THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 205 



WASHINGTON COUNTY HPS SNOW WHITE BUCK 



By Warden (i. W. Russell. 



The anglers of Washington county are circulating a petition asking 

 the State Fish and Game Commission to close the Tualatin River and 

 its tributaries to winter fishing. Since the season has been open on 

 trout ten inches in length and over during the winter season, the fish 

 in the Tualatin and its tributaries have rapidly decreased and the 

 sportsmen attribute this decrease to the constant winter fishing. Win- 

 ter fishing undoubtedly takes from the streams a great many trout 

 that are almost ready to spawn. 



Deer are plentiful in the mountains of Washington county this 

 season, but very few have been killed on account of the dry weather. 

 Another thing that has prevented the killing of deer in Washington 

 county is the fact that the brush is becoming very thick. On Septem- 

 ber 1st Roy Walters, of Gaston, killed two fine bucks on the headwaters 

 of Tanner Creek, the largest one being a four-point and the finest deer 

 killed in this section this season. Hunters report seeing a snow white 

 buck deer near the Harper place in Scroggin Valley. One hunter shot 

 at this deer several times, but failed to bring him down. 



YAMHILL COUNTY 



Deputy Game Warden O. B. Parker, of Yamhill county, reports that 

 Alex McKern, ex-county clerk of that county, killed a five-point buck 

 on August 18th that dressed 200 pounds. The deer was killed near Fair- 

 view. Warden Parker relates that the deer was too heavy for Mr. 

 McKern to pack, so he left it in the woods and returned to camp, where 

 he told two other men in the party that he had killed a deer that no 

 one man could pack. One member of the party replied that he could 

 pack any deer into camp killed in the Coast Mountains. Mr. McKern 

 offered to pack the head into camp if his partner would carry the deer. 

 Accordingly they returned to the scene of the killing and the deer was 

 placed upon the back of the strong man, who, after staggering about 

 ten feet, fell down and could not get up again. His only remark, as 

 he crawled from under the deer, was that he didn't know there were 

 any such heavy deer in the Coast Mountains. The deer was divided 

 into halves and the hunters finally landed it in camp. 



GAME CONDITIONS IN YAMHILL COUNTY 



By Warden O. B. Parker. 



At this date I know of sixteen deer having been killed in Yamhill 

 county since the beginning of the open season. One casualty has oc- 

 curred in the county when Edward Berry was shot by John Moulette, 

 who was hunting with him near Green Mountain, about ten miles 

 northwest of McMinnville. Mr. Berry had killed a deer which they 

 had dressed and resumed their hunting. Mr. Moulette saw the brush 

 move and thinking it was a deer, he shot Mr. Berry in the head. Mr. 

 Berry has recovered so far that he has been out hunting again. This 

 accident occurred on the first day of the open season. 



On Sunday, August 29th, W. L. Duncan, special deputy game warden, 

 and myself left McMinnville in Mr. Duncan's automobile at 5 A. M., 

 driving to the P. E. Holdridge farm ten miles south of McMinnville on 



