THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 49 
PANTHER IN CURRY COUNTY 
By Warpven Joun F. Apams, Agness, Oregon. 
There was a big bear harvest in Coos County this season, reports 
from all sections being to the effect that many were killed. Elmer 
Miller, of Pistol River, with his fine pack of bear dogs, holds the 
record so far, with 15 bear to his credit. Bill Coy, of Eucher Creek, 
has bagged seven with his dogs. Thacker brothers, of Lobster 
Creek, have trapped five, and there are others too numerous to men- 
tion. 
Panther appear to be decreasing slowly, fewer being killed this 
year than ever. The coyotes are working into this country very fast. 
What effect they will have on the deer we do not know. Undoubt- 
edly they will pick up a good many fawns. At present there is a 
bounty of $23 on coyotes in this county, but the country is so rough 
it is seldom that one is killed. 
BENTON COUNTY NOTES 
By Warven C. C. Bryan, Corvallis, Oregon. 
There sems to have been a less number of deer killed in Benton 
County this year than in former years, according to reports from 
various sources. These facts were not due to the scarcity of deer, 
as was generally admitted, but rather to the fact that the number 
of hunters has increased so rapidly in the last few years and the 
bucks have become more alert. 
Hunting was good during open season for Chinese Pheasants. 
October was an ideal month for bird hunting. Many sportsmen 
bagged their limit. These birds were hunted so hard that it looked 
for a time like there would not be one left, but the Chinese Pheasant 
is a wary old bird, he took to the hills, and from the way he is 
showing up at the present time there will be enough left for next 
year’s crop. Since the season closed, in the Beaver Creek section, 
near the foot of the mountains, I’saw a goodly number of these 
birds. On November 29 I counted seventeen Chinese Pheasants in 
one flock in Pleasant Valley, near the foot of Alsea Mountain. It 
is very evident to me that these birds were driven from the valley 
and were seeking protection in the hills. 
Up to the present time there has been but a limited number of 
ducks bagged. There is quite a number of geese being killed in 
Southern Benton on the grain fields. 
In the month of September I spent two days on the line between 
Benton and Polk Counties, and during those two days it was a sur- 
prise to me to note the number of Fan-Tailed Pigeons feeding on 
cascara berries in this locality. I should judge there must of been 
between 250 and 300 of these birds. 

HUNTING WITH AUTOMOBILES PROHIBITED. 
Michigan has passed a law prohibiting the use of automobiles in 
hunting patridges. Indiana has passed a similar law in regard to 
hunting game near a public highway. 
