48 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
idea of what the bucks were up against. Of course, there were hun- 
dreds who did not kill any deer. There were also hundreds who killed 
the limit—and “then some’’—in a good many cases. 
We meet some people who tell us it is not worth while to protect 
the deer, but when you figure the food value of the deer, even at the 
average of 50 pounds each, it means 50 tons of meat. Surely a good 
many people must have derived some benefit from them. The people 
should realize the value of the deer and take more interest in saving 
them. Too many look upon the killing of a deer simply as sport and 
give no thought to the value as food. I figure that a big fat buck 
is worth from $12 to $15 to a man with a family as food if he takes 
proper care of the meat. 
I believe a law should be passed forbidding the killing of spiked 
bucks. They are not wary like the old ones, and are easily killed. | 
meet a good many hunters with spiked bucks, which I am positive 
they shot without seeing the horns. I think many an old doe is shot 
by the hunters, thinking that perhaps it is a spiked buck. If left alone 
for a year or two the spike would amount to something worth while. 

BOB WHITE QUAIL PLENTIFUL 
By Warven S. B. Tycer, Brownsville, Oregon. 
A few lines from Linn County, the original home of the famous 
Chinese Pheasant, might prove of interest to readers of The Oregon 
Sportsman. At the close of the shooting season last fall there appeared 
to be left more pheasants in the fields than has ever been known 
before. 
Bob White Quail are becoming very plentiful in Linn County, 
especially in the eastern portions. The California Quail, liberated in 
the neighborhood of Brownsville last year, are doing well. It is 
reported that about fifty of these birds were seen recently on the 
Montgomery farm. There were twelve of them when they were 
liberated by the Brownsville Rod and Gun Club. : 
Sportsmen report one of the poorest deer hunting seasons for 
many years in this part of the state. On the South Santiam and the 
Callapooia ranges there were scarcely any deer killed. The chief cause 
seems to be that the season was extremely dry and warm, and the deer 
failed to come down from the higher mountains before the season 
closed. . 
The gray wolves and cougars, however, have not failed to make 
their appearance. Reports come to me that the mountains are full of 
them. Dr. E. W. Howard, of Brownsville, with his famous fox hounds, 
has within the last year killed sixteen bobcats and six bears. The 
sportsmen are proud of the Doctor and his dogs. He would like to 
try the dogs on cougar, but is afraid that the wolves would get hold 
of them. 
Linn County can boast of one splendid fishing stream. It is the 
Callapooia. Since the Brownsville Rod and Gun Club began restock- 
ing this stream three years ago we have had some excellent fishing. 
All other streams of the county can be brought up to the standard 
attained by the Callapooia if the sportsmen of the different sections 
of the county will take the interest in restocking them that this club 
has. ; 
Everyhing in this part of the country seems to be running along 
smoothly. The sportsmen are respecting the‘laws now more than they 
have done before. 
