
NOTES FROM UNION COUNTY 
By Deputy WarbDEN J. W. WALDEN. 
Knowing that the readers of The Sportsman are interested in the 
condition of the fish and game of this state, and like to read about 
what is going on in different parts, I will undertake to give them some 
idea of what is going on in Union County. 
We have a Sportsmen’s Club in La Grande, called the Wing, Fin 
and Fleetfoot Club, which I claim is well named. This club has about 
two hundred members and every one of them is a game warden, inas- 
much as they are deeply interested in the enforcement of the fish 
and game laws of this state. The Wing, Fin and Fleetfoot Club is 
offering prizes to the person killing the largest number of crows and 
magpies during the year. There were killed in the year of 1915 five 
hundred and eight magpies and crows, the same being turned in to 
the secretary of the club, and to date this year there has been nine 
hundred and sixty killed and turned in to the secretary. There has 
been a great many more of these pests killed during this year, due to 
the prizes offered, and we are glad of the endeavor shown, as these 
birds are very destructive, killing the young and destroying the eggs 
and nests of the game birds. This club always has its eyes open for 
the betterment of the fish and game of the county. I believe that 
every locality should have a well organized club of this sort, as I 
know they are a great help in the enforcement of the game laws, 
and the protection of the fish and game. 
This club has an annual rabbit hunt, which is followed by the 
“Hassenpheffer Feed,” with the club as hosts. This “feed” is looked 
forward to by a great many outsiders, and there is a general invita- 
tion for all to attend, it being an affair that.is long remembered by 
those who are fortunate to be present. 
There seems to be more Chinese pheasants this year than there 
has ever been before. I counted forty-seven in three miles’ travel along 
the valley roads. I don’t believe we lost but a few this last winter. 
The season for hunting sage hens in Union County opens on July 
15th and closes August 31st, and hunters are making arrangements to 
make the best of it. 
So far this season there has been very little fishing in this sec- 
tion of the state. It has been raining nearly all the time and the 
streams are all high and the water too muddy to make fishing enjoy- 
able. However, with the advent of good weather, we hope to have 
good fishing by the middle of July. 
People who have had occasion to visit the mountains report an 
unusually large number of deer this year. Grouse are also reported 
very plentiful in the foothills. These facts, coupled together with the 
opening of the season for hunting sage hens on the 15th of July, indi- 
cate that we will have good hunting for the balance of the year. On 
