202 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



and a Reeves hen might be mistaken for a Chinese pheasant hen. 

 On account of this, people hunting around Eugene should, for the sake 

 of preserving these birds, refrain from shooting hens. 



W. L. F. 



THE DUCK AND GOOSE PROBLEM 



By Warden M. S. Barnes. 



The open season on ducks and geese in Oregon is a month too late 

 for the Oregon sportsmen as the ducks and geese are practically all 

 gone when the season opens, October 1st. The ducks, especially, are 

 all grown and flying out in the fields before the first of September. 



On a recent trip to the north end of Lake county I saw, as I was 

 passing Summer Lake, hundreds of ducks flying from the lake to the 

 fields, and it seems to me to be too bad to hold the season closed until 

 October 1st, when the ducks are all gone to California. As it is, we 

 protect and feed the ducks for the California sportsmen. 



LINN COUNTY 



Sportsmen of Linn county take great pride in the fact that it was 

 in that county that the first Chinese Pheasants were liberated. They 

 were imported from China by Judge Denny, and for years thereafter 

 were known as the "Denny Pheasant." From the time that Judge 

 Denny liberated the birds near Peterson's Butte, seven miles north of 

 Brownsville, they have multiplied very rapidly and spread throughout 

 the Willamette Valley in large numbers until today they afford the 

 greatest sport in season in the state. It was in Linn county, also, that 

 the first Bob White quail were liberated. They, too, were turned loose 

 near Brownsville, by Mr. S. L. Wright, now of Crowley, La. Mr. Wright 

 brought seven pairs of Bob White quail to Oregon from Parke county, 

 Indiana, in the spring of 1879, and liberated them between Brownsville 

 and Tangent. 



MARION COUNTY 



The finest catch of Eastern Brook trout that has been made in 

 Marion county was by Arvil Wilson, of Salem, on July 25th, in a lake 

 near Oallie Butte in the eastern part of the county. The largest fish 

 were eighteen inches long and weighed two pounds, and the shortest 

 fourteen inches. Mr. Wilson caught twenty of the beauties. These 

 fish were planted three years ago. 



Messrs. A. R. Wetson and Geo. W. Johnson, Jr., residents of Salem, 

 returned home August 29th from Lake Elenor with some of the finest 

 Rainbow trout that has been seen in Salem. A number of the trout 

 measured twenty-three inches long and weighed three pounds. Lake 

 Elenor is situated ten miles east of Jordan on the headwaters of 

 Thomas Creek. Six years ago John Santner and Henry Shakes planted 



