THE 



OREGON 



SPORTSMAN 



MARION COUNTY. 



The Hungarian partridges "which 

 have been liberated for the past 

 two seasons on the Capital Game 

 Refuge about the city of Salem, 

 have increased rapidly. Flocks of 

 these birds are seen daily along the 

 roads east and southeast of the 

 city. 



MULTNOMAH COUNTY. 



Henry Bettman, musical director 

 at the Orpheum Theatre is a duck 

 hunter and what might be called a 

 real sportsman. Henry shoots ducks 

 down the river and in order to get 

 to his lake for a Sunday morning 

 shoot, it is necessary for him to 

 leave after the show Saturday night. 

 He gets to his lake just about the 

 official time to start shooting, he 

 shoots a duck and starts back so as 

 to be at the theatre in time for the 

 overture at the matinee. Mr. Bett- 

 man says it 's not the Duck he goes 

 for but the recreation. We are sure 

 he gets the recreation all right. 



POLK COUNTY. 



A large number of Chinese pheas- 

 ants were killed during the open 

 season throughout this county. The 

 male birds seemed quite scarce by 

 November 1st, yet many were wily 

 enough to escape hunters by flush- 

 ing far out of range or by hiding 

 in the woods. Since the shooting 

 season closed the cocks are much 

 bolder and they are frequently seen 



in small flocks. 



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George Russell and O. B. Parker 



recently saw a flock of eleven 

 Chinese pheasants fly up into the 

 trees of an old orchard. Seven 

 birds lit in one tree and four in 

 another. In all there were seven 

 cocks and four hens, showing that 

 in this band a good number of 

 males survived the hunting season. 



UNION COUNTY. 



The band of elk on the head of 

 the Grande Ronde River shows quite 

 an increase in number during the 

 past two years. When last counted 

 there was a total of ninety-eight 

 in this locality. Mr. Christman re- 

 ports that the band on Dutch Flat 

 has doubled in two years. Those 

 along the Minam River and Cather- 

 ine Meadows are doing nicely. They 

 have not been troubled by hunters 

 during the last year as the wardens 

 and forest rangers are watching 

 everyone that goes into that country. 



WALLOWA COUNTY. 



Mr. C. H. Evans reports that 

 there has been a noticeable increase 

 of prairie chickens in his part of 

 the county during the past two or 

 three years. The farmers and land 

 owners have taken a great interest 

 in bird protection since the Chinese 

 pheasants were sent from the State 

 game farm. 



YAMHILL QOUNTY. 



Cecil Parker, of McMinnville, re- 

 cently counted fifty-three bobwhite 

 quail in one flock on the J. A. 

 Derby place, about a quarter of a 

 mile from the citv limits. 



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