46 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
HALFWAY ROD AND GUN CLUB 
Contributed by Rod and Gun Club of Halfway, Oregon. 
Mr. A. V. Lansing, president of the Halfway Rod and Gun Club, 
of Halfway, Baker County, Oregon, recently noticed an account in an 
Eastern newspaper of the taking of a sturgeon, which weighed some four 
hundred pounds, with tackle consisting of a half-inch rope, which, 
according to the newspaper, was considered some feat, but Mr. Lan- 
sing boasts of an individual experience which he thinks will eclipse 
the above story and relates the following, which he can substantiate 
by photographs and eye witnesses. 
Mr. Lansing was residing at the town of Copperfield some two 
years ago, which is situated in Baker County on the bank of the 
Snake River. He and his wife decided one day that they would try 
for sturgeon and accordingly fitted up a tackle for the occasion, con- 
sisting of some two hundred feet of ordinary carpenter’s chalk line, 
to which three No. 10-0 hooks were attached some two or three feet 
apart on the end of the line. They started out after dinner and soon 
came to a favorable looking place, where they proceeded to throw out 
their line. After only a short wait they had a “strike,” and within ten 
minutes had succeeded in landing a sturgeon’ weighing over three 
hundred and twenty-five pounds and measuring nine feet and one inch 
in length. The fish had taken the top hook and in the struggle the 
other two had been broken off, but had been picked up again and were 
tangled in the line some distance from the one he had seized. Mr. 
Lansing is willing to give all due credit to his wife for her assistance, 
as she took care of the slack line during the various rushes and 
kept the tangles out, which otherwise might have resulted in the loss 
of the fish. It happened to be near the railroad at this point and was 
hauled into Copperfield on a hand car, and after being viewed by 
envious eyes, was cut up and divided among the many friends of the 
Lansings there. 
Mr. Lansing further states that he tested the strength of the line 
with some spring scales he happened to have, and after various tests 
it always broke at not to exceed a thirty-five pound pull. 
Hood River, Oregon, January 8, 1916. 
“PROTECT FEMALE PHEASANT” SAYS 
WARDEN 
By WarpdEN Roy BREMMER, Salem, Oregon. 
Sportsmen who hunted Chinese Pheasants in Marion and Polk 
Counties the past season have enjoyed the best sport they have had 
for a number of years. There were more pheasants killed in this 
district this past season than for a number of years, and the number 
of birds that escaped the hunters are very few. If there is not some 
restrictions placed on hunting the female Chinese Pheasant during 
the coming season, it will be but a short time before this bird will be 
one of the past. As the law is at the present time, it is very hard 
to enforce with regard to the female pheasant. The only way that 
this bird can hold out is to protect the female at all times. 
During the year ending December 1, 1915, I have made 32 arrests 
for violating the game laws in Marion and Polk Counties, and as a 
result there have been 27 convictions. 
