are the only ones that report 

 serious trouble, although the El Dorado, 

 Stanislaus and Sierra report an increase 

 in the numbers of lion in the last year. 



Here the trouble is traced to the Yosemito 

 National Park, which has been a breeding 

 ground for them, as no hunting or 

 trapping is allowed except by Park 

 Rangers or government hunters. Higher 

 bounties and more vigorous prosecution 

 of the work of extermination of both the 

 lion and the more prevalent and destruc- 

 tive coyote are vigorously recommended. 



OWENS VALLEY RESIDENTS ALL GO 

 FISHING. 



A fishing day for the Owens River 

 Valley, when almost the entire population 

 closes stores and homes and goes out to 

 catch the first trout of the season, has, 

 according to Supervisor Jordan, become 

 an established institution. 



STRANGE DEER KILLED. 



Ranger Harley of the Klamath Forest 

 reports the killing of a pure white deer 

 and a pure black one, and adds that he 

 has seen a third and greater wonder in 

 the deer line, one with white head, neck, 

 legs and belly, and cream colored sides 

 and back. 



REPORTS. 



SEIZURES— FISH, GAME AND ILLEGALLY USED FISHING APPARATUS. 



March 1, 1919, to June 30, 1919. 



Game. 



Deer meat S45 pounds 



Ducks 32 



Doves 3 



Quail 12 



Deer heads 2 



Aigrettes 59 



Fish. 



Smelt 8 pounds 



Halibut 3,650 pounds 



Trout 78 pounds 



Barracuda 1,591 pounds 



Striped bass 1,971 pounds 



Black bass - 9 pounds 



Catfish 178 pounds 



Salmon 475 pounds 



Yellow fin croaker 23,600 pounds 



Crabs 1.031 



Pismo clams 1,933 



Abalones 383 pounds 



Abalones (dried) 1,157 pounds 



Lobsters 8 



Dried shrimps 1,200 pounds 



Set lines 3 



Illegal nets 3 



Searches. 



Illegal fish and game 23 



