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sounds as you pull the trigger. There is a bawl and you know a second 
shot will not be necessary for you have broken his back. 
Have you ever felt that intense nervous exultation when you stand 
over your first deer? Have you ever returned to camp and tried to con- 
ceal an exultant pride beneath a too weak modesty? Then you have 
a thrill that is new to add to your experiences. 
Douglas county is one of those large spots in the state of Oregon 
that needs little introduction to the deer hunter. It is comprised of a 
series of mountain chains and intervening valleys, the ridges mainly 
timbered and the valleys containing plenty of pasture for the pack- 
horse. Its streams are famous. Its scenery is varied and beautiful, 
and its accessibility makes it an ideal spot for a Summer’s vacation. 
If you are assured of congenial companions, of plenty of substan- 
tial “grub,” of at least one companion who has an intimate knowledge 
of the country and its peculiarities, your two weeks in Douglas county 
will return you to your daily tasks rejuvenated in mind, body and soul. 
With three of the best “sports” to be found anywhere, I spent two 
weeks in Douglas county during late August and early September. 
With saddle and packhorses we traveled over hundreds of miles of its 
well built trails, fishing and hunting when we pleased. 
A mental picture I will always carry of that part of Douglas county 
we traversed, but there will remain still more deeply impressed in my 
mind a little spot beneath a towering cliff. There is a soapbrush 
thicket to the left of the picture. Nearer the center, a log, protected 
from quick decay by a charcoal coating, lies half covered with vines. 
The blackened stump of the log occupies the center of the picture. 
There are several tufts of bunch grass. A four point buck, just losing 
his Summer coat and the velvet from his horns, can be seen disappear- 
ing behind the stump. There the picture ends for the buck fell beside 
the stump with a 30-30 bullet hole clean through him. 
And this is why I feel so good about that trip—for I shot that biel 
STATEMENT OF THE FEDERAL ADVIS- 
ORY COMMITTEE OF THE MIGRA- 
TORY BIRD LAW 
The members of the Advisory Committee to the Department of 
Agriculture on the Migratory Bird Law, in view of the fact that new 
regulations setting forth closed seasons on migratory water fowl and 
birds have been made public, issued a statement as follows: 
To the People of the United States: 
The Advisory Committee appointed by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, Hon. D. F. Houston, to co-operate with the Bureau of Biolog: 
ical Survey in fixing the regulations for closed seasons on migratory 
birds, as authorized by the Federal Migratory Bird Law, desires to 
state to the people of the country that after the most exhaustive inves- 
tigation, and the most careful consideration of every point raised, the 
regulations as promulgated were unanimously recommended by the 
members of this Committee. We realize the utter impossibility of 
even attempting to satisfy all that desire to shoot migratory birds. 
In recommending the regulations we were controlled by the follow- 
ing considerations: 
