The Oregon Sportsman 



Volume II AUGUST, 1914 Number 8 



THE PENITENTIARY AWAITS HIM. 



"We, the coroner's jury, find that Henry Olson was a native 

 of Wisconsin, aged twenty-three years, and that he came to his 

 death through a gunshot wound from a gun in the hands of Louis 

 Dodge, of Ashland, carelessly fired." 



On the first day of the open season, a party of hunters from 

 Ashland went into the Elk creek district for deer. One of the 

 party, Louis Dodge, took Henry Olson, a homesteader, for a 

 deer and killed him. It is the same old story of criminal care- 

 lessness. 



County Attorney E. E. Kelly, backed by the sportsmen of 

 Jackson county, will make a strong effort to set an example 

 for careless hunters. A complaint has been sworn out against 

 Dodge and he will be prosecuted for manslaughter. 



The time has come when the careless and irresponsible 

 hunter must be checked. He is a menace to society. The State 

 Board of Fish and Game Commissioners have strongly advised 

 every deer hunter who goes into the mountains to wear a bright 

 red shirt and a red hat. Some hunters have thought this ad- 

 vice rather trivial, but it is better than the death penalty. 



One of the best game laws in the state is that which pro- 

 vides for a closed season on all deer except those with horns. 

 This law should be strictly enforced as a protection for those 

 people who wish to go for an outing in the mountains. 



Whenever a hunter waits until he can see the horns and 

 distinguish the difference between a buck and a doe, he will 

 not be guilty of murdering his friend or his relative. 



Last Year's Record. 



During the open season for deer in 1913, five men were 

 shot in Oregon, mistaken for deer. Wilbur Kime shot and 

 killed George Bingham of Oregon City at Trail creek in Douglas 



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