THE 



OREGON 



SPORTSMAN 



ranging from 10 to 20 inches, in 

 the Umpqua River 16 miles below 

 Roseburg. They used salmon eggs 

 for bait. J. E. Pickens also landed 

 a 6-pound silverside salmon, which 

 put up a hard fight. The week 

 before Dave Lenox and the two 

 Pickens brothers caught 60 trout at 

 the same place. 



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M. L. Whitney, J. S. Wilson, Max 

 Meyer and John W. Moore have re- 

 turned from a two-weeks' hunting 

 trip to Twin Lakes, about 65 miles 

 east of Roseburg. Eleven fine deer 

 were killed, the largest weighing 

 about 175 pounds. This party re- 

 ports deer plentiful. Upon their re- 

 turn journey, one evening in about 

 an hour's time they caught 60 trout 

 in the East Umpqua, ranging from 

 six to 12 inches in size. They used 

 grasshoppers and flies for bait. 



HARNEY COUNTY. 



Unusually high water furnishes 

 an abundance of good shooting just 

 outside the boundaries of Lake Mal- 

 heur National Bird Reservation. 



S. E. Bartmess, E. L. Scobee and 

 A. S. Keir, business men of Hood 

 River, spent several days in the vi- 

 cinity of Narrows this month. After 

 securing the pro rata of ducks they 

 made a flying trip to the P Ranch 

 and secured some good goose shoot 

 ing. 



JACKSON COUNTY. 



John Norris went fishing or 

 Rogue River October 5 and caught 

 18 steelheads, ranging in weight 

 from 3% to 8% pounds, using Griz- 

 zley King flies. 



The silverside salmon are run- 

 ning in the Umpqua, and afford ex- 

 cellent sport. 



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Walter Cordon caught 16 fine cut- 

 throat trout October 11 in the city 

 limits of Roseburg, in the South 

 Umpqua River, ranging from 12 to 

 18 inches. He used salmon spawn 

 and spoons for bait. Fishing is re- 

 ported excellent in the vicinity of 

 Roseburg. Three fine silverside 

 salmon were brought in the morn- 

 ing of October 13, totaling 62 

 pounds, caught near the forks .of 

 the North and South Umpqua River, 

 six miles south of Roseburg. Spoon 

 hooks were used. 



Frank Isaacs recently caught 12 

 steelheads in Rogue River in one 

 afternoon, ranging from 5^ to 12% 

 pounds. 



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The large 7-point buck killed 

 within a mile of Jacksonville, and 

 the six large bucks and a cub bear 

 brought in from the Dead Indian 

 country, have greatly stimulated the 

 hunting spirit. 



Quail, both the mountain and val- 

 ley varieties, are abundant, appar- 

 ently more than in any previous 

 year. The limit is brought in by 

 the majority of hunters. 



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