THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 79 
the sportsmen generally favor the shorter deer sea- 
son, it will come without opposition. 
The bag limit on deer with horns has been re- 
duced from three to two all over the state. Unques- 
tionably, this will result in an increased supply of 
deer in the next few years, as hundreds of hunters 
annually get the bag limit. 
The Chinese pheasant hen has been protected for 
all time. Two years ago the Legislature, on the 
insistence of a great many sportsmen, permitted one 
hen in a bag of five, or two hens in a bag of ten. 
However, after two seasons with this law in effect, 
the sportsmen realized their mistake and urged upon 
the Legislature the protection of the hen bird. The 
“female of the species” must be protected, as she 
must be depended upon for the increase, 
The new law strengthens the old one with refer- 
ence to the use of dogs in running deer. The old law 
was ineffective and almost inoperative, as it was 
necessary in order to obtain a conviction for the 
warden or the informant to see the dogs actually 
running a deer. The new law, in brief, provides that 
free running dogs, or dogs running at large in terri- 
tory inhabited by deer, may be killed after notifica- 
tion to the alleged owner of the dogs and the failure 
on his part to keep them tied up. 
The State Game Department does not want to 
work a hardship upon farmers and ranchers who 
have dogs for an honest purpose, but too frequently 
violators of this act of the game laws contend that 
their dogs are used for the purpose of running coug- 
ars, wolves and other predatory animals, and under 
the old law they have been able to make this conten- 
