204 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



I consider that the number of pheasants now liberated here should 

 be sufficient to stock this county inside of a few years, and I hope to 

 be able to do the same thing for Gilliam county next year. In this 

 way we will soon have Chinese Pheasants all over eastern Oregon. 



The game animals of Sherman county are nearly a thing of the 

 past. They have been killed off for lack of protection at the right time. 

 However, we still have a few deer in the broken country along the 

 John Day and Deschutes Rivers. There are also some beaver in these 

 streams and I believe they are on the increase on account of the pro- 

 tection which the law now affords them. 



The wild geese will soon be coming in now to their old roosting 

 grounds along the John Day and Columbia Rivers and I expect to take 

 a camp outfit and team and travel up and down both streams and do 

 what I can to enforce the laws for their protection. 



Should this article be of sufficient interest I will send a write-up 

 on the fish and game streams of this section of eastern Oregon for the 

 next issue of the Sportsman. 



TILLAMOOK COUNTY 



On August 22nd, while Chas. Morgan and Andrew Peterson were 

 hunting deer in the hills back of Bay City, Morgan mistook Peterson 

 for a deer and shot him in the hip. The wound was not fatal. 



Deer appear plentiful this season in Tillamook county, many 

 hunters bagging their limit. W. J. Himes killed three spike bucks on 

 Trask River. The largest buck killed in this county so far this season 

 was bagged by Alvin Wells. It was a seven-point and weighed 219 

 pounds dressed. 



On the first day of September a large 10-point bull elk was seen 

 drinking at the creek at Bridge No. 8 on the Salmonberry by trainmen 

 of the Southern Pacific. 



The campers and pleasure seekers are having much sport killing 

 bear in Tillamook county, seven having been killed on Kilchis River 

 during the last week in August. 



The anglers have had a fine season. Tons of trout have been taken 

 from Wilson and Trask Rivers this summer. At the present time the 

 anglers are having great sport with jack salmon along the head of 

 tide waters. 



Ducks are coming into Tillamook Bay in large numbers, and the 

 shooting is excellent. 



