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I have taken special pains to watch for violations of the game and 

 fish laws, and am proud to say that we have among our sportsmen 

 citizenship a very law abiding class-. 



For those desiring information as to facilities for getting into 

 Columbia county, will say that the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway 

 traverses the entire western part of the county, as well as the Columbia 

 River, which furnished good transportation facilities, which will take 

 the hunter to bases to start in any direction from which he desires to 

 the mountains. There is plenty of good drinking water as well as fine 

 camping spots. Clatskanine seems to be the mecca from which the 

 hunters meet and depart in all directions. 



HUNTING AND FISHING IN THE DESCHUTES COUNTRY 



By Warden Clyde M. McKay. 



Fishing throughout the Deschutes Country has been very good 

 ever since the season opened up. Local parties have been out and 

 caught more fish than any season yet. This is also true of outside 

 parties, and there is no question that there were three times the people 

 fishing along the river than any year before. At the present time 

 parties are bringing in from forty to sixty trout for an afternoon's 

 fishing. 



The Deschutes is an ideal stream for camping and fishing. From 

 Redmond, Laidlaw and Bend parties can go north and reach the river 

 at any point with teams or auto. The absence of underbrush along the 

 river makes it one of the best streams in the state for fly fishing. 



The stocking of the rivers and lakes by the Fish and Game Com- 

 mission has given a great impetus to fishing in this part of the state. 

 East Lake and Paulina Lake were stocked in 1912 with rainbow trout 

 and this June trout were caught that weighed 8% pounds. Booth 

 Lake and Square Lake, northwest of Sisters, were stocked three years 

 ago with eastern and rainbow trout. In July fishermen caught eastern 

 brook in these lakes that were twenty-two inches long. Eastern brook 

 trout were planted in the Deschutes in 1913 and 1914. A great many 

 were caught this season and some were caught above Crane Prairie at 

 the very head of the river that were over sixteen inches long. 



Fishing at Crescent Lake and O'Dell Lake has been very good. 

 On the Metolius River the fishing has not been up to the average and 

 the stream will have to be restocked. 



Hunting has not been very good up to the present time. Sage hen 

 hunting has been very poor and hunters brought in very few. This is 

 also true for other game, and very few deer have been killed. On 

 this side of the Cascades it has been very dry all this year and the 

 sheep have covered more ground than usual. These two combinations 

 have made it very hard to get sight of a deer and hunting will not 

 be good until there is a rain or snow storm. 



GAME AND FISH ABUNDANT IN COOS COUNTY 



♦ By Warden J. M. Thomas. 



Coos county ranks among the best in the state as to abundance 

 and kind of wild game and fish in her mountains and streams. Deer 

 are very plentiful in many localities, more so than formerly. Many 



