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limits. As the season progressed, the birds scattered and locating them 

 became more difficult. 



In central California, hunting was said to have been good, and the 

 best success was had by those who used trained dogs. 



In the northern areas, where quail have been plentiful in previous 

 years, the sport was not as excellent as in the past. 



Little complaint was heard from sportsmen about the reduced 

 limit, and those who hunt with dogs thought that the six-week season 

 was about the proper length. 



Band-tailed pigeons gave the hunter more sport this season than 

 they did last. In localities where these birds are to be found, they 

 were extremely numerous in 1933 and most hunters who went after 

 them were successful in taking limits. — 0. L. Warner, Division of Fish 

 and Game, San Francisco, December 20, 1933. 



OREGON ADOPTS UPLAND GAME BIRD LANDOWNER 



CONTRACT LAW 



The State of Oregon has recently enacted a new piece of fish and 

 game legislation that wall be of interest to California upland game bird 

 hunters. This act provides the ''set-up" for carrying out the sports- 

 man-landowner cooperative shooting system lately advocated by so 

 many game authorities. "We understand that this act has been in effect 

 for but a short time and that, as yet, no actual contracts have been 

 undertaken. 



The following excerpt from the Oregon Game Code provides the 

 text of this measure : 



Section 30. Game Script — Issuance — Contracts with landowners. 



(a) The game commission hereby is authorized to enter into contracts with 

 any landowner, his lessee or managing agent in any county of the State of Oregon 

 by the terms of which contract the game commission shall issue to anyone holding 

 a current hunting license, or combination hunting and fishing license, script or 

 coupons at a price not to exceed 50 cents, which coupon or script shall entitle, 

 subject to the iirovisions hereof, the person to whom same is issued, to go upon 

 any land of any owner thereof who has contracted with the game commission for 

 the purpose of taking Chinese or Hungarian pheasants or any other of the upland 

 game birds during the open season and within the lawful bag limits therefor. And 

 it shall be lawful for the owner of such land or his lessee or managing agen,t to 

 collect from such hunter one coupon for each of such l)lrds taken on the land of such 

 landowner, his lessee or managing agent and the game commission is further hereby 

 empowered to redeem any of such coupons at and for a sum not exceeding 90 per 

 centum of the amount for which the coupons were originally sold to the licensee. 



The provisions of this act shall inure to the benefit of any and all owners 

 of land, their lessees or managing agents, desiring to take advantage thereof in any 

 county or counties of the State of Oregon where the game commission shall declare 

 said script may be used, but nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed 

 to require the game commission to provide for the use, sale or redemption of such 

 script in each and every county in the State of Oregon. 



The game commission hereby is authorized to pronnilgate such further rules 

 and regulations as is necessary to carry out the intent of this act. 



(b) The game commission shall furnish to all landowners, their lessees or 

 managing agents, appropriate signs to be posted by such persons on lands subjected 

 to the provisions of this act. 



(c) Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any landowner, 

 his lessee or managing agent from limiting the number of said game birds killed on 

 his land by limiting the number of persons allowed upon his land during any day, 

 week or hunting season. 



