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GAME COMMISSION BULLETIN
VOLUME XVIII, NUMBERS 1 TO 12
JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1963
No. Month Page
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Griggs, Jim
Horton, Howard
Kuhn, Lee W.
5
2
2
May
Feb.
Feb.
8
8
8
No. Month Page
DIRECTOR'S COLUMN
Administrative phases
Bulletin
Commission financed by licenses
National Wildlife Week
Resourcespast and future
Western Assn. resolutions
ACCESS
Access
Hunter access survey
Martin tract
ADMINISTRATION
Game code changes
Game wardens and directors
Metke appointed
Program reduction
Wildlife award presented Commission
BIG GAME
Antelope season to open
Big game harvest, 1962
Big game seasons, 1963
Bighorn sheep census
Clatsop-Coos archery season
Deer permit applications deadline
Dodging deer is no highway game
Drawings held
Elk applications total number
Elk permit applications deadline
Elk season general harvest
Elk study started
Emergency hunt list deadline
Mountain goats sighted
September game seasons
Silver Lake inspection trip
Silver Lake marked deer
Silver Lake trip participation
Students and deer
Summary of 1963 seasons
Tomorrow's hunting
5
2
8
8
6
8
12
9
May
Feb.
Aug.
3
2
5
Aug.
8
June
8
2
3
2
Aug.
Dec.
Sept.
8
Aug.
7
4
7
April
July
8
Aug.
1
Jan.
3
3
8
2
8
Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
Nov.
Aug.
9
9
11
8
1
6
1
Jan.
June
Jan.
10
8
3
12
5
2
7
Oct.
Aug.
1
Jan.
Mar.
Dec.
May
Feb.
July
7
6
6
8
2
8
2
8
6
2
6
7
2
3
5
3
COMMISSIONERS
1911-1963
Amacher given recognition
Bowles receives award
Metke appointed
6
1
3
8
June
Jan.
Mar.
Aug.
7
2
2
2
6
1
June
Jan.
8
6
7
8
Sept.
Mar.
Feb.
Aug.
5
May
3
4
April
3
7
July
3
8
Aug.
3
6
June
3
9
Sept.
3
10
Oct.
3
11
Nov.
3
3
Mar.
3
12
Dec.
3
2
Feb.
3
1
Jan.
3
12
2
3
Dec.
5
Feb.
Mar.
6
1
Jan.
11
11
6
11
9
12
10
4
Nov.
Nov.
9
3
1
6
7
6
FEATURE ARTICLES
Access
Jim Griggs
Big game harvest, 1962
Dave Luman
Big game seasons
John McKean
Careless hunters
Cal Giesler
Fishing for today and tomorrow
Rollin E. Bowles
Game bird outlook, 1963
R. U. Mace and C. E. Kebbe
Hunter ethics
Clark B. Walsh
Let's introduce widgets
Ron Shay
Man-made angling
Milt Guymon
Program reduction
P. W. Schneider
Students and deer
Lee W. Kuhn & Howard F. Horton
Tomorrow's hunting
John McKean
FISHERIES
Angling regulations
Angling regulation changes
Brown trout taken in Schooner Creek
Bull Run Reservoir angler use
Bypass trap records
Clear Creek salmon redds
Cost of raising a trout
Detroit Reservoir kokanee
Diamond Lake catch data
Diamond Lake catch data
Downstream migrants bypassed
Eel Lake
June
Nov.
Sept.
Dec.
Oct.
2
8
6
8
8
7
6
7
6
April 2
Fishing for today and tomorrow
Forest Service felled snags in Metolius
General trout season opens
Gold Ray Dam salmon counts
Howard Prairie Reservoir angler use
Liberations, 1962
Liberations to reach million pounds
Malheur County streams treated
Malheur Reservoir restocked
Man-made angling
Medco releases
Morgan Lake angler use
Morgan Lake test netting
New Zealand rainbow eggs
North Umpqua River chinook count
Odell Lake catch data
Oregon City spring chinook count
Personnel activities
Piscatorial combine
Rogue River salmon run
Rogue River spring chinook run
Salmon-steelhead sport catch, 1962
Sandy River catch data
Siletz River summer steelhead
Snake River catfish trapped and transplanted
Total weight of fish stocked in May
Triangle Lake steelhead and salmon
rearing
Trout anglers get ready
Umpqua River spring chinook run
Watch for marked steelhead
Whistler's Bend steelhead returning
Winter angling waters
No. Month Page
6
June 3
6
June 2
5
12
2
3
10
10
6
May
Dec.
Feb.
Mar.
Oct.
Oct.
2
7
2
7
3
Mar.
6
6
2
3
7
2
6
8
12
11
8
July
2
Feb.
2
2
1
June
June
Aug.
Dec.
Nov.
Aug.
5
Jan.
8
7
6
5
11
Nov.
1
Jan.
8
11
9
10
Aug.
Nov.
Sept.
Oct.
7
8
2
6
6
6
7
July
July
2
2
5
4
8
May
April
Aug.
2
8
1
Jan.
2
9
3
Sept.
Mar.
6
7
5
2
11
8
8
Nov.
Aug.
Aug.
1
Jan.
10
Oct.
8
7
7
2
2
2
Feb.
7
6
June
5
6
12
Oct.
Dec.
7
July
8
2
3
5
Feb.
Mar.
May
2
7
8
July
10
2
9
5
3
Feb.
Sept.
May
Mar.
MEETINGS
January
February
March-April
May-June
July
August
October
Notice of hearings:
Angling
Angling
Angling
Angling
Big game
Big game
Big game
Small game
Small game
Small game
Trapping
Portland to host conventions in 1965
Western Assn. to meet
9
11
1
9
10
11
4
Jan.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
April
5
May
6
6
7
June
June
July
8
8
10
Aug.
Aug.
Oct.
6
June
1
Jan.
3
Mar.
11
Dec.
Nov.
MIGRATORY BIRDS
Brant season still open
Habitat improvement
Sauvie Island banding
Waterfowl seasons
Wood duck nest box use
Aug.
Sept.
Nov.
9
10
Sept.
Oct.
6
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
8
2
2
2
2
8
8
2
2
8
2
7
8
4
6
PERSONNEL
6
3
12
June
Mar.
8
2
Dec.
2
6
April
June
8
8
STREAM CLEARANCE
2
8
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
1
Jan.
7
10
Oct.
July
8
2
Sept.
6
7
9
4
Commission:
Work
Work
INFORMATION AND EDUCATION
Bulletin bimonthly
9
Sept.
Bulletin bimonthly
10
Oct.
Bulletin bimonthly
11
Nov.
Bulletin bimonthly
12
Dec.
Careless hunters
8
Aug.
Hunting safety film
Hunter safety program honored
Young hunters need certificate
Youngsters require certificate
Wenaha
White River
May
Nov.
5
2
HABITAT IMPROVEMENT
Crews busy
Home on the range
Lotus Major seeded by sportsmen
Waterfowl
11
6
Game wardens and directors
McKean receives award
Service awards presentation
GAME FARMS
Liberations, 1962
Bridge Creek
Denman
Fish Lake
Fort Stevens
Hunter successsoutheastern Oregon 12
FURBEARERS
Fisher sightings
Fur catch report 1962-63
Licensed trappers decline
Trapping license sales
Trapping seasons
No. Month Page
MANAGEMENT AREAS
4
UPLAND GAME
Chukar harvest
Chukar season to be success
Game bird outlook, 1963
Pheasant hunting success
Seasons
Sharptail grouse
Spring inventory
Turkey sightings
Turkey sightings
Turkey trapping
Valley quail increase
WATERFOWL
See "Migratory Birds"
4
April
8
11
9
Nov.
Sept.
8
3
1
Jan.
8
9
3
6
Sept.
Mar.
4
2
2
1
June
Jan.
11
2
Nov.
Feb.
8
6
June
2
6
8
No. Month Page
MISCELLANEOUS
Cat with skunk odor
Hunting and trapping calendar
Hunting calendar
Licensed sport fishermen, U. S.
Poem on gun handling
Prayer for hunters
National Wildlife Week
Random survey under way
State Police report
Thirty years ago
1
Jan.
11
10
Nov.
Oct.
6
June
8
12
2
2
11
Aug.
Dec.
Feb.
Feb.
Nov.
6
June
Bitterbrush reseeding project
Forage study transect
Helicopter being loaded for spray-
6
2
2
6
5
4
2
8
8
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
May
May
May
May
May
May
1
Jan.
April
1
6
8
3
6
Deer, big buck
Deer proof fence
Elk hunters loading horses
"Mac" Forest deer hunt
Mountain goat
Rocky Mountain elk herd
Center Spread
Gaggle of geese
"Mac" Forest deer hunt
Map of OSGC offices, installations,
and Mgt. areas
Cover Pictures (Back)
Bullhead catfish
Lynx
Cover Pictures (Front)
Arago boat ramp
4
Oct.
Feb.
Nov.
4, 5
July
1
9
2
Sept.
Feb.
5
4, 5
5
May
4, 5
12
Dec.
Mar.
8
5
Cottonwood Meadows
3
Deer, big buck
Grouse, blue
Krumbo Reservoir
Loading sulphate into plane
Mountain goat
Oxygen sampling
Rocky Mountain elk herd
Shay and firearms student
1
9
6
4
11
12
5
1
8
May
Mar.
1
Jan.
Sept.
June
April
1
Nov.
Dec.
1
1
1
1
1
1
7
July
1
8
Aug.
1
10
2
Oct.
1
Feb.
1
Two members of bighorn sheep
census crew
Ward, Glenn, changing tire
6
10
2
11
7
3
Fisheries
Bull Prairie Lake
Bull Prairie Lake
Clackamas River angling scene
3
3
Mar.
Mar.
4
4
April
Cottonwood Meadows
Eel Lake angler
Illinois falls fishway
3
4
Mar.
April
8
5
2
6
June
4
12
Dec.
3
Mar.
Nov.
Dec.
Mar.
3
5
7
6
4
Legal-sized trout
Lofton Reservoir Meadows
Piscatorial combine
Reservoir construction
Trillium Lake
11
12
3
7
9
Sept.
8
4
Loading sulphate into plane
Plane used for spraying sage brush 9
4
Shrub planting trials
April
1
Sept.
April
8
5
Oct.
Aug.
8
ing job
Information and Education
Certificate of membership in NRA's
10
8
Jan.
1
Shay & Giesler demonstrate that
powder burns
Shay and firearms student
Summer camp program
1963 NRA hunter safety award
5
7
8
8
12
10
Aug.
Aug.
Dec.
Oct.
3
5
11
May
Nov.
6
June
7
6
5
1
6
8
6
Big Game
1
6
July
Hunter safety class
Hunting safety film
Access
April
4
7
50,000 club
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Arago boat ramp
Arago boat ramp parking lot
Deschutes River
Pacific City boat ramp
Stanbuck
Wallowa Lake boat ramp
No. Month Page
Habitat Improvement
5
Management Areas
Bridge Creek
Denman
Fish Lake
Fort Stevens
Wenaha
White River
Migratory Birds
Diving ducks
Ducks in pond
Gaggle of geese
Personnel
Eastman, Dan, checking bitterbrush
Griggs, Jim
McKean, John
Ward, Glenn, changing tire
Service award presentations
Stream Clearance
Coastal area
Upland Game
Exhibit pens
Golden pheasants
Grouse, blue
Grouse, strutting sage
Pheasant hunters and dog
Reeves pheasants
Turkey being released
Wicker basket for shipping pheasants
10
12
Oct.
Dec.
7
July
10
10
9
Oct.
Oct.
Sept.
7
Jan.
8
8
2
1
6
4
8
4
5
5
3
2
12
May
Mar.
Feb.
Dec.
6
June
6
12
11
9
9
11
11
11
Dec.
Nov.
7
5
11
Nov.
3
10
6
10
Oct.
Oct.
5
7
4
Sept.
2
Sept.
Sept.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
1
2
1
3
4
5
5
Miscellaneous
Hunters being checked
Members of OSGC in 1924
Retriever with duck
Wildlife award presented to Commission
9
June