THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



BOBCAT TREED BY COYOTES. 



Dr. L. E. Hibbard, of Burns, Harney county, says that a year ago last 

 winter he saw a bobcat driven to the edge of town by two coyotes. The 

 coyotes acted very much as an ordinary dog does with a house cat. The 

 bobcat took refuge up a telegraph pole. Dr. Hibbard rushed out with a 

 gun, figuring that he could get at least one coyote on the ground and also 

 the bobcat before he came down. He took a shot at one of the coyotes, 

 but missed. At the report of the gun the bobcat jumped from the top of 

 the pole, landing in the snow, and all three animals escaped. 



ELK IN LANE AND CURRY COUNTIES. 



Ed Anderson and Jack Peterson report that on July 31 they saw fifteen 

 elk, one of which was a calf, on China creek in western Lane county. 



John Thomas reports that several elk have been seen quite often 

 crossing the stage road below Gold Beach in Curry county. He also reports 

 that several calves are with the herd of elk in the Hunters creek district. 



DEER IN UMATILLA COUNTY. 



Umatilla county hunters have been more successful so far this season 

 than for many years. More deer were killed during the first half of 

 August than were killed last year during August and September. 



William McKinney, of Pendleton, believes he has bagged the largest 

 buck killed in Oregon this year. The animal was killed near the Purrington 

 sawmill in Malheur county. It weighed 304 pounds after being dressed 

 and its antlers had a spread of 37 inches. It was a mule deer. 



OPEN SEASON FOR CHINESE PHEASANTS. 



The shooting season for Chinese pheasants, Oregon 's greatest game 

 bird, opened Thursday, October 1. The season applies to district No. 1, 

 except the counties of Jackson, Josephine, Coos and Curry. 



It is permissible only to kill the male birds, but hunters by the thou- 

 sand were in the field on the first day and thousands of the fine birds were 

 killed. Eeports indicate that the shooting was good, many of the hunters 

 securing the full bag limit of five birds. The birds were very tame at 

 first and were easily killed, but within a very few 'days they had become 

 more wary and during the remainder of the season they will be harder to 

 find and more difficult to shoot. 



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