THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 17 
Game Commission sent me to Klamath County to make what might 
be called a biological survey of the county. To get as far as possible 
the approximate numbers of the different kinds of game, to find out 
whether they were plentiful or scarce, and the location of their range. 
This work, which I think has been taken up in other states, had 
never been tried in Oregon, except in just a general way, and at first 
I was at somewhat of a loss as to the best way to proceed. At last 
I determined to get my information second-hand from the people who 
were acquainted, or lived in the different sections of the country, 
as these people who live in a certain section the year round are far 
better acquainted with game conditions and could give me more infor 
mation in fifteen minutes, when properly questioned, than I could 
find out in a month’s tramping around in the same locality. 
Therefore 1 talked with farmers, ranchers, sheepherders, trappers, 
hunters, prospectors, game wardens, timber cruisers and lumber jacks, 
in fact, anyone that I figured would be able to give me any informa- 
tion regarding game conditions. 
Of course, getting this information second-handed this way, it 
might not be altogether accurate, as some people have a bad habit 
of exaggerating when it comes to telling game or fish strories, but 
the majority of men I talked to had no reason to exaggerate, and 1 
think that in the majority of cases they told me what they really 
believed to be the truth. Im many instances I know that more than 
one told the same story. 
‘I worked under the direction of Fish and Game Commissioner 
C. F. Stone, and am much indebted to Game Wardens H. D. Stout 
and C. M. Ramsby for assistance and information. 
Mr. Stone directed me to get, as near as possible, the approxi- 
mate numbers of deer, both mule and black tail, and the number of 
antelope. Other animals and game birds it is almost impossible to 
make anything but a very rough estimate, and I was directed to 
ascertain if they were plentiful or scarce. 
Deer, their numbers and range, will probably be of greatest 
interest to the sportsman. 
After talking with a good many farmers, fire wardens and hunters, 
and doing considerable running around myself, I think it is safe to 
say that Klamath County has, at the very least, five thousand black 
tail deer running through its mountains. 
A few years ago a rough estimate was made and this county 
was given credit with having 3,500. But I was informed by numbers 
of men who knew, if anybody knows, that in the last few years the 
blacktail deer have increased, until now I think a conservative esti- 
mate of their numbers would be 5,000. 
Both blacktail and mule deer abound in Klamath County, the 
mule deer range lying east of the Klamath lakes, and the blacktail 
range west. Except for an occasional straggler there are no mule 
deer west of the Klamath lakes, and while there are a few blacktails 
east of the lakes, their numbers are very small. 
August 15, the first day of the open season for deer, the moun- 
tains of Klamath were full of hunters, and a great many of the 
animals were killed. Many hunters go but a few miles from Klamath 
Falls and manage to bring in a head, but they are more plentiful 
farther back in the mountains, and the hunter who wants to be rea- 
