THE 



OREGON 



SPORTSMAN 



NOTES FROM COUNTIES 



BAKER COUNTY. 



Several cougars have been seen 

 in the vicinity of the Fewell Banch 

 during this fall, but none killed so 



far. 



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The Mills boys, of Halfway, re- 

 port the killing of two brown bears 

 on the 6th of October, between the 

 Fewell and McDonald places on Lost 

 Horse Meadows. They expected to 

 find deer and were so surprised 

 that the bears got away for a time; 

 but the boys followed and killed 



them both. 



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Eoss Bennett, Chas. Frost, Ernest 

 Hart and Jake Bobbins, of Baker, 

 were out for a week's hunting dur- 

 ing the last ten days. They were 

 very well pleased with the results, 

 and say that Dixie Mountains beats 

 all for game. Bennett, Frost and 

 Bobbins each got a buck deer, while 

 Hart killed a big brown bear and a 

 bob-cat. They were in the vicinity 

 of DeWitt's ranch. 



BENTON COUNTY. 



Sixteen deer are reported by our 

 correspondent to have been killed 

 by Corvallis sportsmen this season, 

 in localities tributary to the college 

 city. 



CLACKAMAS. 



Bob White quail are becoming 

 quite abundant in the upper Clacka- 

 mas country. During the present 



season, the numbers have increased 

 in farming communities about Eagle 

 Creek, Curransville, Estacada, Spring- 

 water and Garfield. This bird adapts 

 itself and is of economic value in any 

 settled farming community. 



CLATSOP. 



The Necanicum Biver in Clatsop 

 County perhaps entertains as many 

 fishermen as any other stream in the 

 State. This is largely on account 

 of its location. It is near one of the 

 favorite seaside resorts. As a rule 

 it furnishes fairly good fishing at 

 almost any season in the year. At 

 certain seasons the sea-run cut- 

 throat or salmon trout, as it is com- 

 monly called, is abundant. At other 

 times there is good steel-head trout 

 fishing. In the late summer and 

 fall there is always a good run of 

 "quinas," or Jack salmon. These 

 are perhaps the two-year old males 

 of the silver-side as well as the 

 Chinook salmon. 



Besides the Necanicum, there are 

 the Lewis and Clark, Young's Biver, 

 Elk Creek, north fork of the 

 Nehalem, all good fishing streams 

 within easy reach. One of the things 

 that makes fishing good in these 

 coast streams is that many fish run 

 in from the salt water at different 

 seasons of the year. 



DOUGLAS COUNTY. 



Hy and Vivian French and Ivan 

 and J. E. Pickens caught 50 trout, 



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