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THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



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of these birds. Some of the Chinese 

 pheasant cocks released in the same 

 vicinity have been heard crowing 

 at different places in the valley 

 and have been often seen. 



"A logger told me that three 

 miles south and west of Coquille, a 

 Chinese pheasant hen hatched nine 

 chicks. He counted them as they 

 crossed the road. While he was 

 watching them a hawk picked up 

 one and flew awaj^. However, I 

 think the tame cats gone wild are 

 the greatest enemies of these game 

 birds in this locality. We have sev- 

 eral sportsmen here who will miss 

 a shot at a quail any time during 

 the open season for the sake of 

 getting one at a cat or a hawk." 



CROOK COUNTY. 



The recent elimination of thous- 

 and of acres of land from Fremont 

 and Paulina National Forests great- 

 ly restricts the winter and early 

 spring range of mule deer and ante- 

 lope on the Deschutes Game Reser- 

 vation. As this territory is being 

 rapidly settled by homesteaders, it 

 makes it very difficult to protect the 

 number of these animals that re- 

 main. 



CURRY COUNTY. 



Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Umbdenstock, 

 of Portland, recently returned from 

 a trip into Curry county. They re- 

 port splendid fishing. They stopped 

 at Mr. George Billings' place, Marial 

 P. O., on Mule Creek. Mr. Bill 

 ings' place is well known to sports- 

 men for its hospitality and accom- 

 modations. 



DOUGLAS COUNTY. 



Plans are already under way for 

 the second annual barbecue of the 

 Riddle Rod and Gun Club. The date 

 has been set for Labor Day, Mon- 

 day, September the 7th. The Rid- 

 dle club is one of the largest or- 

 ganizations in the state. If the 

 second barbecue is as successful as 

 the one last year, it should attract 

 sportsmen from all over the state. 

 The membership of the Riddle club 

 is now 269. 



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Tom Meacham recently had a very 

 interesting experience witnessing a 

 fight between two cougars while on 

 a trip up Smith River north of 

 Drain. He succeeded in killing one 

 of the animals. 



A. J. Foster, Assessor of Lake 

 county, Hi Adams, Ben Green and 

 William Wolfe made a hunting trip 

 twenty miles northwest of Silver 

 Lake and camped at Tobin's cabin. 

 In the six days' hunt they killed six 

 bear — one, a very large female, was 

 colored white on the breast. They 

 report splendid trout fishing in that 

 region. 



C. L. and S. L. Barger, M. J. and 

 C. D. Shoemaker, business men of 

 Roseburg, in two days' time, caught 

 four hundred trout ranging in length 

 from six to twelve inches, at Brews- 

 ter, in the middle branch of the 



Coquille River. 



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A. L.Carter, W. Cordon and J. D. 

 Richburg, while fishing in Union 

 Creek, which is located in Cow 



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