THE 



OREGON 



SPORTSMAN 



Lake, reports that Canada geese, or 

 ''honkers," were paired off the 

 latter part of January and in early 

 February. On March 15th he saw 

 several nests containing from one 

 to three eggs on an island at the 

 mouth of Ana River. 



LANE COUNTY. 



Mr. Overton Dowell, Jr., of Mer- 

 cer, says that ruffed grouse are in- 

 creasing in that locality, probably 

 owing to the fact that bob cats are 

 not so numerous as in past years. 

 He has not noticed any increase in 

 sooty or blue grouse and mountain 

 quail. 



"It has been several years since 



I have heard of any fisher being 



caught by trappers in this section. 



Otter were formerly numerous; now 



there is practically no sign of them. 



If something is not done soon for 



preventing these animals being 



trapped, they will be gone. Eight 



or ten years ago, we used to catch 



eight to twelve otters each season 



on Mercer Lake. During the past 



winter but one otter was known to 



visit this lake." 



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Harley Kain and Will McMahon 

 killed a cougar on Mt. June March 

 4th. She had two kittens about the 

 size of bobcats. They had already 

 been weaned. The old cougar ran 

 for two and a half miles in front 

 of the hounds before treeing. The 

 men had to stay out all night and 

 sleep in the snow before they fin- 

 ally got the big cat. 

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On March 15th, Dr. Bull floated 

 down the Mackenzie in a boat from 



a point above Vida. In a distance 

 of three miles, he caught twenty- 

 five rainbows, the smallest of which 

 was eleven inches and the largest 

 sixteen inches. He used Blue Up- 

 right and March Brown flies. 

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Mr. E. C. Hills, of Eugene, re- 

 ports the following catches of fur- 

 bearing animals that were brought 

 in during the early part of March. 

 Mr. Alva Addington caught six 

 cougar, twenty-one bobcats, one 

 wolf, five coons, four martens, 

 twenty skunks. Mr. John Vaughan 

 captured two cougars, seven bob- 

 cats, three coons, two fishers, two 

 martens, twenty-eight civet cats. 

 Mr. Paddock brought in fourteen 

 bobcats, one coyote, three mink, 

 five skunks, five fishers, twenty 

 martens, five (white) weasels, fifty- 

 five civet cats. 



Each of these trappers claims 

 that the season for trapping fur- 

 bearing animals should be changed. 

 They think that the November fur 

 is not prime and that animals 

 caught in March are in much finer 

 condition. At present the open 

 season for trapping otter, mink, 

 fisher, marten and muskrat is from 

 November 1st to February 28th. 

 They believe the season should be 

 from January 1st to March 31st. 



LINCOLN COUNTY. 



Mr. J. Hanlon, of Ona, killed 

 twenty bobcats during the past 

 winter. Mr. Otern, who lives in the 

 Siletz country, killed ten bobcats. 

 F. H. Kohler and W. H. Allen, who 

 live in the same district, brought in 



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