THE 



OREGON 



SPORTSMAN 



of the native ducks were killed and 

 the remainder betook themselves to 

 the refuge where they are not be- 

 ing molested. The flight of north- 

 ern birds has not yet arrived. 



* * * 



Deer hunting has been carried on 

 with difficulty so far this season, 

 owing to the unusually dry weather. 

 The signs, however, indicate the 



game to be plentiful. 



* * * 



Johnny Russell, of the Pendleton 

 police force, James Hartnett, Frank 

 Sullivan and Jack Gibson returned 

 from a hunting trip in the vicinity 

 of Lehman Springs. They report 

 having bagged four bucks and many 

 birds, as well as having seen a num- 

 ber of elk on the head of Meadow 



Creek. 



* * * 



Claude Crow killed two mule deer 

 near the head of McKay Creek, 

 while William Shaw bagged one in 

 the mountains just east of Pilot 

 Rock. These deer were all killed 

 within a day's journey from 



Pendleton. 



* * * 



Bears are reported to be more nu- 

 merous than for many years in the 

 vicinity of the Toll Gate, in the 

 Black Mountain country, and in 

 that part of the mountains in which 

 Birch, Pearson, Olcott and Meadow 



Creeks head. 



* * * 



The Pendleton "Live Wire" re- 

 ports that Eastern brook trout are 

 becoming plentiful in the more slug- 

 gish portions of Meacham Creek 

 above Gibbon, and also that these 



trout are becoming quite common 

 in portions of Umatilla River. This 

 is interesting for the fact that the 

 Eastern brook trout is an intro- 

 duced species. 



UNION COUNTY. 



A large bear is reported to be 

 doing considerable damage by run- 

 ning horses and cattle through wire 

 fences in the Rock and Ladd Creek 

 countries. Mr. W. M. Pierce has a 

 standing reward of $20 for the kill- 

 ing of the animal. 



WALLOWA. 



The eastern brook trout which 

 were planted in Aneroid and Ice 

 Lakes, about 7000 feet altitude, in 

 the Joseph Mountains, are reported 

 to be in good condition. Some of 

 these fish have been seen which are 

 from six to eight inches in length. 



WASHINGTON COUNTY. 



Mrs. C. A. Hoyt killed a cub bear 



with a .22 rifle near Forest Grove. 



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Pishing is reported fair along 

 Gales Creek and good on the Wil- 

 son River. Quite a number of fish- 

 ing parties are camping along Wil- 

 son River, and report good catches. 

 Chinese pheasant hunters are out in 

 large numbers and nearly all are 

 getting their limit bags. Birds were 

 tame and plentiful in this vicinity. 

 An occasional buck is being brought 

 in and a number of bears have been 

 killed. Two fine specimens of black 

 bear bagged by local hunters were 

 exhibited recently, and also several 

 cubs. 



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