THE 



OREGON 



SPORTSMAN 



One cougar they bound and brought 



home alive. 



* * 



Lem Emmerson came down to 

 Roseburg from Perdue recently with 

 scalps of one wolf, two cougar and 

 sixteen bob cats, which he had 

 trapped. 



Ed Durgess also brought in scalps 

 of four cats from the same country. 

 * * * 



Mr. J. E. Clark, of Yoncalla, re- 

 ports that good catches of trout are 

 being reported. The dam which has 

 held the fish back on Elk Creek 

 has been partly torn out and salmon 

 and sea trout are running up that 

 stream in abundance. 



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Quite a number of people have 

 been catching steelhead trout in the 

 South Umpqua River within the 

 city limits of Roseburg the past 

 month, ranging from six pounds to 

 twenty-five pounds. Walt Cordon 

 on February 11th, caught a steel- 

 head that weighed twenty-five 

 pounds, taking about fifty minutes 

 to land it. xie used a light pole 

 and tackle. 



JOSEPHINE COUNTY. 



One of the largest cougars seen 

 in this locality was brought to 

 Grants Pass a few days ago by Dell 

 Churchill. The animal was killed in 

 the northern part of the county, 

 weighed one hundred and fifty 

 pounds and measured seven and a 

 half feet from tip to tip. Dell" 

 Churchill is one of the most suc- 

 cessful hunters in this part of the 

 state, frequently bringing in cou- 



gars, bob cats and other ''var- 

 mints. ' ' 



* * * 



Five bob cats and two coyotes 

 were brought in from the Placer dis- 

 trict a few days ago by W. R. 



Blalock. 



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F. D. Collett, of the Waldo dis- 

 trict, brought in four bob cats re- 

 cently. Merlin, Leland, Deer Creek, 

 Sucker Creek, Williams Creek and 

 the Galice districts are also contrib- 

 uting their share of the "varmints' 7 

 to the hunter and trapper, adding 



profit as well as sport to the game. 



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At the present time and until 

 about April 1st, bait fishing for 

 steelheads in the Rogue River at 

 and near Grants Pass will be at its 

 best. Many, large catches are being 

 made daily when weather conditions 

 are favorable. With the water in 

 its present fairly clear state and 

 a cloudy day, the limit of catch 

 allowed by the state fish law is 

 not uncommon. The fish are of fine 

 quality. 



LAKE COUNTY. 



Several rabbit drives in the vi- 

 cinity of Silver Lake in the past 

 month have resulted in the death of 



more than six thousand rabbits. 



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Mr. Jeff Howard recently came 

 in from Jack's Creek country with 



twelve fine marten pelts. 



* * * 



Mr. William LaSater, of Silver 

 Lake, Oregon, reports that two hun- 

 dred deer is a conservative estimate 

 of the number wintering in the low 



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