The Oregon Sportsman 



Volume I SEPTEMBER 1913 Number 1 



AIMING AT THE MARK. 



Our purpose is to furnish reliable information about hunt- 

 ing and fishing in Oregon and to encourage helpful outdoor life 

 and recreation. We have many inquiries as to the condition of 

 streams, where fish are abundant, how they may be caught, 

 where to go hunting or fishing and how to get there. 



We aim to collect authentic records of the names of parties 

 who go hunting and fishing, where they go and what they get. 

 We want data to guide us in stocking streams with various kinds 

 of fish and in keeping game birds and animals abundant in our 

 fields and forests. 



Inasmuch as the State charges for the privilege of hunting 

 and fishing, those who contribute to the Game Protection Fund 

 and others have a right to know how the money is being spent 

 and what is being accomplished in the propagation and protec- 

 tion of birds^ animals and fish. 



The State Board of Fish and Game Commissioners is striv- 

 ing to make fishing and hunting important resources of Oregon. 

 There is no reason why the State should not use her wild birds 

 and animals as a prudent farmer protects and uses his flocks 

 and herds. Fields and forests that abound in game and streams 

 that are stocked with fish furnish a most attractive advertise- 

 ment for the State. Hunting and fishing are inviting features 

 for a desirable class of tourists who have money to spend and 

 money to invest. Game protection and game propagation is a 

 business proposition not only for the man who lives in the city, 

 but for the farmer, the fruit grower and the timber man. 



Game laws and game protection cannot be made effective 

 until we get the real interest of the farmers, homesteaders and 



Pagre one 



