THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 273 
FROM THE LAND OF GAME AND FISH 
By Warven J. M. Tuomas. 
Not many deer have been killed in Coos County since the season 
opened. Evidently the hard winter had its bad effect here on all 
kinds of game as well as in other parts of the state. During the winter 
the deer became very poor. I have had reports from parties who 
found many carcasses of deer, which are supposed to have died during 
the hard winter as there were no indications to show that any part 
of the dead animals had been taken. Also, on account of the hard 
winter the deer were later in moving, consequently parties of hunters 
going out early in the open season were disappointed. Those killing 
deer at all only secured small ones. The horns of the large deer that 
were killed were still soft from the 15th to the 28th of August. 
Hunting parties going out after the above dates were more suc- 
cessful, as the large deer were more easily found. John D. Tower 
got his limit of three large bucks in three days near Eagle Bluff on 
Rock Creek. He was the first person reporting as having killed the 
limit of large deer. The next was Claud Mosler and his son, Lisle, 
of Bridge. They got three each and all were very large. The deer 
were killed near Long Prairie on Eden Ridge. They reported plenty 
more deer in that locality. 
The number of deer killed to date, September 14th, in Coos 
County, is estimated by those in position to know something about 
it as being 121. No doubt this is a small estimate and will be greatly 
increased before October 31st, as the good hunting has just begun 
and many sportsmen are planning to try their luck. 
The elk in Coos County are holding their own, but are not 
increasing very fast. The band on Doe Camp Burn on Eden Ridge 
has only two calves this year. That band last year consisted of five 
cows and three bulls. They range from the Doe Camp Burn to the 
Sand Rock country on the Coquille River, but they must soon change 
their feeding ground as the Smith-Powers Logging Company is build- 
ing a railroad from Powers which will soon extend through that section, 
and then the elk must move on. The indications are that within a 
few years the few elk we have in this country must hunt other 
localities, for all the timber where they roam will soon be logged off 
and then where will they go? 
‘DEER IN DOUGLAS COUNTY 
By WarpDEN ORRIN THOMPSON. 
It seems to be the opinion of most hunters that deer are not so 
plentiful this year as heretofore. It is the general belief that the 
severe weather of last wintr killed a good many. From my own 
observations, I believe many small deer were lost from the effects of 
the hard winter. They seemed to be very poor and weak last spring 
and fell an easy prey to cougar, coyotes and other animals. I 
believe the poor condition of the does had a material effect also 
on this year’s increase. 
Up to this time not so many have been killed this year as last, 
but the best part of the open season is yet to come, and they are not 
so scarce as many people believe. The country is becoming more 
brushy every year and there is more cover for them. The bucks take 
advantage of this cover and it requires more head and teamwork on 
the part of the hunters to kill them. I find many places where deer 
are quite plentiful and a hunter could get his limit. 
