274 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
GAME CONDITIONS IN LINN COUNTY 
By Warven S. B. Tycer. 
A few items from this part of the country might be of interest to 
the readers of the “Oregon Sportsman.” 
As the trout fishing season is over, I will say that we have had 
one of the poorest seasons known here for years. I have talked to 
different men who spent the Summer at Cascadia Mineral Springs 
on the South Santiam River, and they told me that they didn’t think 
there had been over a thousand trout caught in that stream during 
the season. The Callapooia River gave us the same results. 
Deer hunting is very near a thing of the past in this vicinity. 
I know of no deer so far being brought in from the South Santiam 
or the Callapooia neighborhoods. 
We have a good crop of Chinese pheasants in this territory, but I 
don’t believe they compare with those of last season as to number. 
Our famous bear hunter, Dr. E. W. Howard, and his faithful old 
dog, went into the Coast Range and succeeded in killing a very large 
buck and a monstrous bear. I am afraid, however, Dr. Howard will 
have to give the belt to S. L. Overton and his two sons. They were 
out looking after cattle in the foothills between Brownsville and 
Coburg on the tenth of September when they discovered three bear 
in the pasture with the cattle. They “put in” after them on horse 
back and their shepherd dog managed to put all three up one tree. 
Two of the men stayed with the bear while the other rode three miles 
after a gun. While he was gone the other two tried to lasso the 
bear but they were so full of fight the boys gave it up as a bad idea. 
By this time the third party had arrived with the gun and each man 
killed a bear. 
William Elmore, of this city, just returned from a hunting trip 
in Southern Oregon, near Ashland, with a couple of very fine bucks. 
Mr. Elmore thinks Southern Oregon a very fine place for hunting, as 
these were the first deer he had ever killed. He claims to have seen 
several big bucks, but wasn’t marksman enough to get them. 
WHEN TO HUNT DEER 
By Warven C. C. Bryan. 
While in conversation with Mr. Trover Bailey, of Alsea, I was 
given an interesting account of a female deer that he had raised 
from a fawn. He said that studying the habits of this deer enabled 
him to be more successful in hunting. He found in the light of the 
moon she would leave home to feed late in the evening and return 
in the morning. When the moon became dark she remained at home 
during the night, feeding in the day time. This proves the theory of 
the old-time hunters that deer feed during the light nights and lie 
in their bed during the day. The most interesting part of this nar- 
rative was his statement that he used this deer successfully in the 
mountains. She would follow him, and on several occasions, had 
been the means of his locating the deer by scenting them and leading 
him to them. After killing a deer she did not seem to mind the blood 
as one would suppose, but would return home with him. 
Another subject that has been debated for years by hunters, is 
whether deer would become frightened by the odor of a pipe? Mr. 
