TEE ORG ON SPORTS MAN 47 
HOOD RIVER ASSOCIATION NOTES 
Mr. Carl D. Shoemaker, 
State Game Warden. 
Dear Sir: 
I am pleased to advise that the annual meeting of the Hood River 
County Game Protective Association was held January 4th, at which 
time we held our election of officers, as follows: 
D. McDonald, president; H. Garrabrant, vice-president; Alva L. 
Day, secretary; A. J. Derby, treasurer; O. H. Rhoades, J. B. Hunt and 
Sol J. Spear, trustees. 
We had a very profitable meeting and took in seven new members. 
We are causing more interest to be taken along these lines than has 
been taken heretofore. 
The protection of our bear was brought up and the members rec- 
ommended by resolution that the bear be protected by a closed season 
during the months of May, June, July and August. During the summer 
the bear is valueless for meat or hide and it is a waste to kill them. 
The members also recommend that the grouse and deer seasons open 
September Ist. 
We have a very good supply of Chinese Pheasants and California 
Quail, which are demanding our attention at this time. The snow is 
getting deep enough here to call for feeding the birds. A number of 
ranchers are feeding the birds on their places. We have provided 
wheat for some of the birds in the open country and along the river. 
Very truly yours, 
ALVA L. DAY, 
Secretary. 
2000 DEER KILLED IN DOUGLAS COUNTY 
By WarpdEN ORRIN THOMPSON, Roseburg, Oregon. 
Referring to the question of the number of deer killed in Douglas 
County last season, will say that I have given the matter considerable 
thought and have secured some figures and data on the subject that 
will without doubt interest the readers of The Sportsman. 
When we take into consideration the number of hunters’ licenses 
issued in the county, and the number of hunters from counties and 
states who hunted in Douglas, and after figuring on the number of 
deer killed in the localities where I am very familiar with the situation 
and allowing a reasonable number to every locality where hunting 
was done, I am quite sure that 2000 is a low estimate. I have also 
gone into detail in this matter with several men who have a good 
knowledge of hunting in this county. Some of them said I was too 
high until we took pencil and paper and began to figure. After that 
all said the estimate was too low, if anything. 
Mr. Guy Ingram and myself spent considerable time going over 
and making estimates to ascertain the possible number of deer killed. 
Mr. Ingram is well posted on game conditions in Douglas County. 
Prior to the first of November last, licenses were issued in Douglas 
County as follows: Hunters, 2334; combination, 333; non-resident, 4, 
making a total of 2671 licensed hunters. Add to this the hundreds 
who came from the counties outside of Douglas and it will give an 
