THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



— and farther out the mountain quail commenced to appear. I 

 found some twenty pheasants, many coyotes and a few bobcats 

 and skunks. 



To the east in the valley again I found about forty coveys 

 of quail, perhaps over five hundred in number, and sixty pheas- 

 ants and no ducks. Such animals as bobcats, coyotes, skunks 

 and house cats are plentiful. In this region, one man caught 

 thirty skunks in six days and another caught fifteen skunks and 

 eight coyotes. I caught eighty-seven skunks here in the month 

 of November. 



To the south the mountains come down close, leaving a long, 

 narrow space for valley quail ; here I found about three hundred 

 and fifty of these birds. 



In this space of ten miles long by three wide there are about 

 two thousand valley quail, two hundred Chinese pheasants and 

 a few of their natural enemies. I am satisfied the pheasants 

 will never increase where there are many coyotes, as they roost 

 on the ground and are caught at night. 



All around this boundary, except on the west, mountain 

 quail are plentiful, also grouse and a goodly number of deer. 

 The best locality for valley quail is about twenty miles west of 

 Ashland near Central Point. I saw one band of wild pigeons 

 in January that were on their southern flight and only staid a 

 few days. 



In regard to large game in a radius of thirty miles, including 

 the two main wintering grounds, there are probably fifteen hun- 

 dred deer. An occasional gray wolf or a panther does some 

 damage." 



BEAR CAUGHT WITH CRAWFISH BAIT. 



Mr. Luther J. Goldman of the U. S. Biological Survey spent 

 several weeks in the Yamsey mountains during August and Sep- 

 tember, collecting specimens of birds and mammals for the Gov- 

 ernment collections. He reports seeing many bear tracks and 

 one bear was caught in a trap baited with crawfish, but the trap 

 was too small to hold him. He also saw many coyotes and killed 

 several. 



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