34 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 

John B. Hammersley of Gold Hill, Oregon, with dogs and three cougars killed in 
September. 
In my opinion the State Fish and Game Commission should place a 
standing reward of $100 for the arrest and conviction of violators, and 
when convicted, instead of a fine of $25, make it from $100 to $500 
with imprisonment, play no favorites, with no remitting fines, pay 
bounties on predatory animals sufficient to cause extermination, 
change past methods of protection, cause the deputy game wardens 
to do more patrolling in the districts in which violations are being 
committed, and note results. 

JACKSON COUNTY DEER HUNT 
By Gene M. INGRAM. . 
I have before me the October number of The Oregon Sportsman, 
and finding it so full of real interest, I cannot but commend your 
able editorial staff for the excellent manner in which it is gotten up. 
Let the good work go on, and ere long you will have the hearty co- 
operation of every Oregon sportsman in a more substantial way than 
mere words. 
There are few people today with as much as a gleam of human 
intelligence but realize that no element is more insistent in making 
the call to marsh, field and stream than that furnished by our wild 
life. A single year has not passed during the last eighteen in which 
I for one have not taken at least one round at ‘fish, birds and big 
game, all of which are now decidedly on the increase. 
During the last five years I have taken my annual deer hunt with 
my life-long friend and companion, Mr. J. H. Cochran—a better com- 
panion and cleaner sportsman cannot be found in the state. During 
these years we have confined our operations to the territory lying just 
south of Mt. McLaughlin in Jackson County, making our camp near 
